Dolly Parton’s Cause of Death; 14 Newborns Killed in Hospital Fire; GLP-1 Coverage

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Country music superstar Dolly Parton, 80, died Tuesday after a brief battle with an undisclosed type of cancer, according to her family. She had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues. (People)

Parton has a children’s hospital named after her and helped fund the Moderna mRNA COVID vaccine, among her philanthropic works. (Becker’s Health IT)

About 7 in 10 Americans want their doctors to tell them if artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to provide their care, according to a Pew Research Center poll.

Four Democratic senators weren’t satisfied with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent explanation for how he got out of a financial stake in litigation involving Merck’s HPV vaccine (Gardasil), saying it conflicted with earlier answers he ‌gave in federal ethics filings. (Reuters via AOL)

U.S. cases of Cyclosporiasis have grown to 17,180, including 922 hospitalizations, and more than 11,000 other potential cases are still under investigation, according to the latest CDC data.

A Salmonella outbreak in Belgium linked to eggs has sickened at least 306 people. (Reuters via AOL)

A fire triggered by an exploding air conditioner killed 14 newborns in a hospital nursery in Pakistan’s capital, officials said. (AP)

New Mexico will continue funding gender-affirming care for minors even as the Trump administration cuts off funding for it in the Medicaid and CHIP programs. (The Guardian)

Children with brain injuries thrive at a specialized Pennsylvania summer camp, but the federally funded research to find cures for their conditions is in jeopardy. (NPR)

Meanwhile, the Trump administration issued a $160 million grant to Alaska to fund services such as drone prescription deliveries and surgical robotics, CMS announced.

States are tightening their regulation of private equity firms, and private equity deals with physician management groups are expected to drop by nearly half. (Stateline)

Hospitals are reworking how they care for patients in anticipation of the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (STAT)

About 14% of large employers say they either have already dropped or plan to drop coverage of GLP-1 drugs next year and that healthcare could account for 9.2% of costs in 2027, according to a survey from the Business Group on Health. (Reuters via AOL)

Lady Gaga’s fiancé cofounded a biotech startup that uses AI to predict treatments for skin diseases. (Billboard)

One surprising indicator of cardiovascular health: calf muscle strength. (BBC Science Focus)

Baxter issued a nationwide recall of one lot of dextrose injections over the presence of stainless steel particulate matter, according to an FDA notice.

Hungary’s foreign ministry filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors over what it says was possible fraud related to the previous government’s purchase of ventilators worth some $965 million during the COVID pandemic. (AP)