Morning Break: Olympics Zika Debate Roils; Poverty and Superbugs; PBC Drug OK'd

Dozens of physicians, medical ethicists, and bench scientists call for the Summer Olympics to be moved out of Zika-stricken Brazil or postponed. (Reuters)

But the World Health Organization said doing so wouldn't affect global spread of the illness.

It did, however, recommend that people returning from areas involved in the Zika outbreak practice safe sex for 8 weeks, up from 4 weeks in earlier advice. (Reuters)

Intercept's Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) won FDA approval for treating primary biliary cholangitis (a.k.a. primary biliary cirrhosis), according to a press release from the company.

"If fetal pain is a thing then all deliveries should require general anesthesia." (Dr. Jen Gunter)

Here's a look inside the government lab charged with identifying new "superbug" strains of drug-resistant pathogens. (NBC News)

Meanwhile, at the PLOS blogs, Jason Silverstein blames poverty for the emergence and spread of superbugs.

A Senate probe slams the VA for continuing "systemic" failures in its healthcare operations. (USA Today)

A Teva drug for Huntington's chorea is not approvable until the company provides more information on certain blood metabolites, the FDA tells the firm.

Well sure, your spouse can sometimes be a pain. But literally? (Washington Post)

Perrigo said the FDA gave it the go-ahead to market a generic form of fluticasone propionate, the steroid nasal spray for allergies, for over-the-counter sale under store brands.

A rat study at the University of Colorado finds that morphine -- and presumably other opioids -- can actually worsen chronic nerve pain. (Denver Post)

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette examines Pennsylvania's Medicaid program and the dilemma it faces over expensive hepatitis C treatments.

At age 96, Dr. Heimlich uses his maneuver for the first time, saving a woman.

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Morning Break: Olympics Zika Debate Roils; Poverty and Superbugs; PBC Drug OK'd