Murder Charge for Wellness Spa Director; Plague Threat Hubbub; Night Owls and ADHD

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The owner of a Bronx wellness center where a woman died this summer now faces charges of second degree murder and manslaughter, having reportedly introduced air into the IV line during her NAD+ treatment. (News12)

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) raised concerns that Russia could be conducting biological weapons research involving the plague following a Russian lab worker’s reported death. (The Hill)

“We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so,” disagreed President Trump. (Washington Post)

CDC director Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH said the risk to Americans ‌from the unconfirmed pneumonic plague case was extremely low. (Reuters via AOL)

The Trump administration will reportedly allow the temporary sale of certain restricted peptides. (Washington Post)

​Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are helping with preliminary virtual drug trials so drugmakers have more confidence moving experimental medicines through an ‌expensive traditional clinical trial. (Reuters)

Convicted murderer Christa Pike, having survived an execution attempt in Tennessee, has “very injured arms” but is “up and walking.” (BBC News)

A loophole in the No Surprises Act is costing insurers sky-high payments in arbitration, which can translate to higher premiums for patients, according to a CBS News investigation.

California voters will be asked to vote on Prop. 44, which would require community health clinics to spend the bulk of their revenue on charitable care. (Cal Matters)

The FDA said it approved tucatinib (Tukysa) in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab for the maintenance treatment of adults with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer following induction treatment.

One lot of Babies’ Magic Tea brand Baby Sleep Gripe Water dietary supplement is under recall for containing ethanol, methanol, and isopropanol, the agency alerted.

In Canada, nearly one in 15 house cats were infected with Giardia duodenalis, and one in five infected cats could transmit it to humans. (PLoS One)

Congo has a way to go in fighting its Ebola outbreak, with over 70% of new cases still coming from beyond known contacts. (AP)

The CDC is reviving a controversial study on hepatitis B vaccination in Guinea-Bissau. (Rolling Stone)

Are night owls prone to attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other neuropsychiatric conditions? (Washington Post)

The rapid MycoMEIA urine test for invasive aspergillosis had its FDA clearance backed by a newly published case-control study. (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

Canada is no longer going forward with expanding medical assistance in dying to people whose sole medical condition is mental illness. (AP)

A doctor to Britain’s royal family was killed and her husband charged with her murder. (Page Six)