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COVID Influence May Have Violated First Amendment; New 9/11 Victims; 'Elephant Skin'

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

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A 5th circuit appeals court found that the White House, the CDC, and other agencies by influencing tech companies' decisions to remove or suppress posts about COVID-19. (Washington Post)

The Biden administration and pharmaceutical company Danco appealed a lower court ruling restricting to the Supreme Court. (Politico)

House Republicans proposed a bill that would by $1.6 billion by targeting a major Trump-era HIV program. (KFF Health News)

More than two decades after the , New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified two more victims. (ABC News)

Florida's Supreme Court heard arguments in a the state's 15-week abortion ban. (ABC News)

Huntington Beach, California, voted to for COVID-19 amidst a small uptick in cases. (Fox News)

Former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci, MD, said he isn't "alarmed" by the . (ABC News)

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) that he was a "board certified emergency medicine physician" when they intervened in his response to a medical emergency, but the Dallas Morning News said his license had expired.

Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay California $49 million for improperly , including syringes, bodily fluid-filled medical devices, and body parts in dumpsters around the state. (ABC News)

The FDA from Xenex Disinfection Services that emits germicidal ultraviolet light.

The agency also authorized a catheter-based device called the , which is designed to reduce esophagus injuries during ablation for atrial fibrillation.

General intelligence score and physical fitness were associated with vaccination adherence among young adults in Israel during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, a .

Police gave that may have been exposed to fentanyl. (KTLA)

A U.K. woman lived with a she called "elephant skin" for months after a possible allergic reaction to dental composite veneers. (People)

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    Sophie Putka is an enterprise and investigative writer for MedPage Today. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Discover, Business Insider, Inverse, Cannabis Wire, and more. She joined MedPage Today in August of 2021.