FDA to propose ban of menthol cigarettes and more news from other sources

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

'We ran out of money': High-profile startup seeking to connect patients with clinical trials shuts down | Stat

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.