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A cheddar cheese made from unpasteurized milk and sold at Bay Area grocery stores is at the center of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened young children and hospitalized two people — a claim the California dairy that produces the cheese strongly disputes. But federal regulators say the California raw milk producer, which has a history of recalls and is reportedly a favorite of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has refused to voluntarily pull the cheese from the market. (Vaziri, 3/16)

Lunch of grilled chicken, brown rice and steamed broccoli, and then dinner of salmon, sweet potato, and a green salad dressed with only olive oil. Oh, and keep each element under 4 ounces and the whole day of eating at about 1,500 calories. Does that sound like enough food for any 15-year-old boy you know? Well, it is what AI recommended for one. (Holcombe, 3/16)

A new analysis of hypertension guidelines suggests some older adults — mostly women — with slightly high blood pressure could safely hold off on medications if they’re otherwise in relatively good health. That is, age alone shouldn’t always be a deciding factor in being prescribed blood pressure pills. (Edwards, 3/16)

While a randomized controlled trial of vitamin D3 supplementation in COVID-19 patients didn’t yield a significant reduction in monthly related health care use or disease severity, the authors say its role in reducing persistent symptoms warrants further study. (Van Beusekom, 3/16)

As global temperatures rise, people are becoming less physically active, and this shift could lead to hundreds of thousands of additional premature deaths worldwide in the coming decades, a new study finds. Researchers from a group of Latin American universities analyzed World Health Organization (WHO) global health surveys and temperature data from the Climatic Research Unit dataset at the University of East Anglia that included 156 countries between 2000 and 2022. (Kusztos, 3/16)