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Two doctors on the challenges of medicine today

In today's Morning Rounds newsletter, a Texas couple getting rich off out-of-network medical bills, two doctors on the challenges of medicine today, and more.

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Briefing: Will the Jalisco cartel's new US-born leader complicate Trump's war on drugs?

Strategic angle: An analysis of the implications of the Jalisco cartel's leadership change on US drug policy.

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Briefing: Activists deliver medical aid to crisis-hit Cuba as US energy blockade continues

Strategic angle: European activists provided crucial medical supplies to Cuba amidst a severe economic crisis exacerbated by a US energy blockade.

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Briefing: HHS Watchdog Critiques Nursing Homes for Antipsychotic Drug Misuse

Strategic angle: Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguising the practice as schizophrenia treatment, a watchdog finds.

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Briefing: Farage Calls for Release of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Strategic angle: Reform UK leader praises efforts to free imprisoned rapper and drug trafficker.

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Briefing: Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an 'epochal figure,' dies at 93

Strategic angle: Ilia II was hospitalised on Tuesday morning in critical condition with "mass bleeding from the stomach," the director of the Caucasus Medical Centre said.

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Briefing: FDA and NIH announce more initiatives to reduce animal testing in drug development

Strategic angle: The HHS has made reducing animal testing a priority over the past year.

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Briefing: Opinion: I was a surgeon. The hardest part of leaving medicine was believing that I could

Strategic angle: Leaving her career as a surgeon, Frances Mei Hardin writes, “was the beginning of a life I actually wanted.”

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Briefing: Drug use report: Sharp drop of MDMA in European wastewaters; cocaine and ketamine rise

Strategic angle: A new study reveals significant changes in illicit drug use across Europe, highlighting a decrease in MDMA and increases in ketamine and cocaine.

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Briefing: Targeted alpha therapy: One compound holds promise for unified cancer care

Strategic angle: ORNL is a leader in developing advanced radiotherapies and providing essential radioisotopes.

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Briefing: Trump's Drug Pricing Moves and GSK Asthma Drug Insights

Strategic angle: The White House intensifies pressure on Congress for drug pricing legislation.

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Briefing: High-resolution electron microscopy sheds light on the cellular responses to stress

Strategic angle: An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen has used advanced electron microscopy technologies to capture key cellular mechanisms of stress resistance.

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Briefing: A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness

Strategic angle: The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.

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Briefing: Florida Man Sues Sheriff After Drug Test Decides IBS Meds Are Basically Fentanyl During Traffic Stop

Strategic angle: A Florida man is taking legal action against a sheriff's department after a roadside drug test misidentified his IBS medication as fentanyl.

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Briefing: Plastic bottles transformed into Parkinson's drug using bacteria

Strategic angle: A pioneering method converts waste plastic into a vital medication for Parkinson's disease.

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Briefing: Opinion: Congress must pass legislation to ensure Medicare covers breakthrough medical technologies

Strategic angle: Congress must pass bipartisan legislation to ensure Medicare coverage of breakthrough medical technologies, writes a physician and inventor.

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Israeli strike kills 12 medics in a clinic in southern Lebanon

An overnight Israeli strike resulted in the deaths of a dozen medical staff in southern Lebanon, escalating tensions in the region.

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Briefing: A lab mistake at Cambridge reveals a powerful new way to modify drug molecules

Strategic angle: Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that allows for safer modifications of complex drug molecules.

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Briefing: How STAT would cover ‘The Fugitive’ if its pharma scandal were real

Strategic angle: It's Oscar season, so we're bringing you a special STATus report on how we'd cover the drug scandal in 'The Fugitive' if it were real.

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Briefing: Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?

Strategic angle: In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?