“A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened cattle across several states over the past few weeks,” Politico reports. “The infection, only the second human case of H5N1 ever recorded in the country,

Washington Post: “Biden’s celebration and Trump’s grudging acceptance of the ACA underline a striking reality: a law once derided as ‘Obamacare’ and demonized as a big government power grab is becoming a politically untouchable part of the American safety net, like Social Security and Medicare

Matthew Yglesias: “Way back in 2002, Bill Clinton offered Democrats the advice that ‘when people feel uncertain, they’d rather have someone strong and wrong than weak and right.'” “This has been quoted a lot over the years, but until Covid, I honestly never really understood what he was saying. But

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate has been a harsh critic of in-vitro fertilization, while funding alternative research on extending women’s reproductive years,” Politico reports. Nicole Shanahan has denounced IVF — calling it “one of the biggest lies that’s being told about women’s health

The White House announced a new rule to curb so-called “junk health insurance,” rolling back a Trump-era expansion of short-term health insurance plans, CNN reports.