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In today's newsletter:

  • What Waltham parents are demanding after a violent fight at Kennedy.
  • Waltham medical device firm flags safety issue in hospital glucose meters
  • New Waltham-launched AI tool aims to streamline doctors' decisions

Also on today's calendar: It's a Bloch Party! Grand Opening and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Sunday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 64, low: 53.
  • Monday: Some rain in the a.m.; cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Parents raise concerns over staff intervention training following violence at Kennedy (walthamtimes.org) — Parents in Waltham are pressing school leaders for clear rules on when staff can physically intervene in student fights after a violent incident at Kennedy Middle School was captured on video. A concerned parent brought the issue to the School Committee and local Facebook group, while the case has been referred to Waltham police and the district attorney, with officials yet to comment.
   

• Nova Biomedical® Announces Global Medical Device Correction for StatStrip® Glucose Hospital Meter (solomonswords.net) — Waltham-based Nova Biomedical has issued a global correction for its latest StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter after discovering a software problem that can link a glucose reading to the wrong patient. Only the newer "Gen 2.0" meters are affected, and one non‑serious adverse event has been reported in the U.S., prompting hospitals to review use of the devices.
   

• Suki and Wolters Kluwer Launch AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support Tool (bostonlifesciencestimes.com) — A new AI‑powered tool called Ask, launched in Waltham by Suki and Wolters Kluwer Health, lets clinicians query patient records and UpToDate's medical guidance in one place. Integrated with major electronic health record systems, it's designed to cut time spent hunting through charts and apps while improving the relevance of clinical information at the bedside.
   

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