- Blake Snell returned in dominating fashion — 10 strikeouts and six strong innings in front of nearly 50,000 at Dodger Stadium — saying he feels "the best I’ve felt in three years."
- Surgery to remove elbow bone chips fixed numbness and shoulder pain, and Snell says his curveball and fastball are back to being wipeout weapons.
- Despite a slumping offense and shaky bullpen, the Dodgers’ rotation (Yamamoto, Snell, Skubal, Glasnow returning, plus depth arms) gives real October optimism.
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- Trump signed an executive order pushing to separate and space out childhood vaccines (including splitting the MMR), echoing his long-held views despite medical consensus against it.
- The move pleases MAHA supporters and aligns with Health Secretary RFK Jr., but has provoked sharp criticism from doctors and Democrats and is already a political flashpoint for the midterms.
- Public-health experts warn spacing shots could raise infection risk, and polls show most Americans support childhood vaccination and are more focused on costs and affordability than vaccine-reform.
- A mother and her five children arrived in Baidoa after a two-week trek with no food, a human snapshot of families fleeing prolonged drought.
- Baidoa now hosts about 1.6 million people—nearly half displaced—facing severe shortages of food, clean water and rising child malnutrition.
- Aid groups warn El Niño–linked heavy rains later this year could bring flooding, disease and make an already dire situation much worse.
- Vikings name Kyler Murray their starting QB over J.J. McCarthy after a competitive camp, giving Minnesota a veteran lead under Kevin O’Connell.
- Rams had an eventful joint practice: Myles Garrett sat out with knee swelling as a precaution and star receiver Puka Nacua left early with groin soreness.
- Bears safety Coby Bryant had knee surgery and is expected to miss 4–6 months, a big early blow after his offseason signing.
- The Trump administration finalized a rule barring federal Medicaid/CHIP funds from covering gender-identity medical care for people under 18; it takes effect Oct. 13 and includes a six-month taper for kids already receiving care (mental health services are excluded).
- States that want to keep covering such care would have to pay for it themselves; President Trump hailed the decision on Truth Social as part of his campaign messaging.
- Democrats and major medical organizations condemned the policy, warning it could harm children's health.
- Hims & Hers says it plans to sell compounded peptides, touting U.S.-made products, clinical-led guidance and ongoing blood testing while validating ingredient supply chains if the FDA allows compounding.
- Injectable peptides have gotten hot recently, helped along by public enthusiasm from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.
- An FDA advisory committee narrowly voted to let certain peptides (BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c) be added to compounding lists despite agency scientists raising doubts about proven benefits.
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