New Long COVID Guide; Transgender Patient Data Turned Over; Lab Grown Meat for Sale

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued a guide to identifying and managing mental health symptoms and conditions associated with long COVID.

The CDC is investigating a woman’s death in Brazil caused by a swine flu virus. (CBS News)

The agency also issued a health advisory about measles during the summer travel season.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center provided transgender patient records to the Tennessee attorney general’s office as part of an investigation into potential medical billing fraud. (AP)

A U.S. judge struck down a Florida rule banning state Medicaid benefits for transgender healthcare. (Reuters)

Nearly 400 new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are finalized to take effect October 1. (Healthleaders)

Veterans, along with their families, caregivers, and survivors, have a number to call to report incidents of sexual assault or harassment at VA facilities.

Belize was certified as malaria-free by the World Health Organization.

In Peru, however, a record outbreak of dengue fever led to the resignation of the country’s health minister. (BBC)

A Swedish court increased a prison sentence for an Italian surgeon for harm committed during experimental stem cell windpipe transplants. (AP)

The Department of Agriculture said lab-grown chicken — made from from cultivated animal cells — can now be sold in the U.S. (AP)

Parents protested the government’s response to allegations that children were given sedatives at a kindergarten in Taiwan. (CNN)

The FDA approved talazoparib (Talzenna) in combination with enzalutamide (Xtandi) for homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and two other organizations are suing the U.S. government, saying its Medicare drug price negotiation program is unconstitutional. (Reuters)

A U.S. appeals court upheld a New York law forbidding anti-abortion activists from approaching people outside abortion clinics. (Reuters)

The Sackler family and Tel Aviv University agreed the Sackler name will be removed from the university’s faculty of medicine. (Jerusalem Post)

The FDA rejected ADX-2191 for treating primary vitreoretinal lymphoma, Aldeyra Therapeutics said.

The agency approved argenx’s injectable efgartigimod alfa and hyaluronidase-qvfc (Vyvgart Hytrulo) for generalized myasthenia gravis, Halozyme announced.

And Lupin Limited said it won FDA approval for its tiotropium dry powder inhaler, the first generic version of Spiriva HandiHaler.

Mike Bassett is a staff writer focusing on oncology and hematology. He is based in Massachusetts.

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