SCOTUS Sides With Biden; Princess Anne Update; Physician Consults by Hologram

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Supreme Court justices ruled that the Biden administration did not violate the First Amendment by asking social media companies to take down COVID-19 misinformation. (The Guardian)

Princess Anne is reportedly “recovering well” from a head injury believed to have been caused by a horse. (BBC)

The government is fumbling its response to the avian flu outbreak in dairy cattle, insiders say. (STAT)

Merck said that FDA turned down the application of patritumab deruxtecan for non-small cell lung cancer, citing issues with the manufacturing.

Meanwhile, the agency announced its approval of epcoritamab-bysp (Epkinly) for certain adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.

Crescent Regional Hospital in Texas installed a hologram system to allow doctors to perform real-time consults with patients at a clinic 30 miles away. (ABC News)

HHS announced that Medicare Part B beneficiaries will have coinsurance reductions for some drugs from July 1 to September 30 under the Inflation Reduction Act. The list of 64 applicable prescription drugs is here.

A House committee proposed giving some people a way to have weight loss medications covered by Medicare. (STAT)

The American College of Radiology said it will start recognizing radiology facilities that comply with artificial intelligence (AI) best practices in a program called ARCH-AI.

People with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis had improved lung function on molgramostim, an inhaled form of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, according to topline phase III trial results shared by Savara.

FDA issued draft guidance on the Diversity Action Plans that have to be packaged with some clinical studies.

Novo Nordisk said that ocedurenone had its phase III trial CLARION-CKD stopped early for futility as it failed to reduce blood pressure in people with uncontrolled hypertension and advanced chronic kidney disease.

A federal judge found California prison officials in civil contempt for not hiring enough mental health professionals to adequately treat incarcerated people with serious mental disorders. (KFF Health News)

A judge granted mental health diversion to Dharmesh Patel, MD, the California radiologist who drove himself and his family off a cliff in January 2023 and was subsequently charged with three counts of attempted murder. (USA Today)

Skeptics are alarmed by the concept of DIY sunscreen, which is currently making the rounds online. (Vogue)