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Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 鶹ý staff

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A worldwide rebound in the number of -- blamed on gaps in vaccine coverage -- has some public health officials worried about a possible reversal of decades of progress. (CNN)

A student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi started a petition demanding that the university provide on campus. (Action Network)

A Missouri hospital fired a nurse who refused to comply with the hospital's because of religious reasons, sparking protests in support of the nurse. (Yahoo Lifestyle)

, as a federal judge "objected to what he said was the government's and companies' treatment of him as a 'rubber stamp' for the deal," according to Reuters.

An Ohio nurse was sentenced to 2 years in prison and fined $47,000 for and then accepting paid leave from work and thousands of dollars in gifts and cash. (Fox News, Columbus Dispatch)

Alkermes said its samidorphan-olanzapine combination pill was seen with olanzapine alone. (Reuters)

The FDA issued a warning about unrecognized signs and symptoms of the life-threatening side effect of in patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated with enasidenib (Idhifa).

Also, the agency warned about a for multiple sclerosis: strokes and arterial dissections in the head and neck, which were also seen with the drug when it was sold as Campath.

The CEO of the nation's largest pharmacy benefits management company said 2019 could provide a for efforts to control prescription drug prices. (CNBC)

Six New York hospitals will reimburse sexual assault survivors for more than that were billed to the patients in violation of federal law. (ABC News)

You could probably guess that nocturia increases the risk of falling, but what about obesity, memory deficits, reduced sex drive, and depression? Avadel Pharmaceuticals, which just happens to sell a drug for the condition, .

Many people each year get a as a result of high-resolution imaging (such as MRI) that detects "potentially serious incidental findings" that turn out to be no big deal. (Reuters)

A 26-year-old New York man who underwent a after attempting suicide by firearm went public with his transformation. (WLS-TV)

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