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Don't Drive on These Meds; Darryl Strawberry's Heart Attack; CDC Airport Screening

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

by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today

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These types of medications , the FDA warned.

About 11% of high school seniors (delta-8-THC) within the past year, according to data from the 2023 Monitoring the Future survey. (JAMA)

Following legal challenges, the Department of Veterans Affairs said for single veterans as well as those in same-sex marriages. (Washington Post)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) cited concerns about antimicrobial resistance in a letter to CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, to reduce sexually transmitted infections.

Is the CDC ? (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

Former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry shortly before his 62nd birthday. (People)

In other baseball news, . (AP)

The NIH to test therapies for autonomic nervous system dysfunction in long COVID patients.

A federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas from restricting the availability at some pharmacies of drugs purchased through the federal 340B discount program. (Axios)

The South Korean government at Seoul National University Hospital for threatening to walk off the job in support of striking residents and interns. (AP via ABC News)

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty to discuss how to help physician practices and other healthcare facilities affected by the outage at the company's payment subsidiary Change Healthcare. (Washington Post)

Affordable housing programs are : healthcare systems. (New York Times)

to ask international travelers coming into U.S. airports to volunteer to have their noses swabbed and to answer questions about their health. (AP)

Nearly 100 passengers and 12 crew members on a Holland America Line trip to Hawaii and French Polynesia . (USA Today)

The measles outbreak in Florida's Broward County School District , according to officials there. (Health News Florida)

Eli Lilly said it is to deliver its weight-loss injection tirzepatide (Zepbound) and other drugs. (Reuters)

FDA warned that dietary supplements labeled tejocote root or Brazil seed , which is poisonous.

Some methadone clinics to make patients compliant, but it's making their recovery harder. (STAT)

Legionella-associated outbreaks have been rising and associated with hospitalizations and deaths, according to the CDC. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

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    Joyce Frieden oversees MedPage Today’s Washington coverage, including stories about Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, healthcare trade associations, and federal agencies. She has 35 years of experience covering health policy.