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The Biden administration has suspended the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to U.S. funding and plans to do so permanently, according to an HHS memo obtained by Bloomberg News, due to the lab’s refusal to offer up security and safety information amid investigations into the origins of COVID-19.
Three California nurses sued state officials over whether non-physicians with doctoral degrees can call themselves doctors. (Washington Post)
Medical and public health communities need to make sustainable financial investments in media monitoring and counter messaging to fight the rapid spread of rumors and health misinformation, an analysis of COVID messages showed. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
A strain of fentanyl known as fluorofentanyl was found in 45 overdose deaths in San Francisco last year, the medical examiner said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A South Carolina physician who was found at the bottom of a lake reportedly died by electrocution. (WYFF4 News)
Older adults using semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) to lose weight rapidly may face special risks. (New York Times)
Johnson & Johnson and Astellas joined other pharmaceutical companies in suing the Biden administration over Medicare’s new ability to negotiate drug prices. (CNBC, Law360)
Twelve heat-related deaths have been confirmed in Maricopa County, Arizona, while hospitalizations at one medical center reached pandemic levels. (CNN)
A southwest Florida county reported its seventh case of locally contracted malaria. (AP)
Campylobacter incidence in the U.S. remained stable or decreased in recent years, but resistance to antimicrobials to treat it increased. (Open Forum Infectious Diseases)
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force maintained its position that the evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents ages 20 or younger.
When a hospital in New Mexico struggled, a group of doctors created their own primary care clinic. (CBS News)
Female physicians were more likely to leave academic medicine than male physicians, an adjusted analysis of nearly 300,000 U.S. doctors showed. (JAMA Network Open)
The In-N-Out Burger restaurant chain will prohibit its employees in five states from wearing a mask unless they obtain a doctor’s note. (New York Times)
Health outcomes were similar for women receiving in-person prenatal care or a combination of virtual and in-office visits. (JAMA Network Open)
GPT-4 displays racial and gender bias in diagnoses, according to test cases published in a medRxiv preprint.
Medical staffing company American Physician Partners plans to shut down operations and transition its hospital contracts. (Bloomberg)
The FDA granted marketing authorization for Ruthless Spine’s RJB device, an intraoperative surgical angle measurement guide, the company said.
The Lown Institute named Duke Regional Hospital the most socially responsible hospital in the U.S.
Most older adults see the value of Alzheimer’s disease screening but haven’t been tested, a University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging poll found.
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