JAMA Medical News

How Antibiotic Underuse Is Driving Antimicrobial Resistance; What to Know About the XEC SARS-CoV-2 Variant Related Content: * UN Meeting Highlights Antimicrobial Resistance “Epiphany”—Lack of Antibiotic Access Is a Key Driver [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.21046?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * What to Know About XEC, the New SARS-CoV-2 Variant Expected to Dominate Winter’s COVID-19 Wave [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.24481?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

A recent Special Communication published in JAMA points out that the FDA has already approved nearly 1000 devices using AI. Author Robert M. Califf, MD, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss AI regulation. Related Content: * FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on Setting Guardrails for AI in Health Care [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.24760?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * JAMA AI Interview With Robert M. Califf, MD [https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/10.1001/jama.2024.25414?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * FDA Perspective on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Biomedicine [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.21451?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

A recent JAMA Cardiology essay argues that medicine is not just a technical endeavor, it's also a moral endeavor, and a robot does not have moral agency. Coauthor Sarah C. Hull, MD, MBE, of Yale School of Medicine, joins JAMA and JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to discuss the use of AI in managing decision-making in cardiac care. Related Content: * AI Can’t Worry About Patients, and a Clinical Ethicist Says That Matters [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.23525?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Echoes of Concern—AI and Moral Agency in Medicine [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/10.1001/jamacardio.2024.3512?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Widespread adoption of AI raises questions about accountability, transparency, and reproducibility. Marcia McNutt, PhD, president of the National Academy of Sciences, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss advancing scientific knowledge in the age of AI. Related Content: * National Academies President on How to Use Generative AI Responsibly in Scientific Research [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.14025?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Researchers Are Exploring the Role of Shingles—and a Protective Role of Shingles Vaccine—in Dementia; Could the Body Roundness Index One Day Replace BMI? Related Content: * Researchers Are Exploring the Role of Shingles—and a Protective Role of Shingles Vaccine—in Dementia [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.0227?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Could the Body Roundness Index One Day Replace the BMI? [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2024.20115?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]