Long-Haulers ‘Left to Rot’; Measles Outbreak Kills 80; Death by Umbrella

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Patients with long COVID say governments are failing to act while they’re being “left to rot.” (Politico)

A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 80 children since April, according to the nation’s ministry of health. (Reuters)

After Friday’s stabbing, writer Salman Rushdie is no longer on a ventilator and has started to speak. (New York Times)

Initially detected in a nearby county, poliovirus has now shown up in New York City sewage as well. (AP)

Officials in at least 20 states and jurisdictions have reported problems getting monkeypox vaccine delivered from the National Strategic Stockpile. (New York Times)

Monkeypox may be here to stay. (Politico)

The World Health Organization renamed lineages of the monkeypox virus to move away from geographic locations and is now accepting individuals’ suggestions for renaming monkeypox itself.

Meanwhile, blood donors should not be asked specific questions about monkeypox exposure, nor should laboratory diagnostic testing be used to screen donors for the virus, the FDA said.

Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized by the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

As of Monday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 92,927,104 cases and 1,037,021 deaths, increases of 813,990 and 3,464, respectively, since this time a week ago.

Denis McDonough, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, tested positive for COVID-19.

The FDA expanded the approval of baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to include flu treatment and prevention for kids 5 years and up, Genentech announced.

And the agency approved trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) as the first HER2-directed therapy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Hawaii’s Lt. Gov. Josh Green, MD, won the Democratic primary for governor. (AP)

In Idaho, the supreme court ruled that the state’s near-total abortion ban can take effect while legal challenges play out in court. (CBS News)

How Big Pharma attempted to kill drug pricing reforms. (Kaiser Health News)

A woman at a South Carolina beach was impaled by a wayward umbrella. (NBC News)