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Pharmalot
STAT+: Eli Lilly warns hospitals to submit claims data in the next five days or lose their 340B drug discounts
Eli Lilly has told more than 1,000 hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program to submit claims data over the next five days — or lose price breaks.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
Altman has an "utter disregard" for human lives, Florida AG says.
Health
As FDA misses deadline on electric shock ban, disability advocates speak out
The FDA has missed a self-imposed deadline to ban the use of electrical shock devices in people with intellectual disabilities.
First Opinion
Opinion: Medical schools diversified. So where are all the diverse doctors?
Why are residency programs disciplining and dismissing trainees in a system funded to train them?
Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks
Trump admin wants to rely on states for coal ash monitoring, enforcement, allow them to bypass national standards.
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
In the Lab
STAT+: Trump administration seeks to overhaul federal grantmaking process, alarming researchers
The Trump administration has released a sweeping proposal to overhaul the bedrock regulation for all federal grants.
Health tech
STAT+: Blood pressure tech floods the market after FDA relaxes wearables oversight
Wearables with unvalidated blood pressure measuring tech are flooding the market after the FDA relaxed oversight of wellness devices.
Policy
California defeats Tesla’s attempt to throw out racial discrimination lawsuit
California civil rights agency hails win over Tesla, anticipates trial in July.
AI
Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump’s plan to make US an AI hub backfires
Nvidia will invest $150 billion a year to make Taiwan an AI “epicenter.”
First Opinion
Opinion: MIT president: Why so many optimistic scientists are losing heart
“This erosion of our strength is a loss for the nation,” writes MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
Policy
Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo’s Gandalf quote? An investigation.
Parsing a papal proclamation.
Policy
Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor.
AI
FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent
A creepy saved post on Instagram linked man to AI porn account, FBI says.
First Opinion
Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it
A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense, write eight former CDC directors.
First Opinion
Opinion: The innovation trap: How pharma weaponizes a word to extend monopolies
“Just because a company invests does not mean it has invented anything novel,” Tahir Amin and Rohit Malpani write in this excerpt from “Pharma Monopoly.”
Policy
Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must “disarm” AI
In an age of AI, Pope looks for "artisans of hope."
Social-engineering
Reclaiming Social Engineering for Good
“Social engineering” sounds like something out of a conspiracy thriller, charged with totalitarian control and fringe paranoia. More mundanely, it’s come to be associated with phishing and other scams, in…
Biz & IT
US’s big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal
Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?
Health care
Ebola response hobbled by US withdrawal from global health
The Ebola outbreak spreading throughout Central Africa is the first major outbreak since the Trump administration demolished its global health programs and largely withdrew from the world stage last year. …
Defense
Navy chief undercuts Trump and Hegseth on Taiwan, Iran
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s insistence this week that the Pentagon had paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan over a munitions review has undercut the Trump administration’s narrative…
Policy
“Monetarism” Is Confirmation That Economists Never Got The Joke
Monetarism recalls the Five Year Plans of the old Soviet Union.
Technology
Trump’s last-minute AI order switch exposes White House divides
President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull an executive order on artificial intelligence testing has exposed a deeper divide in the White House over how to oversee the technology’s development without…
Technology
New York official warns AI could cost city thousands of jobs
A New York City official warned this week that those working in the Big Apple could face the brunt of the negative impacts of artificial intelligence, possibly costing the city…
Policy
Trump FCC asks public to comment on whether ABC’s The View is a news show
FCC seeks opinions on whether ABC show's decisions are "based on newsworthiness."
Policy
Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals “believed themselves to be safe”
Law enforcement intercepted VPN traffic, seized domains, and arrested its operator.
Biz & IT
Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn’t provide end-to-end encryption
Critics note a lack of factual support in lawsuit filed by US Senate candidate.
Policy
Marketer that claimed it could tap devices for ad targeting will pay $880K settlement
Two additional marketing companies will also pay $25,000 each.
AI
Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go
Trump delays AI safety testing EO, claiming it would be an innovation “blocker.”
Pharmalot
STAT+: Genentech is soliciting research that can be used to blunt pharma reforms in Washington
How a pharma company is soliciting research that can be used to blunt pharma proposed reforms in Washington.
Policy
Tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the future of online safety
Since its earliest days back in office, the Trump administration has been going after researchers who study and try to counter hate speech, harassment, propaganda, and disinformation online. Now, some…