Trump Orders Culling; Woman Alive After Botched Execution; Power Walks and Frailty

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President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to slash mosquito and tick populations in Washington, D.C. (USA Today)

The White House has started to send out $500 checks to about a million Obamacare enrollees it says were overcharged. (The Hill)

CMS finalized a rule that aims to bring “most favored nation” drug pricing to Medicare Part B. (Fierce Healthcare)

A woman on death row in Tennessee survived two doses of lethal injection before her execution was called off. (The Hill)

Meanwhile, prisons are getting hotter and more inmates are dying from heart disease and suicide. (AP)

The FDA announced plans to broaden the membership of its advisory committees, saying it wants some “fresh perspectives.”

Looking for a flu shot? Don’t bother trying CDC’s vaccine finder tool. (Today)

HHS and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) announced the SURPASS initiative, which aims to speed up drug development and clinical trials with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and computational modeling.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law a bill prohibiting hospitals from using AI to replace the clinical judgment of licensed healthcare workers but vetoed another bill that would have protected clinicians who override automated clinical decision tools. (Cal Matters)

A surge in fatal e-bike and scooter crashes is cause for alarm in New York City. (New York Times)

Among pre-frail and frail adults, high-intensity walking was better at reversing frailty than casual-speed walking in a cluster randomized trial. (PLOS One)

Nature published evidence that avoiding sugars during antibiotic treatment may mitigate microbiota disruption.

For people with chronic bilateral vocal-fold paralysis, bilateral neuromuscular laryngeal pacing by a repurposed implantable stimulator showed promise in a four-person case series. (New England Journal of Medicine)

A Michigan nurse was charged after allegedly assisting in the escape of a man detained by federal immigration officials. (CBS News)

Multiple Chicago-area hospitals are shuttering their labor and delivery services, including three run by Prime Healthcare, a for-profit company. (NBC 5)

In upstate New York, a nurse was choked with a stethoscope by a patient in the emergency room, according to police. (Syracuse.com)

An Ohio woman is suing Selby General Hospital, accusing doctors of amputating the wrong leg, eventually leaving her a double amputee. (NBC News)

In the Congo, a politician was beaten to death and his home was set on fire after he went on radio and publicly defended the government’s Ebola response. (AP)