4,687 Dead in Outbreak; Marshall Faulk Has Parkinson’s; $2 Billion Healthcare Scheme

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The Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak has amassed 9,704 confirmed cases and 4,687 deaths, according to the CDC.

Meanwhile, the agency will now require all foreign visitors to the U.S. to certify that they have not traveled to the Congo within the past 21 days. (The Hill)

The first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda earlier this month, officials said. (AP)

With multiple nations now involved, the head of the Africa CDC warned that Ebola could eventually affect every region of the continent. (Semafor)

The FDA gave full approval to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for previously treated patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors that have a high tumor mutational burden.

Hall of Fame running back and Southern University coach Marshall Faulk has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. (AP)

A state audit found that Colorado’s marijuana enforcement regulators failed to protect consumers from using contaminated products. (ProPublica)

In Kansas, a norovirus outbreak at an elementary school has sickened nearly 100 students and staff. (ABC7)

Humana and UnitedHealthcare are canceling Medicare Advantage plans, which could affect 1 million people. (The Hill)

The Trump administration has officially made biotechnology a national security concern. (pharmaphorum)

Medical professionals were among more than a dozen people arrested for alleged healthcare fraud schemes in the Los Angeles area amounting to about $2 billion, the Justice Department announced.

Texas Attorney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton announced that Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations it improperly influenced prescriptions paid for by the state’s Medicaid program.

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a study in Nature Health found. (AP)