1. WHO recommends Malaria Vaccine - initially started as pilot program, reached 800K kids in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - now recommends for widespread use, 4 doses starting at 5 months - not shown to impact any other vaccines kids get at that age 2. Covid Drug (good video and summary) - Merck released interim clinical trial data for monupiravir which showed 50% decrease in mortality in covid patients - waiting on FDA approval, first oral antiviral - countries purchased USA, Singapore, Australia -775 patients in Merck's study looked at hospitalizations or deaths among people at risk for severe disease. It found that 7.3% of those given molnupiravir twice a day for five days were hospitalized and none had died by 29 days after treatment. That compared with a hospitalization rate of 14.1% for placebo patients. There were also eight deaths in the placebo group. 3. 18 ex-nba charged in healthcare fraud Article 2 with video - Terrence william is scheme master, provided fake invoices to other players - fake invoices for medical reimbursement - 4 million claimed, about 2.5 million reimbursed over 3 years 4. UCSD Physicians Beats: Jaze Beats by John Echols