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When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know

WASHINGTON (AP) - Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age 40 or 45 while another recently opted for age 50. They also differ on whether yearly or every other year is best. The conflicting advice is ...
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Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola virus disease – health ministry

KAMPALA, May 15 (Reuters) - Uganda on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus disease, the health ministry said, adding that the outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain. The ministry said the case was an imported infection from the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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Amgen’s rare disease drug linked to deaths, liver injuries in Japan, Kissei reports

May 15 (Reuters) - About 20 deaths linked to serious liver dysfunction have been reported in Japan in patients treated with Amgen's rare disease drug Tavneos, according to a safety notice issued by partner Kissei Pharmaceutical on Friday. Kissei has asked doctors to stop prescribing ...
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US monitoring Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, providing assistance

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are monitoring reports of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and providing technical assistance to their governments, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Acting CDC chief says White House and Kennedy getting daily hantavirus updates

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are receiving daily briefings on the U.S. response to an Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, ...
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Debate grows over bill on gender, abortion care access in child placement

(The Center Square) - A proposed law could allow child services to consider a child's gender identity and access to abortion in determining placement in the care of someone in a state outside of Illinois. ...
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Lawsuit: D300 secretly gender transitioned student; Seeks to nix IL gender ‘guidance,’ too

A mother from Chicago's far northwest suburbs has lodged a lawsuit against her child's public school district, accusing Community Unit School District 300 of allegedly attempting to secretly transition her child's gender and of blocking the parent's attempt to learn more about what was ...
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Hantavirus doesn’t linger, requires close contact: Officials

(NEW YORK) -- Health experts tell ABC News that the current science behind the hantavirus that circulated throughout the MV Hondius does not show the same levels of transmission as with COVID-19, while acknowledging that the scenario may seem similar to the beginning of ...
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West Pharma says operations recovering after cyberattack

May 15 (Reuters) - West Pharmaceutical Services said on Friday its operations were steadily recovering after a cyberattack earlier this month disrupted manufacturing and logistics globally. The incident first detected on May 4 led the company to take systems offline and restrict access, which temporarily ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Madigan: ‘Accept the federal scholarship tax credit’

(The Center Square) - Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan - from federal prison over corruption charges - penned an op-ed this week calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to accept the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program. ...
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Texas hospital to launch youth ‘detransition clinic,’ fire doctors to settle state probe

By Daniel Wiessner May 15 (Reuters) - The largest children's hospital in the United States will create the country's first "detransition clinic" to undo gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth and fire five doctors who performed the procedures to settle an investigation by the state, Texas ...
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WHO revises hantavirus cases lower after US passenger tests negative

By Puyaan Singh and Sneha S K May 15 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official said on Friday the U.S. confirmed that an individual who had an inconclusive test was later confirmed to be negative for hantavirus, bringing down the total global cases to ...
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