In this edition: This week we look at a fast-spreading and deadly fungus, the cause of Beethoven’s medical issues and coffee’s health effects

Deadly fungus advances across the U.S. Candida auris, a fungus discovered about 15 years ago in Japan, infected at least 2,377 people in the U.S. in 2022, up from 53 in 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Read more.

• Dangerous Fungi Spread As World Temperatures Rise (Read)
• What We Know About Deadly Fungal Infections (Read)

FDA may authorize spring Covid boosters. Agency officials could within weeks clear giving a second dose of the updated, Omicron-targeting boosters to the elderly and immunocompromised, people familiar with the agency's deliberations told The Wall Street Journal. Read more.

What sickened Beethoven? A genetic analysis of samples of Beethoven's hair saved over the centuries fingered Hepatitis B as a source of the composer's health woes. The analysis also revealed unexpected findings about Beethoven’s ancestry. Read more.

Personalized stem-cell therapies. Researchers are planning human tests of treatments consisting of stem cells created by reverse-engineering a patient’s own cells back to a stem-cell state. The hope is such therapies can treat diseases like macular degeneration and congenital heart disease. Read more.

That cup of Joe may not be as unhealthy as feared. A mug of America's favorite stimulant each day may not be bad for the heart after all, researchers reported. But the beverage did reduce the sleep of subjects in the randomized controlled trial. Read more.

For perimenopausal women, the brain fog is real--and temporary. About 60% of women in their 40s and early 50s report a decline in memory function, but their cognitive performance stays within a normal range and memory issues often resolve upon reaching menopause. Read more.

• Drugs Are In the Works to Treat the Depression and Anxiety That Many Women Experience During Perimenopause (Read)

Contaminated eye drops linked to three deaths. Another six people who used the EzriCare and Delsam Pharma LLC’s Artificial Tears eye drops have experienced vision loss. The manufacturer recalled the drops last month. Read more.

• EzriCare Eye Drops Recalled After CDC Linked Them to Infections (Read)

Moderna Prices Its Covid Vaccine at $130 a Dose. The vaccine's price will be several times higher than the $15 to $26 a dose the federal government has paid, when sales shift to the commercial market later this year, sparking criticism from some Senators. Read more.

• Pfizer Targeting Covid Vaccine Price of $110 to $130 a Dose (Read)

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