By Conor Grant
Microsoft yesterday unveiled Copilot Health, a tool it describes as an AI concierge doctor. The new feature can dispense personalized healthcare advice that's informed by medical records and personal health data, if users choose to upload them.
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In the News
American seniors paid billions of dollars in extra premiums due to alleged Medicare overpayments, according to a report by the Joint Economic Committee, a bipartisan group of lawmakers that advises Congress on financial matters.
The FDA's controversial vaccines chief is leaving. Dr. Vinay Prasad, who has led the agency's vaccines and biotech drugs division, will depart at the end of April and federal health officials are searching for his replacement, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said.
Novo Nordisk got a warning from the FDA for failing to report serious suspected side effects related to its GLP-1 treatments. The FDA's letter underscored cases including two deaths and a suicide linked to patients taking semaglutide.
The Number
The amount of direct payments from state Medicaid programs to autism therapy providers in 2023, up from $660 million just four years earlier, according to a WSJ analysis of Medicaid billing records. Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on the growing need for such care, sometimes outpacing regulators' oversight, the Journal's analysis found.
Beyond WSJ
-- Difficult people in your life might make you age faster, a new study
suggests. (The Washington Post)
-- Pediatricians are navigating a sea of misinformation when they talk to
parents about vaccines. (The New York Times)
-- Cancer cells can "barf" proteins onto their cell surface, which may
create new targets for immunotherapies. (STAT News)
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