Nurse Accused of Exorcism; Death After 8 Hours of Plastic Surgery; Top Cancer Months

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A licensed practical nurse in Pennsylvania allegedly performed an exorcism in 2025 on a nursing home resident she claimed had “demons” in her, according to a grand jury report. (NBC Philadelphia)

Amid U.S. measles deaths and an approaching respiratory virus season, new CDC Director Erica Schwartz, MD, has made no public comments or appearances. (The Hill)

Ex-CDC leaders see political interference at the public health agency. (NPR)

CMS will allow states to use tiers to determine which Medicaid enrollees are too frail for new work requirements. (STAT)

Meanwhile, the carveouts for the Medicaid work requirements included Indigenous groups, but not Native Hawaiians. (KFF Health News)

The FDA said it expanded the approval of leniolisib (Joenja) in activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome to include treating kids ages 4 to 11 years with the rare genetic disorder.

And the agency approved the radioactive diagnostic drug floretyrosine F 18 (Pixclara) to help differentiate glioma progression or recurrence from treatment-related changes, said maker Telix.

A 51-year-old woman died after undergoing an 8-hour marathon of plastic surgery procedures in Brazil. (People)

Arizona’s attorney general sued L’Oreal, alleging the company concealed evidence its hair relaxers were linked to risks for gynecologic cancers. (Reuters via AOL)

Another compounder of glutathione — a supplement often marketed as an immune booster — announced a recall of its product over elevated endotoxin levels, according to an FDA notice.

A Yankees Stadium cooling tower tested positive for Legionella as New York City grapples with another outbreak that has so far sickened nine people, including one death. (Gothamist)

Tennis player Alexander Zverev, who has type 1 diabetes, could be seen checking his blood sugar levels on a phone multiple times during his U.S. Open final win on Sunday. (Athlon Sports)

A study in JAMA Health Forum flagged factors that put hospitals at risk for losing obstetric care.

Wrong patient population? The New York Times dissected the phase III failure of Novartis’ lipoprotein (a)-targeting drug pelacarsen for preventing major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with heart disease.

Cancer diagnoses are most likely to occur in January, followed by June and October, a study found; December had the fewest diagnoses. (JAMA Network Open)

The Washington Post looked at what daily life with epilepsy looks like.

An HHS Office for Civil Rights investigation determined that Duke’s medical school “intentionally discriminated” against white and Asian applicants during its admissions practices. (The Chronicle)

Public health physician Anthony Robbins, MD, who during the Clinton administration directed the first national vaccine program, died at age 85 following complications of long COVID, heart disease, and Parkinson’s disease. (New York Times)

U.K. lawmakers voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. (AP)

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Romania’s capital Saturday to sit down at a miles-long table to break a Guinness record and raise money for what organizers said will be the country’s first pediatric psychiatry hospital. (AP)