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Illinois corrections officials say they are on schedule for prison mail scan rule

(The Center Square) - Illinois Department of Corrections officials are promising to have a permanent rule on electronic mail scanning drafted by the first week of December. IDOC's 150-day ...
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Elections board drops campaign finance fines against IL Senate President

(The Center Square) - The campaign finance violation against Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is over after the Illinois State Board of Elections decided to not take up an appeal and dismiss the case. The Liberty Justice Center says it's time for ...
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As few as 2 cigarettes per day linked to 60% increased risk of heart disease: Study

(NEW YORK) -- Just 100 cigarettes over the course of someone's life may be enough to raise their risk of heart disease and death, a new study suggests.Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, who looked at the smoking habits of more than 300,000 adults for ...
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South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -- A few South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on Tuesday to discuss a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send anyone involved with termination of a pregnancy to prison for decades.Currently, the state has a six-week abortion ban, ...
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US FDA approves Arrowhead’s genetic disorder drug

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' drug for a type of genetic disorder that causes extremely high levels of fat in the bloodstream, the health regulator's website showed on Tuesday. The approval marks Arrowhead's first product on the market and the ...
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WHO to lose a quarter of its workforce by mid-2026, document shows

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said its workforce would shrink by about a quarter - or over 2,000 jobs - by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the United States, announced its departure. The WHO ...
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Australia’s CSL plans to invest $1.5 billion in US plasma therapy expansion

(Reuters) -Australian biotech firm CSL said on Tuesday it would invest $1.5 billion in the U.S. to manufacture plasma-derived therapies, in a move to expand its footprint in the North American country over the next five years. The investments will strengthen CSL's U.S. manufacturing ...
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Kids get diseases like lupus, too. As researchers hunt better treatments, this camp brings joy

A doctor advising ... sleepaway camp? That's how a 12-year-old diagnosed with lupus found himself laughing on a high-ropes course as fellow campers hoisted him into the air. "It's really fun," said Dylan Aristy Mota, thrilled that he got a chance at the rite of ...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Summer camp for kids with autoimmune diseases

CLARYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, some young patients got a chance to just be kids. That's how a 12-year-old recently diagnosed with lupus found himself ...
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Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across ...
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SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions

(WASHINGTON) -- Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now set to permanently lose them.Nearly 42 million Americans, including low-income families and vulnerable households, rely on SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...
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Roche oral drug shown to keep breast cancer at bay, boosting shares

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Roche's experimental oral drug giredestrant has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence of a common form of breast cancer after surgery, boosting the company's shares and underpinning its traditional credentials in oncology. The Swiss drugmaker said on ...
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