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Johnson, municipal leaders statewide clash with Pritzker over local funding cuts

(The Center Square) - Mayors and municipalities across Illinois have called on Gov. JB Pritzker to reverse course on local government state funding decreases. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared ...
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Confirmed hantavirus cases linked to suspected cluster aboard cruise ship rise to 5: WHO

(LONDON and BELGRADE, Serbia) -- The total number of suspected hantavirus cases aboard a cruise ship has risen to five as global health authorities work to contain a potentially deadly cluster of the disease.More than 100 passengers remain on the ship and the World ...
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Promising Revolution Medicines pancreatic cancer drug has high rate of mostly manageable side effects

By Nancy Lapid May 6 (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Revolution Medicines that nearly doubled survival time for patients with advanced pancreas cancer in clinical trials comes with a high rate of mostly low-grade side effects, researchers reported on Wednesday. The report from a first-in-human ...
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Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine outperforms standard shot in late-stage trial

By Sneha S K May 6 (Reuters) - Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine worked better than conventional flu shots in a late-stage international trial of more than 40,000 adults aged 50 and older, researchers reported on Wednesday. The vaccine is currently under review by the U.S. ...
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Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise. The health emergency aboard the ship that's moored across the ocean comes as Argentina ...
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The Media Line: With Trauma Cases Climbing, Why Is Israel Questioning Medical Cannabis Now?

With Trauma Cases Climbing, Why Is Israel Questioning Medical Cannabis Now? The number of people using medical cannabis in Israel is higher than ever, but growing evidence suggests that medical cannabis not only does not necessarily treat PTSD but may actually worsen it By Maayan Hoffman/The ...
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Appeals court splits over ICE detention of illegal immigrants without bond

A panel of federal appeals court judges continues to agree that a Chicago federal judge overstepped his authority in ordering the en masse release of hundreds of illegal immigrants detained by federal agents in and around Chicago. ...
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FDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry. The decision is certain to ...
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Football club fined for not doing enough to remove player from field during mental health issue

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian rules football club Carlton has been fined 75,000 Australian dollars ($54,000) for its lapse handling of a player's on-field mental health episode. Elijah Hollands played in Carlton's Australian Football League game against Collingwood on April 16, with film footage from ...
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Trump administration sues Denver over its 1989 assault weapons ban

The Trump administration sued Denver and its police department on Tuesday seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that's been in place for Colorado's largest city since 1989. The lawsuit came a day after city officials publicly rejected calls by the Department of Justice ...
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Smith+Nephew first-quarter sales growth slips below expectations

May 6 (Reuters) - Britain's Smith+Nephew on Wednesday missed first-quarter underlying revenue growth expectations, sending its shares down 5%, stoking fears about the medical products maker's outlook and overshadowing a $500 million share buyback. The group posted underlying revenue growth of 3.1% for the three ...
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Bayer says its experimental blood thinner cuts risk and severity of repeat strokes

May 6 (Reuters) - Bayer said on Wednesday new analyses showed its experimental blood thinner asundexian reduced the incidence and severity of ischaemic strokes. Data from a phase III trial showed fewer ischaemic strokes occurred with the drug (6.2%) compared with placebo (8.4%) in patients ...
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