New GLP-1 Side Effect? Highest-Burnout Specialties; Trump’s Psychedelic Plan

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Another side effect of GLP-1 drugs? Anecdotal reports from doctors and patients suggest the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs may cause a type of emotional flattening dubbed “Ozempic personality.” (Washington Post)

Pharmaceutical companies raised prices on hundreds of drugs despite making “most favored nation” deals with the Trump administration, a report from Senate Democrats found. (NBC News)

CMS abandoned a proposal that aimed to help Medicare Advantage patients kicked off plans in the middle of the year change their coverage more easily. (New York Times)

Ahead of the mid-terms, HHS appointed Casey Mulligan to advise Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other agency leaders on affordability issues. (Axios)

Physician burnout declined to 41.9% in 2025, according to survey data from the American Medical Association, but rates were higher in emergency medicine, urological surgery, hematology/oncology, ob/gyn, radiology, family medicine, general surgery, cardiology, and gastroenterology.

Three of eight liver transplant patients in an early trial of donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell therapy were able to stop taking immunosuppressive drugs. (Nature Communications)

Two CDC reports warned about a cluster of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among homeless people and on tetanus cases requiring extended hospitalizations in four kids who had not completed their primary series. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Emergency department visits for tick bites hit their highest level in nearly a decade for this time of year, at 71 per 100,000 visits, according to recent CDC data. (ABC News)

Amid an investigation into an E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine people, an FDA inspection of Raw Farm-brand cheddar cheese products detected another E. coli strain linked to a different outbreak.

Sewage from Mexico in the Tijuana River is making the air toxic and sickening thousands of people in California. (AP)

The top 10 healthiest places to live in the U.S. (Newsweek)

Amid the new trend in social-connection prescribing, physicians are sending patients to choirs, art studios, and walking clubs. (Axios)

An executive order is in the works from the Trump administration that would open the door for more research into ibogaine, a psychedelic used in some countries for post-traumatic stress disorder. (CBS News)

A Colorado hospital that launched a program to increase language interpreters has seen a spike in Spanish-speaking patients. (NPR)

Tiger Woods’ attorney intends to fight an attempt by prosecutors to subpoena the golfer’s prescription drug records following his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. (AP)

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