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Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has received a lung transplant

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has undergone a successful lung transplant at a hospital in Oslo, the country's royal house said Wednesday. The 52-year-old was diagnosed in 2018 with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that damages and scars lung tissue. It ...
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Advocacy groups urge U.S. to share experimental Ebola drug for outbreak trials

June 16 (Reuters) - A clutch of advocacy groups on Tuesday urged the U.S. government to make an experimental Ebola treatment by Mapp Biopharmaceutical available for clinical trials and emergency use in countries responding to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Their letter to the Biomedical Advanced ...
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US FDA sends 25 letters to telehealth companies over claims on compounded weight-loss drugs

June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 25 warning letters to telehealth companies for marketing false and misleading claims about compounded versions of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk's hugely popular weight loss and diabetes drugs. The letters, that were posted on ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Justice Department moves against Evanston reparations program

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion to intervene in a civil rights lawsuit challenging Evanston's reparations program. Judicial Watch filed the class ...
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Social media platforms challenge Chicago tax; Pritzker confident in statewide plan

(The Center Square) - Chicago faces an ongoing lawsuit over a tax ordinance on social media platforms that was imposed four months ago, but city officials said this week they have confidence in its legality. ...
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New Bears bill introduced for Arlington Heights

(The Center Square) - A state representative has filed new legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the Bears have to decide what they want first. ...
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G7 leaders call for strong, coordinated response to Ebola outbreak

PARIS, June 16 (Reuters) - G7 leaders called on Tuesday for a strong and coordinated response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, urging other nations to dedicate resources in a bid to ensure the virus remains contained to as small an area as possible. "We ...
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RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus in early May from a quarantine facility in Nebraska - despite a federal medical review that said there's no need to ...
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American doctor previously infected with Ebola in DRC returns to US

(NEW YORK) -- The American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has returned to the United States.Dr. Peter Stafford; his wife, Dr. Rebekah Stafford; and their four children arrived safely on Monday, according to Serge, the international Christian missionary ...
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Edgewise shares slip after heart-disease drug trial data disappoints investors

June 16 (Reuters) - Edgewise Therapeutics shares fell nearly 10% on Tuesday after the efficacy of its experimental heart-disease drug in a mid-stage study fell short of investor expectations. The Boulder, Colorado-based company was testing the drug EDG-7500 in patients with two types of hypertrophic ...
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China steps up Ebola monitoring with revised prevention plan

BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday issued a revised prevention and control plan for the Ebola epidemic, requiring close contacts of Ebola cases to undergo tracking and quarantined medical observation and laying out more stringent monitoring protocols for medical institutions and customs. ...
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Aldon Smith’s brain donated to CTE Center as family’s attorneys investigate his death at age 36

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36. Smith died Saturday hours after delivering pizzas ...
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