Doc Never Heard Patient’s Screams; How Richard Simmons Died; Suicides in Physicians

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A Florida doctor who wasn’t wearing his hearing aids when he began performing a colonoscopy on a patient who wasn’t fully sedated didn’t hear the patient screaming, according to state officials. (NBC News)

Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will end his presidential campaign and endorse former President Donald Trump, according to sources. (NBC News)

Here’s how a farm could start an H5N1 pandemic. (New York Times)

Meanwhile, Thailand reported a case of the clade 1b strain of mpox, the second outside of Africa. (Reuters)

A Mediterranean diet may help stave off COVID infection, a systematic review suggested. (PLOS One)

A federal judge in Texas struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban worker non-compete agreements. (Reuters)

Richard Simmons’ cause of death was revealed as accidental due to complications from recent falls and heart disease as a contributing factor. (People)

Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said it successfully implanted its device into a second patient, with no issues of “thread retraction” like the first patient. (Reuters)

Here’s what to expect with Epic’s 100 new AI features. (CNBC)

The Ebola Zaire vaccine (Ervebo) had 84% effectiveness, real-world data showed. (Lancet Infectious Disease)

An investigational topical ointment of isotretinoin flopped in a phase III trial for treating moderate to severe congenital ichthyosis, said developer Timber Pharmaceuticals.

A federal judge ruled that people with well-treated HIV can’t be barred from enlisting in the military. (NBC News)

Seven anti-abortion activists were convicted of blocking access to a clinic in suburban Detroit in 2020. (AP)

An explosion at a pharmaceutical plant in India killed at least 18 people. (AP)

The British government likely won’t cover the new Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab (Leqembi) since it’s not a “good value for the taxpayer.” (AP)

Female doctors have an increased risk for suicide compared with their counterparts in the general population, a 20-country meta-analysis found. (The BMJ)

The FDA said it is still concerned about the risk of aluminum toxicity in infants with use of Hospira’s unapproved potassium phosphates drug product, especially when used in parenteral nutrition.

An evaluation of baby foods from the top 10 U.S. supermarkets found 60% failed to meet global nutritional requirements. (Nutrients)

What to know about street medicine. (Washington Post)

Actress Alicia Silverstone is fine after nibbling on a poisonous fruit thinking it was a tomato; here’s a guide to poisonous lookalikes. (AP)

A “nasty” gastrointestinal parasite was reported in several Kentucky public swimming pools. (Newsweek)

People are still falling ill from eating mushroomed-infused candy. (NPR)

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