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Sitting and Early Death; Dana-Farber Retracts Multiple Papers; Winter Weather Deaths

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Prolonged sitting at work was associated with a and 34% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease, a cohort study from Taiwan found. (JAMA Network Open)

Ohio may become the in adults. (AP)

Convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes received a 90-year , including Medicare and Medicaid. (STAT)

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has and corrections to 31 following allegations of data falsification. (Harvard Crimson)

California split with the CDC over , offering more relaxed rules; Oregon issued similar guidelines in May. (NBC News)

A Florida bill, if passed, would give parents for an unborn child. (Politico)

The Department of Health and Human Services said an Oklahoma hospital when it asked a pregnant patient with a nonviable fetus to wait in a parking lot until her condition worsened to meet criteria for an emergency abortion. (AP)

Meanwhile, three are dead following a medical helicopter crash in Oklahoma. (New York Times)

And in other news from the Sooner State, here's the town where . (KFF Health News)

The FDA spotted at an Eli Lilly manufacturing facility in New Jersey. (Reuters)

Based on results of the THOR study, the for previously treated patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma and susceptible FGFR3 genetic alterations.

Price check for type 2 diabetes drugs in aisle 2024: the for semaglutide (Ozempic) is up 3.5% to roughly $970 for a month's supply, while the price for tirzepatide (Mounjaro) jumped 4.5% to about $1,070. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Could in patients' medical records prior to surgery? (Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research)

Here's why outcomes are so different for older women versus men. (New York Times)

The Department of Defense intends to at a former Michigan military base to keep "forever chemicals" out of the water. (AP)

New York state a major teaching hospital in Brooklyn. (New York Times)

Rising suicides rates among Hispanic people are . (KFF Health News)

A total of have been reported this season, on track with last year's rough season that had 183 pediatric deaths. (NBC News)

At least from the recent severe winter weather conditions. (New York Times)

A new malaria vaccine -- RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) -- is being . (STAT)

An orthopedic surgeon in Gaza performed an with a cooking knife, needle, scissors, thread, and no anaesthesia. (Washington Post)

The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, said she after announcing that she had "beat" breast cancer. (People)

Berish Strauch, MD, a pioneer in reconstructive surgery, . (New York Times)

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