Pesticide Found in Supplement; Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Teen; B12 and Birth Defects

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The FDA said a supplement promoted and sold for weight loss (Lipofit Extreme Fat Burner 2.0) was recalled after an agency analysis showed tablets were tainted with undeclared fluoxetine and 2,4-dinitrophenol, a toxic substance used as a pesticide.

Amid pressure from the Trump administration, the Lancaster County coroner’s office in Pennsylvania is investigating the death of a second child who reportedly tested positive for measles. (The Hill)

A federal judge criticized HHS for relying on nonexistent evidence and citations potentially generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to justify major overhauls of federal teen pregnancy prevention programs. (Washington Post)

And in Texas, a federal judge paused a lawsuit (until after the midterms) that seeks to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide while the FDA completes a review of the drug’s safety. (Reuters via AOL)

Epic Research data showed that 7.6% of emergency department visits were self-pay in early 2026, up from 5.5% in early 2022.

State health officials said a North Carolina teenager died from Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater. (ABC News)

New York City’s mayor announced new safety measures to strengthen the city’s response to Legionella bacteria in cooling towers after 11 deaths occurred this summer. (NBC News)

U.K. patients flagged errors by AI scribes that physicians missed, Healthwatch England reported. (The Guardian)

President Trump named longtime supporter and pastor Darrell Scott as the CDC’s tobacco health adviser. (The Hill)

Some of the Trump administration’s ambitious food goals, like expanding nutrition coaching in primary care and providing fresh produce to chronically ill people, may face hurdles due to a shrinking workforce of dietitians. (STAT)

Higher vitamin B12 levels in mothers and fathers were associated with a lower risk of birth defects, a study in China showed. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Early research supported the development of alpha-gal-specific monoclonal antibodies as a new intervention to prevent the tickborne red-meat allergy. (Journal of Clinical Investigation)

Only 31% of former National Football League players with clinician-adjudicated dementia had neurodegenerative disease listed as their underlying cause of death in a study of brain donors. (JAMA Network Open)

A 15-lb weighted blanket reduced self-reported anxiety in a small trial of hospitalized adults. (American Journal of Critical Care)

When a hospital in Troy, New York, tried to shut down its birthing center, the community banded together to fight back. (NPR)