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New FDA Boxed Warning; College Shaken by Suicides; More Get Flu Shot Than COVID Vax

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The FDA required new boxed warnings for CAR-T cancer therapies after reports of T cell malignancies.

The agency also sent Novartis a reprimand for its metastatic breast cancer drug ribociclib (Kisqali). (Endpoints News)

New York City said it will -- a top cause of personal bankruptcy -- for up to 500,000 residents. (AP)

The JN.1 variant now accounts for in the U.S. (Reuters)

President Biden will while in Virginia for a reelection campaign rally. (The Hill)

As donations dwindle and demand soars, abortion funds are . (STAT)

In Washington state, pharmacists are . (NPR)

Medical experts on what to do about lagging mammogram effectiveness for women with dense breast tissue. (STAT)

This New England college was , a spate of suicides. (New York Times)

Wyoming is . (NPR)

In the U.K., officials for missed measles, mumps, and rubella shots as measles cases tick up and vaccination rates are the lowest they've been in a decade. (AP)

The U.K. also in the wake of a review of current measures to reduce the risk of potentially long-term or irreversible side effects.

The European Medicines Agency of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy, including for reducing the risk of strokes and heart attacks. (Reuters)

Why are than COVID vaccines? (STAT)

Say cheese: this pair of rats after a photographer interested in human behavior trained them to do so. (New York Times)

The FDA issued a marketing denial order to Bidi Vapor for its Bidi Stick-Classic e-cigarette, noting that the product .

This is at long-term care facilities during wildfires. (KFF Health News)

A lawsuit alleges that an HIV-positive inmate died at a jail in northern California. (AP)

Can a tool for help predict disease risk? (Nature)

Dexter Scott King, the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., . (AP)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined ѻý as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.