Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder; Organs for Less Prison Time? JAMA’s AI Policy

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Video evidence and his wife’s statement led to charges of attempted murder for Dharmesh Patel, MD, the radiologist accused of driving a Tesla that fell 250 feet over a California cliff on January 2 with his family inside. (San Francisco Chronicle)

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, unveiled his new vision of the agency’s food safety program in the wake of the baby formula scare, but said “no one’s going to be reassigned or fired because of the infant formula situation.” (Politico)

Nearly half of adults said they’re “unsure” about whether medication abortion is legal in their state, including 41% of women ages 18 to 49, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

The House passed a bill to end vaccine mandates for employees at some health facilities; the measure is not expected to pass in the Senate. (The Hill)

The historical alliance between the Republican party and the American Medical Association appears to have further deteriorated in 2022. (Axios)

Massachusetts prisoners could be granted early release of up to 1 year by volunteering to donate organs or bone marrow if local lawmakers have their way. (Boston Herald)

Amgen rolled out Amjevita, the first adalimumab (Humira) biosimilar in the U.S., at two different price points — one at about half of Humira’s list price, the other at a 5% discount. (Reuters)

A CMS official hinted that Medicare may test a policy of paying less for drugs under accelerated approval. (STAT)

Palbociclib (Ibrance) quietly gained an expanded label to include the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer regardless of menopause status. (Fierce Pharma)

Planting trees could decrease deaths from hot summers in cities by a third, a modeling study suggested. (The Lancet)

Βeta-blocker use was associated with lower rates of violence over time. (PLOS Medicine)

Are medical schools failing on obesity training? (NPR)

The FDA issued warning letters to five companies illegally selling products that claim to treat, mitigate, or prevent monkeypox (mpox) infection.

JAMA and the JAMA Network journals updated their policies to address using AI and language models to prepare or write manuscripts. (JAMA)

New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital is investigating the death of a 4-month-old baby in its neonatal intensive care unit during the recent nursing strike. (Gothamist)

Christian Sanon, a Haitian-born doctor living in Florida, was charged in connection with a plot to kill the Haitian president, according to the Department of Justice.

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are not being overcounted, writes CDC’s Debra Houry, MD, MPH, in the Washington Post.

The end of the COVID-19 health emergency signals uncertainty for telehealth. (Washington Post)

What else might change when the COVID emergency is over? (AP)

Meanwhile, the mpox public health emergency has officially ended. (The Hill)

A hospital in Colorado is aiming to stop doctors from performing post-cesarean section tubal ligations. (Colorado Sun)

New York nursing home owners drained cash while residents injured themselves falling, developed bedsores, and missed medications due to a shortage of aides, state filings suggested. (KHN)

Substance use decreased in nearly all categories among teens and young adults in the early part of 2020 — a trend that wasn’t consistent in older age groups. (JAMA Network Open)

Former U.S. Sen. David Durenberger (R-Minn.), who worked to expand Medicare benefits and protect rights of disabled people, died at age 88. (NPR)