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This Medical News article is an interview about JAMA Network highlights from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, hosted by Nora Disis, MD, editor in chief of JAMA Oncology and a JAMA deputy editor.

This Medical News story discusses the makeup of this fall’s updated COVID-19 vaccines.

This study compares medication and psychosocial treatments for opioid use disorder, as well as treatments offered at opioid and nonopioid treatment program facilities for commonly co-occurring substance use disorders and mental disorders.

This Viewpoint highlights the potential for unintentional or deliberate release of variola virus (smallpox), discusses current medical countermeasures for smallpox, and calls for greater flexibility from the US and its partners in developing safe, reliable, affordable, and equitable countermeasures.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the causes, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of food allergies.

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2022 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey to estimate the prevalence of adult US nicotine pouch use and the characteristics of the individuals using pouches.

This Viewpoint explores the use of relative value units assigned by the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale in US physician payment systems and the need to rebuild this scale to reflect changes in modern clinical practice.

This JAMA Insights explores the adverse effects of wildfires on human health and health care systems and offers suggestions on how clinicians can help mitigate the health threats posed by wildfires.

This study surveys a representative US population about aspects of hospital-at-home care, including acceptability and willingness to perform caregiving tasks.

This Viewpoint explores tobacco industry–funded continuing medical education and concerns regarding the precedents this funding sets in relation to commercial bias and influence and conflicts of interest.

This JAMA Insights discusses the diagnostic evaluation and treatment, including pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and surgical options, of essential tremor.

In this Medical News interview, Sachin Kheterpal, the University of Michigan Medical School’s associate dean for research information technology, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo to discuss AI’s number-crunching potential for improving patient care.

This Viewpoint highlights the current decline in US medical graduates choosing pediatrics as a specialty; discusses some reasons for, and the long-term ramifications of, this decline; and suggests measures that could be taken to reverse the decline and ensure that children receive excellent care.

This study examines whether policies that reduce prescribing barriers may improve access to emergency contraceptives, particularly ulipristal.

This Special Communication discusses the current clinical trials system, examines why payers should support evidence generation, and suggests potential avenues for collaboration.

This Viewpoint discusses stigma and health consequences associated with migration in the context of the US election and identifies ways to develop structural competencies for physicians and future research.

This Viewpoint discusses the potential challenges to the operational conduct of clinical trials in the Asia-Pacific region, where there is a high rate of cardiovascular disease, and provides possible solutions.

This Viewpoint discusses the need to include patient and health care professional perspectives in the design of clinical trials to improve trial features and implementation.

A patient had bilateral leg edema, insomnia, myalgias, paresthesias in the fingertips, lighter pigmentation of the facial skin compared with other areas of the body, proteinuria, and an elevated creatinine level. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?