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Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Bill

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by app staff

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The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found have been . (AP)

The U.S. Supreme Court on gender-affirming care for most minors. (CNN)

Under an order announced by the Federal Trade Commission, telehealth company Cerebral for disclosing patients' personal health data to advertisers.

A ransomware group has . (Axios)

A high risk of animal-to-human diseases is , according to an animal protection group. (Reuters)

In response to melatonin-related pediatric emergency department (ED) visits, the Council for Responsible Nutrition has called on supplement makers to on over-the-counter melatonin. (CNN)

An anti-counterfeit firm of GLP-1 agonists for weight loss and diabetes. (Reuters)

U.S. employers and contraceptive care, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said. (Reuters)

A majority of U.S. adults (57%) said they would feel better if they got more sleep, .

California health workers may face a "" when it comes to the state's $25 minimum wage law, as health systems threaten to cut hours and benefits. (KFF Health News)

In Virginia, kids are turning to EDs for . (Axios)

More than three in four doctors (77.6%) are , according to a report from the Physicians Advocacy Institute and Avalere Health.

Could the U.S. again ? (NPR)

A Chinese company facing scrutiny from members of Congress over national security concerns . (New York Times)

The FDA is ready to . (Endpoints News)

Abbott/Thoratec recalled the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System due to long-term buildup of biological material that can cause obstruction, ; 273 injuries and 14 deaths associated with the issue have been reported.

Pressure to lose weight from family and adolescence on internalized weight stigma later in life. (Lancet Regional Health Europe)

For drugmakers, low U.S. taxes . (NPR)

David Egilman, MD, a and served as an expert witness in hundreds of trials, died at age 71 after a cardiac arrest. (New York Times)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined app as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.