The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month warned about an increase in cases of the drug-resistant bacterial infection Shigella.
Driving the news: There are an estimated 450,000 infections in the U.S. each year. The percentage of shigellosis that were resistant to antibiotic treatments increased from 0% in 2015 to 5% in 2022, per the CDC.
A company in Oregon is recalling frozen fruit distributed to major food retailers such as Costco and Trader Joe's following an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses.
Driving the news: The recalled products are frozen organic strawberries sold at grocery stores in certain states and a frozen organic tropical fruit blend sold at Trader Joe’s nationwide.
Officials in Texas have released a transcript of this week's hearing in a major federal case that could limit access to abortion pills for millions of people across the country.
Why it matters: The legal challenge was brought by a coalition of anti-abortion groups that argued the FDA did not properly authorize the pill for terminating pregnancies — and a decision in their favor could reverse the agency's authority on drug regulation for the first time.
