— Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff
October 14, 2026 • 2 min read
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Nearly 113,000 bottles of generic extra-strength acetaminophen (Tylenol) sold through Amazonopens in a new tab or window were recalled over reports of discolored tablets, according to the FDA. (The Hill)
Here's what to know about lung adenocarcinomaopens in a new tab or window, the type of cancer diagnosed in Pope Leo XIV. (Washington Post)
CMS announced over $1 million in new funding for young doctors who agree to work 5 years in rural Delawareopens in a new tab or window.
The CDC will send resources to help investigate Pennsylvania's ongoing measles outbreakopens in a new tab or window after a formal request from the state. (Reuters via MSN)
The Federal Trade Commission and seven states asked a federal judge to hold convicted felon and so-called Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli in contemptopens in a new tab or window, alleging he repeatedly violated a 2022 ban barring him from the pharmaceutical industry.
The Agriculture Department shelved a bird flu vaccine planopens in a new tab or window due to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, sources told Politico.
As measles spreads, vaccine interest is risingopens in a new tab or window in Pennsylvania and other areas. (ABC News)
West Nile virus was linked to two deathsopens in a new tab or window in North Carolina. (USA Today)
Veteran infectious disease reporter Helen Branswellopens in a new tab or window died of complications from cancer at age 69. (STAT)
From 2013 to 2022, nearly 40% of FDA advisory committee meetingsopens in a new tab or window featured patient or consumer representatives with active ties to pharmaceutical-funded advocacy groups. (Health Affairs Scholar)
Walmart plans to cover over 250 prescription drugsopens in a new tab or window -- including some insulin, inhalers, and GLP-1 drugs for diabetes -- at no cost for its employees in 2027. (CNBC)
Two people died after reportedly taking counterfeit versions of the investigational GLP-1 drugopens in a new tab or window retatrutide, according to CBS News.
Meanwhile, early research suggested GLP-1 receptor agonists may have anti-aging potentialopens in a new tab or window. (CNN)
In a joint mission by Mount Sinai, NASA, and Space Tango, miniature organs are being sent to spaceopens in a new tab or window for the first time to study how microgravity and cosmic radiation may accelerate aging and affect human health. (ABC News)
Women with autoimmune conditions were more likely than men to be told their symptoms had psychiatric or psychosomatic causesopens in a new tab or window, survey data showed. (eClinicalMedicine)
Epilepsy-related deathsopens in a new tab or window rose among U.S. children and adolescents in a cross-sectional study, with a sharp increase among girls from 2018 to 2023. (JAMA Network Open)
Global trust in scienceopens in a new tab or window fell below pre-pandemic levels for much of the world, but not in the U.S., according to the most recent Wellcome Global Monitor survey. (STAT)
The Lancet Commission identified 17 interlinked global threatsopens in a new tab or window to health.
A quarter of Yemen's suspected 8,034 cholera cases opens in a new tab or window occurred in the last 4 weeks, the World Health Organization said.