Apple Halts Watch Sales; FDA Database May Miss Red Flags; Babies’ Tongues Cut

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Apple halted sales of certain versions of the Apple Watch in the U.S. amid a patent dispute involving a medical device maker and its blood oxygen feature. (CNN)

Americans’ confidence in the U.S. medical system may be the lowest it’s been in a decade, but 82% rated care provided by nurses as excellent or good, according to a new survey from Gallup.

The Biden administration is pleading with states after millions of kids have lost Medicaid coverage. (Politico)

In Boston, Steward Health Care System is facing a federal complaint alleging that its facilities violated physician self-referral regulations (the “Stark Law”) and submitted false claims and statements to the Medicare program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

An FDA database that tracks heart device-related harms may miss red flags. (CBS News)

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and other groups said they dropped a class action lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban. (Reuters)

Breastfeeding at 6 months was tied to higher concentrations of several essential metals during early childhood. (JAMA Network Open)

Amid a maternal healthcare crisis in rural America, will family doctors fill the gap? (KFF Health News)

Here’s a look behind the cancer drug shortage that’s keeping patients from chemotherapy. (New York Times)

Journal paywalls might be slowing efforts to find a cure for cancer, an executive at Frontiers journals said. (Time)

In 2024, all immigrants in California may qualify for Medicaid regardless of legal status. (KFF Health News)

Thiazide diuretics may raise the risk of hyponatremia beyond what’s indicated by drug labeling. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Following a four-month strike, nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, approved a new labor contract. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

In Europe, at least 215 million doses of COVID vaccines purchased during the height of the pandemic have been dumped. (Politico)

This is why Oprah and WeightWatchers are embracing weight loss drugs. (NPR)

What is behind the “booming business” of cutting infants’ tongues? (New York Times)

After performing for a crowd of doctors, a singer-songwriter received a diagnosis she’d never heard of. (Newsweek)

Pioneering transgender psychiatrist Jeanne Hoff, MD, died at age 85. (New York Times)

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