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Blood glucose monitor instructions updated due to error code linked to 114 injuries
No devices need to be returned or replaced, but the company did want to update their instructions for use.
Large-language AI models aren’t immune to medical misinformation, but they can learn to discern
Medical AI is likely to pass along potentially dangerous misinformation when the distortion comes to the model from a normally trustworthy source using a convincingly authoritative voice.
Stroke risk after TAVR still higher for woman as ‘sex paradox’ lives on
By tracking sex-related differences after TAVR, researchers hope to refine patient selection strategies and optimize care for both men and women.
5 takeaways from Dr. Wachter’s ‘Giant Leap’ with AI in healthcare
Someday the computerization of medicine will be recognized as the game-changing, paradigm-shifting, everything-upending “disruptive innovation” that so many healthcare watchers and stakeholders have been waiting for. “Today,” however, “it’s often just plain disruptive.”
Safety update: New recommendations for managing patients with high-risk defibrillation leads
HRS has shared an updated guidance on managing Boston Scientific defibrillation leads at risk of experiencing a significant malfunction. The issue, first reported in July 2025, is believed to impact approximately 350,000 leads still being used today.

FDA turns up sterility issues at eye drop facility linked to deaths, vision loss

The FDA has found a drug-resistant bacteria at an eye drop manufacturing facility linked to severe infections and even a few deaths.

Affordable Care Act dealt a blow in new judgment

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was dealt a major blow after a federal judge ruled that employers don’t have to cover certain preventive services, including PReP, which prevents HIV.

Telehealth use plummets after pandemic highs

Use of the telehealth soared in 2020, but utilization has since fallen off a cliff after changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 lessons learned during joint big business/healthcare AI projects

Big Tech players have been investing in partnerships with large healthcare providers on AI endeavors for several years now. According to both sides in one such collaboration, the resulting synergy offers “immense potential” to improve patient access, care and outcomes.

Johnson & Johnson scraps RSV vaccine after trial

The move comes as RSV has been on the rise in the United States.

Nurses plan to stay in the field, but they want more progress

A total of 80% of nurses plan to stay in healthcare until retirement––way up from the 55% who said the same in 2022.

UnitedHealthcare to cut back on prior authorization paperwork

UnitedHealthcare announced it would remove 20% of its current prior authorizations starting with the third quarter of this year.

FDA approves OTC Narcan for the first time

The medication can reverse an opioid overdose and is a critical, life-saving product now able to be sold directly to consumers in places like pharmacies, convenience stores, grocers, gas stations and online, the FDA said.

Care Delivery

Blood glucose monitor instructions updated due to error code linked to 114 injuries

Large-language AI models aren’t immune to medical misinformation, but they can learn to discern

Stroke risk after TAVR still higher for woman as ‘sex paradox’ lives on

5 takeaways from Dr. Wachter’s ‘Giant Leap’ with AI in healthcare

Safety update: New recommendations for managing patients with high-risk defibrillation leads