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Trader Joe's Food Alert; DEA Reverses Decision; Going Maskless Is Not Free Speech

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

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The Department of Agriculture issued a public health alert that a Trader Joe's frozen food product .

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency stripping a large wholesale drug distributor of its licenses for failure to properly monitor the shipment of addictive painkillers. (AP)

The FDA found quality lapses at the Indiana factory of contract drug manufacturer Catalent -- a plant that now is to help produce the weight-loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy). (Reuters)

A former day care worker was sentenced to 6 months in prison for to children in her charge before nap time. (Indianapolis Star)

A federal appeals court ruled there was to go maskless during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (ABC News)

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, said minors . (CBC)

A man who formerly was treated for a brain tumor at Philadelphia's Children's Hospital is now who performed the surgery. (ABC7)

Gilead Sciences discontinued its phase III study of magrolimab in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and said the FDA placed all magrolimab studies in myelodysplastic syndromes and AML on , following the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee.

Bob Beckwith, the firefighter who stood next to former President George W. Bush at Ground Zero in an after 9/11, died at age 91. (NPR)

Can nearsightedness ? (USA Today)

A hospital in Georgia implemented Amazon's in its food market, becoming the first U.S. hospital to do so. (Healthcare Brew)

While emergency room , a federal program designed to ease the problem may lose funding. (NBC News)

The White House said it is including the NFL and NBA to promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles in children. (The Hill)

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    Mike Bassett is a staff writer focusing on oncology and hematology. He is based in Massachusetts.