Doctor Faces Death Penalty; Weight-Loss Drugs Without Nausea; U.S. Children Drowning

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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of a Florida plastic surgeon accused of killing a lawyer over a medical billing dispute. (AP)

President Joe Biden is going after hospital facility fees, a controversial charge that can be a surprise to patients. (STAT)

A shortage of Pfizer’s penicillin G benzathine (Bicillin L-A) may add to already-rising rates of syphilis. (New York Times)

Biotech companies are working to develop effective weight-loss drugs to work without nausea, a side effect of semaglutide (Wegovy). (Reuters)

Arizona’s Governor Katie Hobbs (D) granted pharmacies the ability to provide contraceptive medications to customers without a prescription. (AP)

Tennessee will be able to enforce a ban of gender-affirming care for youth after a U.S. appeals court reversed a previous decision. (Reuters)

Families are traveling long-distance for their children’s gender-affirming care. (AP)

Older Americans are increasingly reporting substance use disorders. (New York Times)

Idaho let a committee addressing their maternal mortality problem dissolve, despite having high rates of pregnancy-related death. (KFF Health News)

NIH researchers found that altered B-cell function may lead to a weaker immune response in children with mitochondrial disease. (Frontiers in Immunology)

A CDC program helps states access timely data on the causes of gun violence. (NPR)

Drowning is the number one killer of children in the U.S. (New York Times)

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) asked the FDA to investigate an energy drink hawked by popular YouTuber Logan Paul over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine and popularity among children. (AP)

A retired surgical oncologist discovered the cause of his severe ongoing abdominal pain and weight loss: a wire bristle from his grill brush. (Washington Post)

Scientists in Israel generated a research paper based on publicly available CDC data in under an hour with ChatGPT. (Nature News)

New cases of HIV were linked to a New Mexico spa which closed in 2018 after clients tested positive following a procedure called a “vampire facial.” (NBC News)

Traveling? Here’s how to avoid “traveler’s tummy.” (CBS News)

Those who stay home, however, could fall prey to “bed rotting,” a habit experts say could harm mental health if it happens too often. (CNN)

Former physicians in Ukraine find themselves jobless as refugees in Britain. (New York Times)

An NHS hospital trust in Leeds apologized to the family of rapper MF Doom for what they acknowledged was substandard care prior to his death. (The Guardian)

Rhythm guitarist and songwriter George Tickner of Journey, who pursued a PhD at Stanford Medical School, died at 76. (Music Times)

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