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Fauci's New Gig; Secret World of Penile Enlargement; Malaria Cases Emerge in U.S.

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

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Former White House Chief Medical Adviser and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, will as a distinguished professor in the School of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases, and will hold an additional appointment in the university's McCourt School of Public Policy.

E-cigarettes are and addicting teens. (KFF Health News)

An investigative report looks at the secretive world of . (ProPublica)

Five cases of malaria were over a period of 2 months, marking the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease was acquired locally in the U.S. in 20 years, according to the CDC. (Reuters)

A $5 billion federal program in the U.S. is aimed at making better COVID vaccines, but is . (New York Times)

And billions of dollars left from a plan to deliver COVID vaccines to the world's poorest for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa. (Reuters)

In the U.K., the National Cancer Research Institute announced it after 22 years.

And Polish officials are looking into an H5N1 , according to the University of Minnesota.

A being developed by GSK received fast-track designation from the FDA. (Reuters)

UnitedHealth Group's Optum Amedisys. (STAT)

GSK settled its first due for trial in the U.S. (Reuters)

This is how a is "upending treatment." (New York Times)

A deadly is spreading. (CNN)

In Charleston, South Carolina, a "nods to historical roots" of health disparities in the U.S. (KFF Health News)

Former President George W. Bush's has been engulfed in the abortion wars. (Politico)

As older adults flock to pickleball, amid what could amount to more than $350 million in game-related injuries in the U.S. this year. (Quartz)

And those looking for live entertainment could opt to see a cover band in the field of immunotherapy. (Wall Street Journal)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined ֱ as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.