Pediatrician Fatally Stabbed; Driver's License Laws and Dementia; Doctors Wary of AI

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff

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A Texas while sitting at a picnic table near her apartment building Saturday; the motive is unclear. (NBC News)

The American College of Physicians issued a new position paper addressing . (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Individuals relocating to states that have prohibited restrictions on gender-affirming care . (CBS News)

The FDA updated a list of eye drops it has over risk of eye infection to include an Equate product sold by Walmart in stores and online.

Could state driver's license laws ? (Time)

President Biden outlining "safe, secure, and trustworthy" artificial intelligence (AI).

And doctors , questioning whether new tools actually improve care or are backed by sound research. (New York Times)

One-quarter of U.S. medical students , and most aren't planning to treat patients, according to a . (The Hill)

A resurfacing of the Nipah virus in India has . (Reuters)

In Gaza, the Glia Project is like tourniquets and stethoscopes. (STAT)

A confirmatory study for Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy failed to meet its primary endpoint, . (Endpoints News)

Acute COVID infection that left people bedridden for a week or longer was behind the symptoms. (Lancet Regional Health Europe)

A judge requiring healthcare providers to tell patients that medication abortion can be reversed. (Reuters)

Drugmaker Nostrum and its CEO have for underpaying rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the Department of Justice said.

The FDA of abatacept (Orencia) to include treatment of patients age 2 years and older with active psoriatic arthritis.

How far should doctors go to ? (New York Times)

Do American football players live longer than other men? A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

Olympus due to over-inflation, which may cause air embolism, arrhythmias, asystole, or cardiac arrest.

This is how our ancient relatives could . (NPR)

Halloween haiku: . (KFF Health News)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.