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U.S. Deaths Tied to Lunch Meat; Biden's Healthcare Legacy; Congresswoman Dies

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Two people have died and 28 have been hospitalized across a dozen states in a , the CDC said; no specific source has been identified.

President Biden after weeks of speculation over his cognitive fitness. Here's a look at the 47th President's . (Washington Post, Axios)

Two top executives at Cassava Sciences, a small pharmaceutical company , have resigned. (New York Times)

The FDA again postponed in hair-relaxing products. (NBC News)

The American Medical Association issued a provisional CPT code for .

The European Medicines Agency called for the , contrasting with the FDA, which recommended a KP.2-based vaccine.

A suggest a link between artificial sweeteners and heart disease. (NBC News)

The Biden administration's controversial nursing home staffing rule , researchers say. (USA Today)

A lawsuit alleges that in schemes that sign people up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or switch people's plan without their express permission. (KFF Health News)

Meanwhile, the Biden administration put in place rules aimed at curbing rogue insurance brokers from . (KFF Health News)

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who last month announced she had pancreatic cancer, . (New York Times)

Tennessee will no longer register as violent sex offenders. (AP)

Birthing units at Alabama hospitals are . Are babies at risk? (AP)

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed into law a bill . (The Hill)

Nature sent a reporter to a in London as part of an investigation into sham scientific meetings.

No ordinary farm animals, these little pigs were raised for to humans. (AP)

Eight for better sleep. (Time)