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Ground Beef Tested for H5N1; Wait Times for Docs at All-Time High; New COVID Variant

— Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff

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The federal government is in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing, but said it remains confident the meat supply is safe. (Reuters)

State healthcare plans , a federal appeals court in Virginia ruled. (Axios)

Walmart is and virtual care services. (AP)

Wait times are at an all-time high. (NBC News)

A U.S. District Judge in New Jersey by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson to a law requiring them to negotiate the prices of their drugs with Medicare or pay hefty penalties. (Reuters)

Children and adolescents in higher fitness quantiles had of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a study in Taiwan showed. (JAMA Pediatrics)

Here's about the latest COVID "FLiRT" variants. (Time)

Another hospital, this one in Pennsylvania, suspended its . (New York Times)

A small trial of people with bipolar mania with magnetic seizure therapy were comparable to those with modified electroconvulsive therapy with fewer effects on language ability. (JAMA Network Open)

The FDA to tisotumab vedotin-tftv (Tivdak) for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy. The drug previously received accelerated approval.

The agency diazepam buccal film (Libervant) to treat acute intermittent, stereotypic episodes of frequent seizure activity in patients with epilepsy ages 2 to 5 years, Aquestive Therapeutics said.

Six million global healthcare workers called for governments to on the plastics industry. (The Hill)

For military families in Hawaii, a mass environmental trial regarding a 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water . (AP)

Oregon is using Medicaid funds to . (CBS News)

This is how supplement stores are trying to . (New York Times)

Men are by leaving toilets dirty, new research suggested. (Newsweek)