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FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau's assessment was that the from a potential lab incident in Wuhan, China. (Fox News)
But there remains a and "we may not ever know" the origins of SARS-CoV-2, said Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in an interview with the Boston Globe.
A former suspected of being involved in the deaths of nine patients under her care was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a 37-year-old patient. (People)
Doctors were under pressure "not to make a fuss" when they , a nurse in Great Britain accused of killing seven babies, a U.K. court was told. (The Guardian)
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, are reporting after the early February train derailment, including a burning sensation when they breathe. (The Hill)
The 11-year-old girl in southern Cambodia who (H5N1) did not have the widely circulating variant, but rather a local strain that has been endemic there for years. (Nature)
Millions of in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits starting today as a pandemic hunger relief program ends. (CNN)
Will ? The COVID-19 vaccine maker raised doubts this week. (Reuters)
Vaccination of long COVID, found a systematic review in BMJ Medicine.
Speaking of which, the CDC added guidance.
Georgia senators passed a bill to allow in counties with fewer than 50,000 residents without state permission. (AP)
Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker, alleging its emissions pose an to the nearby Black community. (AP)
Abortion bans in Texas have to their pregnant patients. (NPR)
One in five patients at high cardiovascular risk of statin therapy. (JAMA Network Open)
Can computers run on organoid intelligence from ? (Frontiers in Science)
Here's how investigators figured out what caused 58 Americans in 13 states to suddenly develop , including one person who died and five with permanent vision loss. (AP)
The may have originated hundreds of millions of years ago in primordial aquatic animals. (Nature)
Physician-owned hospitals thanks to a law reintroduced in Congress that's backed by data from the American Medical Association and others. (Fierce Healthcare)
Former NFL cornerback Irv Cross had (CTE), autopsy data showed. (AP)