Infant formula botulism cluster, black box warning for HRT, flu is waking up, new blood pressure guidelines, and more

This is your weekly Dose.

The shutdown may finally be coming to an end. Our health care costs, unfortunately, will not. I’ll be back on Wednesday with a deep dive into just how spectacularly absurd our health care system has become.

In the meantime, RSV and flu are picking up speed, and a concerning infant formula recall has been linked to a rare botulism cluster, thanks to a sma…