3,349 Dead in Outbreak; Bouncy Castle Staph Infections; RFK Jr.’s Military Jet

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The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, the Africa CDC warned, and a seventh province is now involved. A total of 6,942 cases have been confirmed, including 3,349 deaths. (AP)

Meanwhile, children make up a quarter of all Ebola cases in the outbreak and a third of the deaths. (NPR)

The CDC is funding a study on the health of people who were children when the twin towers fell on 9/11. (Reuters via AOL)

Nicole Saphier, MD, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, has investments in tobacco and soda companies. (The Hill)

Scientists are worried that popular supplements like vitamin D and glucosamine could have negative affects on brain health. (Washington Post)

The FDA issued a final order removing aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and trolamine salicylate as ingredients that can be used in over-the-counter sunscreens.

A bouncy castle was linked to a 48-case outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections in kids and adolescents in Ireland. It was the nation’s largest such outbreak and included four hospitalizations. (Eurosurveillance)

A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child, who was born with a serious heart defect. (AP)

A cohort study in JAMA Network Open linked better preconception diet quality to a lower risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth and hypertensive disorders.

Unsafe sleep factors were involved in about three-quarters of sudden unexpected infant deaths from 2020 to 2024, a CDC study found. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Ahead of the midterms, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly using military jets to get to campaign stops across the country. (Washington Post)

U.S. health officials are preparing to declare an end to the 20-state Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce, according to a Washington Post report.

A new outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in New York City has killed one person while infecting four others. (New York Times)

In Florida, 111 locally acquired dengue fever cases have been reported and one death is being investigated in connection with the mosquito-borne illness. (WFLA, WUSF)

What’s in store for this year’s flu season? (New York Times)

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic said it blocked multiple accounts form using its models to conduct bioweapons research. (CNN)

Leaders in rural healthcare are skeptical about the Trump administration’s plans for AI to fill gaps in rural healthcare. (STAT)

Meanwhile, former Environmental Protection Agency officials are warning that pollution from power plants needed to run data centers is a health threat. (New York Times)