Dog Dies of Bird Flu; Shapeshifting Antibiotics; ChatGPT Gives Breast Cancer Advice

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A pet dog in Ontario died after testing positive for avian flu, Canadian officials said. (The Globe and Mail)

Nature prescriptions were tied to reduced blood pressure, lower depression and anxiety scores, and a higher daily step count, a meta-analysis showed. (Lancet Planetary Health)

Gilead Sciences shared data from its phase I study of the investigational oral COVID-19 antiviral obeldesivir; phase III trials in outpatients have begun enrolling. (Reuters)

Long COVID made some people choose not to have children. (Time)

More than half of rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of closing. (KWCH)

An antibiotic that can shape-shift by rearranging its atoms may help fight drug-resistant pathogens. (PNAS)

Naloxone (Narcan), fentanyl test strips, COVID tests, and condoms will be available at six free vending machines throughout Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)

For nearly a month, a teenager posed as a traveling health worker and gained access to two Corpus Christi hospitals. (KRIS 6 News)

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $8.9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging talc in its baby powder and other products caused cancer; a J&J subsidiary again filed for bankruptcy protection to pursue the settlement. (Reuters)

Some folks in the anti-aging crowd are having second thoughts about metformin. (Wall Street Journal)

Researchers look to drug combinations, vaccines, and gene therapy for the next generation of Alzheimer’s treatments. (Nature)

John Fetterman (D-Penn.), who had a stroke last year, will return to the Senate with hearing aids and improved speech after being treated for clinical depression. (USA Today)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed an executive order establishing the state as a safe haven for transgender people seeking gender-affirming healthcare. (NJ.com)

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized, with some local media reporting the need for intensive care. (AP)

Infertility affects one in six people globally, the World Health Organization said.

Metabolic blood tests during pregnancy identified which women were more likely to have offspring with early childhood obesity. (JAMA Network Open)

Gossamer Bio ended development of a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor for primary central nervous system lymphoma after two patient deaths. (Fierce Biotech)

ChatGPT provided patients with (mostly) correct breast cancer prevention and screening advice, but some information was inaccurate or fictitious. (Fortune)

Washington state officials stocked up on the abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) to prepare for possible scarcity in the future. (NPR)

The Justice Department issued a final rule giving the Bureau of Prisons director discretion to let people placed in home confinement under the CARES Act stay there after the COVID-19 emergency ends.

The number of former rugby union, rugby league, and soccer players taking legal action against sports governing bodies for concussive and sub-concussive injuries has grown to nearly 400. (AP)

Critically ill patients “will inevitably die” if hospitals cancel surgeries due to next week’s junior doctors’ strike in England, heart experts warned. (The Guardian)