Mitch McConnell Returns; Anti-Vax Group Features RFK Jr.; Minnesota Doctors Strike

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time in 3 months, following a hospitalization after a fall at his home. (CNBC)

Montana legislators are poised to allow widespread access to unapproved drugs and other therapies that no regulatory agency has ever found safe and effective. (Politico)

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will present the keynote address later this week at the annual meeting of the Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine organization he once led. (STAT)

The medical LSD product DT120 ODT (lysergide) significantly reduced anxiety in a phase III randomized, placebo-controlled trial, Definium Therapeutics announced.

Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) will slim down to just Novo as part of a rebranding effort, though Novo Nordisk A/S will remain its legal name. (Reuters via AOL)

Democratic New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will convene a first-ever congressional hearing that will focus on federal funding for research into menopause. (New York Times)

About 150 doctors at two Allina Health hospitals in Minnesota began a 4-day strike Monday after 3 years of failed contract negotiations. (MPR News)

The U.S. Tennis Association paid tribute to athletes with autism at this year’s U.S. Open, including a center-court gathering of athletes and coaches working with a variety of therapists. (CNBC)

While autopsy results are pending, the investigation into actress Hayden Panettiere’s death spread from Los Angeles to Greenville, South Carolina, focusing on the role that drugs and street-level drug dealers might have played in her death. (ABC News)

Singer Celine Dion performed on stage for the first time in almost 4 years since her diagnosis of the rare neurologic disorder stiff-person syndrome, opening a 16-show residency at a suburban-Paris venue. (NPR)

A cancer survivor hoped to return to work as soon as she was able, then lost Medicaid coverage. (KFF Health News)