Trump’s Weight; Fauci Gets a Legal Defense Fund; Eye Drops Recalled

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Doctors shared concerns as President Trump appears to have put on 23 pounds since his 2024 campaign. (Washington Post)

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, corrected Trump and said the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine “is not a lethal vaccine.” (The Hill)

HHS launched an initiative aimed at improving how the nation responds when autistic people go missing.

John Gaitanis, MD, who has served as an expert witness in alleged vaccine injury cases, was tapped as the new director for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the NIH announced.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is overhauling U.S. vaccine policy, but he’s not talking about it at campaign stops. (The Hill)

The Washington Post examined how 10 cases of measles can turn into 6,785 hours of labor to contain them and rack up half a million dollars in costs.

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba she likely contracted in a lake. (The Guardian)

A legal defense fund was launched for Anthony Fauci, MD, amid a growing number of investigations into the infectious disease expert’s handling of the COVID pandemic. (Reuters via AOL)

As work requirements and other provisions of Trump’s “big beautiful bill” take hold, enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span — a decline far steeper than the government estimated. (AP)

Meanwhile, states aren’t signing up for Trump’s plan to lower the cost of certain drugs in Medicaid due to budget concerns. (Politico)

Nancy Kassebaum, a three-term Republican senator from Kansas who in the 1990s was instrumental in passing bipartisan healthcare legislation, died at age 94. (Politico)

Employee health costs in 2027 are expected to increase by 9.5%, according to new projections. (Axios)

“I’ve got to do it for the next people who have melanoma,” said a patient who took part in a clinical trial of Moderna’s investigational mRNA cancer vaccine. (Washington Post)

Are animal-free egg proteins secretly being added to foods? Snopes checked out the claims.

New complex medical conditions in Medicare Advantage enrollees were linked to higher disenrollment rates and switches to traditional Medicare, according to an analysis in JAMA Health Forum.

Nearly 40,000 bottles of Clear Eyes itch-relief eye drops were recalled because of potential contamination, the FDA said. (NBC News)

Meanwhile, a quarter-million condoms in France were recalled over bursting concerns or due to perforations. (Reuters via AOL)

Following recent recalls, officials are warning firefighters about the risks of the unproven supplement glutathione for smoke exposure. (AP)

How a mom discovered her newborn had a potentially deadly genetic condition, maple syrup urine disease. (People)

Reducing subsidies for HIV antiretroviral therapy could result in thousands of new HIV cases over the coming years, researchers estimated. (JAMA Network Open)

As the Lindsay Clancy case highlights postpartum psychosis, a mom stricken by the condition shares her story of hope. (AP)

England’s Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest person, celebrated her 117th birthday last week. (People)