Alleged Lewd Doc Acquitted; AI Detects Guns at Hospital; Obesity Bill of Rights

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A Boston-area doctor was acquitted after having been accused of masturbating during a flight in view of a teenage seatmate last year. (WCVB5)

China confirmed the death of a woman due to an infection with combined H3N2 and H10N5 strains of bird flu. (The Independent)

The Federal Trade Commission challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents for unfairly stamping out generic competition. (KFF Health News)

Seattle public health officials urged calm after the discovery of the first known locally acquired case of Candida auris in Washington state. (KUOW)

E-commerce giant eBay agreed to cough up $59 million for allegedly violating the Controlled Substances Act by selling pill presses and other drug-manufacturing equipment, the Department of Justice announced.

A Fort Worth hospital is using artificial intelligence software to scan security camera video for guns and notify police. (WFAA)

Novo Nordisk is raking in the big bucks while increasing supplies of semaglutide (Wegovy). (Washington Post)

Abbott launched a low-calorie protein shake for people taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications, undergoing a weight-loss surgery, or following a calorie-restricted diet who are worried about muscle loss.

Various stakeholder organizations issued an Obesity Bill of Rights to “ensure that Americans living with obesity have the same respect, attention, and medical care for their disease as those with other chronic conditions.”

The FDA warned of eye infections from using South Moon, Rebright, or FivFivGo eye drops, which appear to be copycats of Lumify.

The agency also said 561 deaths have been reported related to recalled ventilators and machines for treating obstructive sleep apnea from Philips Respironics.

One group urged that cancers be reclassified by their molecular characteristics, not the organ of origin. (Nature)

The spotlight was on cannabis-induced psychotic episodes after a woman smoked a bong and ended up stabbing a man 108 times. (USA Today)

U.S. News & World Report asked a federal judge to stop San Francisco’s City Attorney from enforcing subpoenas aimed at investigating the company’s hospital rankings. (Bloomberg Law)

Surgeons stood out as particularly dissatisfied with telemedicine for patient visits and reportedly unable to provide the quality of care expected from in-person visits, according to a survey from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

Mortality rates were higher for patients on respiratory support in rural intermediate care units. (Annals of the American Thoracic Society)

In a closely watched case, a jury handed convictions to anti-abortion protestors who blocked off a reproductive clinic outside Nashville nearly 3 years ago, when abortion was still legal in Tennessee. (AP)

Maquet has its Atrium Express Dry Suction Dry Seal Chest Drain under class I recall over sterility issues, the FDA announced.

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