Daily Briefing for November 3, 2026

Child's measles death is New York's first in more than 30 years

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A child in Lewis County, N.Y., has died in association with the state's measles outbreak, New York's first known measles-associated death in more than 30 years, the state health department said Nov. 2.

The department did not release the child's age or vaccination status. New York had counted 178 measles cases this year as of Oct. 24, and the governor declared a state disaster emergency about four weeks before the death was announced to widen who may give the vaccine.

In a Japanese validation study in NEJM AI, an AI model listening through a digital stethoscope identified reduced ejection fraction more accurately than cardiologists in a 100-patient comparison, and a German trial in the same journal found AI lay summaries shortened specialist visits by about 8 minutes. In cardiology, the PROGRESS trial found that early valve replacement for moderate aortic stenosis reduced death or heart failure events at two years.

In this episode

• A child in Lewis County dies in New York's measles outbreak, the state's first measles-associated death in more than 30 years
• AI listening through a digital stethoscope flags ejection fractions of 40% or less, beating cardiologists 82% to 62% in a 100-patient test
• AI plain-language summaries sent before visits cut neurosurgery consultations from 33 to 25 minutes in a 300-patient randomized trial
• Early valve replacement for moderate aortic stenosis cuts death or heart failure events at 2 years, 744-patient PROGRESS trial finds
• Bicarbonate for metabolic acidosis in the ICU shows no clear survival gain but likely fewer dialysis starts, 1,544-patient meta-analysis finds