The parents of a 16-year-old Californian who killed himself last spring have filed suit against OpenAI suggesting that the company's ChatGPT bears responsibility for Adam Raine's death, The New York Times and other outlets reported.
Why it matters: It's the latest in a series of high-profile cases where AI chatbots are being blamed for encouraging people to kill themselves, or for failing to stop them from doing so.
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would pull more than $81 million in funding for 46 state and territorial programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections unless they remove mentions of what officials called "gender ideology."
Why it matters: It's a further escalation of the administration's crackdown on gender-affirming care that's included investigations of hospitals and new fights with blue states.
Almost 2 in 3 physicians say there aren't enough qualified doctors to fill openings in their area, in another sign of how the health care workforce is straining to meet patient demand.
The big picture: Mergers and acquisitions of practices, turnover from pandemic-era burnout and expansion into underserved areas are raising doubts about whether the nationwide shortage of doctors will ease over the next decade, a Medscape survey of 1,001 physicians found.
As big drug companies line up to announce new U.S. jobs and plants in the face of Trump tariff threats, generics giant Sandoz is sending a different message.
The big picture: CEO Richard Saynor is telling the Trump administration it should use carrots, not sticks, with generic drug makers that account for more than 90% of U.S. prescriptions but that compete on price and volume — to a point where, as he puts it, antibiotics sell for less than a packet of M&Ms.
A case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite was detected in a person in Maryland who returned to the U.S. after traveling to El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday evening.
Why it matters: "This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon in an emailed statement that noted the risk to public health in the U.S. from this case "is very low."
The Trump administration's crackdown on gender-affirming care is expanding rapidly as officials investigate hospitals, cut off benefits for federal workers and their dependents, and pick new fights with blue states.
Why it matters: The latest moves could put hospitals and other providers in the middle of a showdown between federal power and patient privacy protections — or even force health providers to break their own state laws.
Orthopedic surgeon Vonda Wright has a plan for how women can optimize their bones and muscles to stay stronger for longer.
The big picture: Sexist beliefs that women should be thin and weak are being knocked out by messages from doctors and celebrities saying building muscle mass is key to longevity wellness.
