Many health care professionals are already dealing with the effects of climate change. In this Q&A;, the World Health Organization’s first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, joins JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi to discuss how a changing climate and extreme weather events are impacting human health, what clinicians should expect in the years ahead, and how they can help protect patients—and the planet.  Related Content:  Critical Care Physician Takes on Climate Change in New WHO Role Climate Change and Health 

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Can AI/machine learning-driven digital phenotyping facilitate global personalized medicine? In this Q&A;, Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD, the Paul Farmer Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss how AI can enhance assessment and treatment solutions across lower-income nations.  Related Content:  One Day, AI Could Mean Better Mental Health for All 

Enhancing Global Mental Health Care With Digital Tools and AI for Scalable Interventions

An Explosion of Food Is Medicine Research Could Change Health Care; Blockbuster Obesity Drugs Have Potential New Uses  Related Content:  Could GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Like Semaglutide Treat Addiction, Alzheimer Disease, and Other Conditions? Produce Prescriptions Sound Good, but Data to Support Them Are Lacking—That Could Soon Change 

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Douglas Drachman, MD, shares late-breaking research from the annual conference of the American College of Cardiology and World Congress of Cardiology in an interview with JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi. Dr Drachman—who chaired this year’s conference—is an interventional cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is also director of education in the cardiology division.  Related Content:  Clinical Highlights From the American College of Cardiology’s 2024 Scientific Session 

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Momentum Grows for Disaggregated Asian American Health Data; What Clinicians Need to Know About TikTok  Related Content:  Researchers Are Working to Disaggregate Asian American Health Data—Here’s Why It’s Long Overdue Patients Are Turning to TikTok for Health Information—Here’s What Clinicians Need to Know 

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Could generative AI assist in extending access to vulnerable populations and begin to bridge the gap in disparities? In this Q&A;, Davey Smith, MD, MAS, an infectious disease specialist and virologist at the University of California, San Diego, joins JAMA's Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to explore the implications of large language models for improving patient outcomes.  Related Content:  Will Generative AI Tools Improve Access to Reliable Health Information? 

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