Aircraft Crashes Into Med School; CDC Vaccine Officials Purged; Brian Wilson Dies

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An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed into a medical school hostel in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad. There were no known survivors. (AP)

CDC career officials who oversaw the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were removed from their role in the process. The move comes after massive ACIP changes this week by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (CBS News)

Novavax reported that its combination COVID-19/flu and standalone flu vaccine induced robust immune responses across all tested antigens in a phase III trial.

New U.S. dietary guidelines, which influence school lunches and nutrition standards, may be released as early as this month. (U.S. News & World Report)

One health harm not mentioned in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report: smoking. (Politico)

Here’s what to know about the latest COVID-19 variant “Nimbus” spreading across the U.S. (The Hill)

Certain packages of enoki mushrooms were recalled for possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

An expert panel called for policy and cultural changes to prevent deaths linked to heat and exertion at police academies. (AP)

Climate.gov, the major government website on climate science, will no longer publish new content after almost all its employees were let go. (The Guardian)

The FDA expanded the indication of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (Mavyret) to include people ages 3 years and older with acute or chronic hepatitis C virus, said maker AbbVie.

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, who had recently been placed in a court conservatorship, died at age 82. (AP)

Prescribing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulants via telehealth versus in-person did not increase the likelihood of subsequent substance use disorders, an analysis of electronic health records showed. (American Journal of Psychiatry)

Women with chronic conditions may suffer consequences after the CDC cut the team responsible for advising doctors on birth control safety. (NBC News)

Tailored feedback to surgeons boosted opioid guideline adherence without compromising patients’ ability to manage pain in a randomized clinical trial. (JAMA Surgery)

A Texas bill aims to put warning labels on foods that contain 44 various additives or dyes. (STAT)

Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie donated $50 million to launch a new autism institute in tandem with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine. (USA Today)