Morning Break: Dense Breast-Density Letters; Mumps on Campus; Zika Funding Near?

A JAMA study on breast-density reporting prompts an outburst from Nancy Cappello, PhD, who wonders why doctors shouldn't be responsible for explaining the reports to patients. (Huffington Post)

The FDA approved a novel iron replacement product made by Rockwell Medical for treating anemia in hemodialysis patients, the company said.

A mumps outbreak at Harvard has affected 40 people at the university, with nearly a dozen students in isolation, Boston.com reports.

The Senate is closing in on a $1.1 billion funding deal to fight the Zika virus. (New York Times)

Gay and bisexual men under 26 are six times more likely to attempt suicide or self-harm than older gay and bisexual men, investigators found. (Medical Xpress)

Angola's yellow fever outbreak is drawing new concern from the WHO, with a visit to the country by the agency's director-general.

Pilgrim's Pride has recalled 4.5 million pounds of chicken products after consumers and federal inspectors found them speckled with wood, plastic, rubber and metal bits. (CBS News)

People with HIV may be aging more rapidly than those without the disease. (NPR)

Praying for a miracle? About 90% of Americans in a survey have used "healing prayer" for themselves or others. (CNN)

Trouble getting around in a new location may signal early Alzheimer's. (UPI)

Stay away from working those night shifts; they may cause heart disease. (NBC News)

Some members of Congress suspect that Valeant is withholding documents requested in a House probe. (Reuters)

Financier Sandy Weill and his wife Joan are giving $185 million to the University of California San Francisco to set up a brain research institute there. (Washington Post)

Bloomberg columnist Max Nisen gives good grades to the FDA advisory committee that met Tuesday to review the muscular dystrophy drug eteplirsen. And here's one advocacy group's take on the meeting. (Read our coverage here.)

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Morning Break: Dense Breast-Density Letters; Mumps on Campus; Zika Funding Near?