Billy Joel’s Brain Shunt; Hot Drinks and Cancer; Doctors Missing in Nepal Floods

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Billy Joel revealed he had a shunt implanted in his brain following his normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis. (People)

Here’s how Lasker award-winning sleep researchers uncovered the biological cause of narcolepsy with the help of sleepy animals. (New York Times)

Hot drinks were tied to an increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in an analysis of 1 million U.K. adults. (International Journal of Cancer)

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit in Mississippi, saying there is no constitutional right to clean drinking water. (USA Today)

Kenya’s nursing union signed an agreement with the government to end a 43-day strike. (AP)

The FDA said it is investigating a four-state outbreak of Salmonella ​infections linked to broccoli sprouts that has sickened 22 people and hospitalized two.

The agency also expanded the accelerated approval for sevabertinib (Hyrnuo) to include first-line treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer in patients with HER2 tyrosine kinase domain activating mutations.

Flushing a toilet can launch a germ-filled aerosol plume to face height, a systematic review and risk-factor analysis showed. (Science of the Total Environment)

The Trump administration announced $4.8 million for West Virginia to recruit rural healthcare workers and expand preventive care.

CBS News broke down some of the most popular myths surrounding blood donation.

Nearly 1,000 people have died from suspected measles cases in Bangladesh as health officials struggle to contain a growing outbreak. (AP)

Adults with autoimmune rheumatic conditions had lower odds of COVID-related hospitalizations if they received an updated vaccine compared with those who were unvaccinated or received only the initial series. (Arthritis & Rheumatology)

A Danish study suggested that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen was linked to changes in reproductive markers in infant girls. (Human Reproduction Open)

Smoking at any point in your life, as well as second-hand smoke, may negatively affect fertility, a World Health Organization report warned.

Two doctors with Minnesota ties are among those missing after the flash floods in Nepal. (MPR)

Nearly 2,000 unionized nurses at Boston Medical Center are voting on whether to authorize a strike. (Boston 25 News)

A U.K. commission published 44 recommendations on how to regulate artificial intelligence in medicine. (BBC)

Three people in the Netherlands died from an infection ​caused by the West Nile virus. (Reuters)