Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a settlement with Texas Children's Hospital compelling the hospital to create the country's first clinic for people who detransition from previous gender-affirming medical treatments. Services will be free for the first five years. The clinic will serve both kids and adults, established in a state that has made it illegal for trans kids to receive gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapies.
Congo Ebola outbreak
- ▪The CDC is assisting partners in coordinating the safe withdrawal of a small number of Americans directly affected by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak
- ▪A number of Americans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are believed to have been swept up in the country's latest Ebola outbreak
- ▪At least one American in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may have developed Ebola symptoms
- ▪The WHO declared the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
- ▪Several Americans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are deemed to have had high-risk Ebola exposures
- ▪The Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak has resulted in at least 246 cases with 80 deaths
Bill Cassidy Senate defeat
- ▪Bill Cassidy cast the decisive vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
- ▪Sen. Bill Cassidy lost his Senate seat after coming in third in Louisiana's Senate primary on May 16, 2026
- ▪Bill Cassidy voted in 2021 to convict President Trump for inciting the January 6 insurrection
- ▪Bill Cassidy served for two decades in Congress, first as a representative and then as a senator
Texas detransition clinic
- ▪Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a settlement with Texas Children's Hospital that compels the hospital to create the country's first-ever clinic for people who detransition
- ▪The Texas Children's Hospital detransition clinic settlement ensures that services will be free for the first five years
China biotech competition
- ▪The U.S.'s share of the world's medicine chest fell from nearly half to less than 35% in the last decade
- ▪American pharmaceutical companies spent approximately $60 billion on Chinese molecules in the first three months of 2026
Prostate cancer screening
- ▪A Cochrane review published on May 14, 2026 found that prostate-specific antigen blood testing likely reduces the risk of deaths from prostate cancer
- ▪The Cochrane review found that prostate-specific antigen screening reduced disease-specific death in about two every 1,000 men screened
- ▪The Cochrane review analyzed results from six trials involving 800,000 participants
FDA leadership departures
- ▪Tracy Beth Høeg, head of the Food and Drug Administration's drug center, is leaving the agency
- ▪Tracy Beth Høeg started at the FDA in April 2025
- ▪Tracy Beth Høeg helmed the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
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