Government
FDA to propose ban of menthol cigarettes | The Wall Street Journal
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb wants to ban menthol cigarettes, a process that could take one to two years. The agency has already restricted the sale of flavored e-cigs.
Technology
Driver, which marketed an app to connect patients with clinical trials, launched only a few weeks ago. Even though the company had partnerships with more than 30 cancer centers, it has already shut down.
Vanderbilt leverages multi-factor authentication | Health Data Management
Hackers, trying to get into Vanderbilt's networks, have been hitting employees with phishing emails. So the organization is beefing up its security with multi-factor authentication.
Amazon adds to its list of HIPAA-eligible machine learning tools | Mobihealthnews
Amazon Web Services' Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe are now HIPAA-eligible.
In other news
What if the placebo effect isn't a trick? | The New York Times
There may be a biochemical basis for the placebo effect. That could change change how placebo-controlled studies are used.
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