Morning Break: Zika Testing; Concussion Nation; Tobacco in Plain Brown Wrappers

To commemorate "World No Tobacco Day" (May 31) the UN called for plain packaging of all tobacco products.

A baby with Zika was born in a New Jersey hospital, which marks the third U.S. case. (The New York Times)

And the CDC issued new guidance on interpreting serology test results for Zika infection, in light of their lack of specificity.

One in four Americans have had a concussion. (NPR)

One of the touted innovations of Obamacare was the creation of an institute to conduct comparative effectiveness research, but thus the institute has only spent half of the funds allotted for those studies and it has pretty much ignored comparing the efficacy of drugs. (USA Today)

General Mills recalled 10 million pounds of flour over E.coli concerns after 38 people in 20 states were sickened.(Reuters)

FDA is partnering with a data analytics firm to get "real world" post marketing data on oncology drugs. (Fierce Biotech)

Two oncologists writing in the NYT: "We often can't figure out what our patients would like to know about their prognosis."

Want to hear more about the Obama administration's cancer "moonshot"? Vice president Joe Biden will be discussing it next week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting. (ASCO)

"I think the legislative body doesn't have the appreciation of how close we are to total dismantling of the educational programs of future physicians," said the CEO of a Louisiana hospital discussing the impact of the state's budget problems. (AP)

Thousands in India were infected with HIV after receiving in-patient transfusions.

Here is a rare disease that can make you think you're dead. (Fox News)

Happy marriage = higher colonoscopy rates. (KevinMD)

What does fashion have to do with same day appointments? Health Care Blogger has some ideas.

And, a cartoon that looks at how patients can misunderstand: "Take one pill, three times a day." (Authentic Medicine)

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Morning Break: Zika Testing; Concussion Nation; Tobacco in Plain Brown Wrappers