Pfizer reached agreement with the city of Chicago on a painkiller marketing Code of Conduct. The pact "could potentially be used as a model for other drugmakers." (FiercePharma)
Hillary Clinton, at a Miami campaign stop, called on Congress to come back from summer recess to pass a Zika funding bill, echoing pleas from the state's Republican governor. (Reuters)
"Coercing athletes into using drugs": That's what legalizing sports doping would effectively do, writes Celine Gounder, MD, at Quartz.
Four more local Zika cases were reported in the Wynwood area (Miami Herald) which is "Ground Zero" for the Zika virus. The New York Times takes a closer look.
A microcephalic Houston-area baby's death was tied to its mother's Zika infection, which was contracted during travel to Latin America. (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)
A hospital in Maryland is investigating the recent deaths of two newborns possibly linked to Pseudomonas. (NBC/Video)
Could a new class of drugs prevent 50,000 deaths a year worldwide from three seemingly unrelated parasitic diseases? (CNN)
George Daley, a prominent stem cell scientist, was named the new dean of the Harvard Medical School. (STAT)
Prescription drug price reductions and "single payer" healthcare will face statewide votes this fall. (AP)
A demonstration project aimed at helping chronically ill seniors stay in their homes has saved more than $10 million. (CMS)
Food giant Cargill said it would stop using gentamicin in turkeys.
If an Italian legislator has her way, vegan parents could be jailed. (Reuters)
Duke researchers developed the first device to image children's retinas. (Medgadget)
Are 450,000 condoms enough to protect athletes and their sex partners at the Rio Olympics? Yahoo Sports asks around at the games.
Lilly's phase III trial of breast cancer drug abemaciclib should continue despite missing its primary efficacy endpoint in an interim analysis, says the study's data safety and monitoring board.
Fire broke out in a Baghdad hospital, killing 12 premature infants. (Reuters)
Small study compares sex with alcohol to sex with pot. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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