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FDA Settles Ivermectin Case; When AI Makes a Medical Error; $97,000 Air Ambulance

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff

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The FDA settled a lawsuit over its , agreeing to remove its famous "You are not a horse" post and others that discouraged the antiparasitic's use for COVID-19. (Newsweek)

this year are now up to 64, the CDC said, already surpassing last year's total. (New York Times)

A federal appeals court regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). (Reuters)

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) while signing into law a prohibition on gender-affirming care for minors. (NBC News)

California's efforts to has stalled amid political pressure. (NPR)

President Biden leveraged (ACA) to remind voters of former President Trump's threats to repeal the law. (The Hill)

Florida is one of 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the ACA, but a grassroots effort . (NPR)

Pregnancy , but breastfeeding can reverse many of those effects. (STAT)

From statins to inhalers to insulin, ; will semaglutide (Wegovy) be the exception? (New York Times)

When , who shoulders the blame? (Politico)

The FDA announced for previously treated folate receptor-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

And the agency declined to approve investigational odronextamab for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, .

A nationwide study from Sweden found that was not associated with early-onset sepsis or sepsis-related mortality. (JAMA Network Open)

OUCH! Women are ; many are not offered options to control pain. (Washington Post)

A California mother is for her infant son who required cardiac surgery. (KFF Health News)

Chick-fil-A is , an effort aimed at reducing human antibiotic resistance. (AP)

Famine is , according to international experts. (NPR)

Doctors in South Korea are amid an ongoing strike among residents and interns. (AP)

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    Shannon Firth has been reporting on health policy as 51˶'s Washington correspondent since 2014. She is also a member of the site's Enterprise & Investigative Reporting team.