Trump’s Grandkid Has Surgery; Doc’s Execution Won’t Be Streamed; Inside Plague Labs

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Kai Trump, President Trump’s granddaughter and a freshman on the University of Miami golf team, revealed that she had surgery for a wrist injury. (AP)

In other sports news, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts won’t be playing this Sunday as he’s dealing with a superficial blood clot in his calf. (ESPN)

And tennis pro Emma Navarro opened up about how her meteoric rise to the top of the world rankings led to a diagnosis of relative energy deficiency in sport. (New York Times)

The FDA finalized a rule that would allow manufacturers to use salt substitutes in dozens of standardized foods (bread, cheese, canned vegetables, etc.) without altering the product name to reflect the substitution. (The Hill)

“Mass psychosis.” Convinced that artificial intelligence (AI) will cure cancer, some AI researchers are taking up smoking, according to Palantir’s chief technical officer. (SFist)

At least eight states are suing OpenAI, saying the company’s popular chatbot model violated state consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults. (AP)

Meanwhile, reflecting the rise of AI in healthcare, the JAMA Network announced the launch of JAMA AI — set to debut in early 2027.

President Trump announced that the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter and former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, MD, will not be livestreamed. (USA Today)

The Justice Department put healthcare executives on notice that investigations into corporate fraud are about to expand. (STAT)

Without going into specifics, the lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murdering her three children said she was “methodical” in the “execution” of the children, the source of his reasonable doubt that she should not be held responsible. (Fox News)

Rather than take sides in the vaccine-refusal debate, more parents are essentially punting with “vaccine delay.” (CNN)

Four polar bears in Greenland tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, “amplifying interspecies interactions and the risk for viral reassortment across [birds’] migratory pathways,” according to research in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Meanwhile, bird flu caused the death of a bald eagle named Jackie who had become an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California. (AP)

The New York Times looked inside Russia’s plague laboratories following the recent death of a 28-year-old worker from pneumonia of unknown origin.

Access to clean water has emerged as a key issue in three gubernatorial races that will be decided Nov. 3. (NBC News)

Research in mice suggested worrying signs for the liver with vegan diets. (Newsweek)