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More CEOs Targeted in Wanted Posters; Ultraprocessed Food Lawsuit; OD Deaths Fall

— Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff

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were put up in New York City in the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (PIX11)

feared for their personal safety after Thompson was killed. (New York Times)

Feeling the heat, senior executives across industries have taken . (CNN)

Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering Thompson, may have been motivated to some degree by . (Washington Post)

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people who were during the pandemic and placed on home confinement. (AP)

Federal officials do not see a need for a at this stage of current outbreaks. (NBC News)

The is headed to become law after a unanimous yes vote by the Senate; a signature by Biden will be the last step. (CBS Sports)

The House passed a $895 billion measure that authorized a 1% increase in defense spending and prohibited TRICARE health plans from if that treatment could result in sterilization. (AP)

A lawsuit of allegedly causing chronic disease by marketing ultraprocessed foods to be addictive to children. (CNN)

may be attractive because they are "predigested" food. (CNN)

A study in Gut looked at possible links between .

Provisional CDC data showed that U.S. between July 2023 and July 2024, the White House said.

Large increases in were seen in adults since 2021, new Truveta data showed.

Cheaper vials of will be available on the direct-to-consumer app Ro through a partnership with Eli Lilly. (CNBC)

In Providence, Rhode Island, the nation's first opened its doors. (The Public's Radio)

Kentucky has a booming industry of , with more residential treatment beds per person now than any other state in the country. (New York Times)

Mothers who received opiates during labor were reported to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns . (Marshall Project)

The Ohio Supreme Court made a ruling that could overturn a as part of national opioid litigation. (AP)

As HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would gain the power to for pediatric vaccines. (Endpoints)

Researchers reported a better mechanistic understanding of or is cleared from the blood. (Nature)

Autism advocates are losing faith that the FDA will . (STAT)

A in Maryland was charged with murdering her 3-month-old daughter by drowning. (People)