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Poll site gun ban proposal draws pushback

(The Center Square) - State lawmakers want to ban Illinoisans from carrying a gun while at the polls, citing a rise in political violence around elections. Gun rights advocates ...
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Germany monitors four contacts from hantavirus-hit cruise in Frankfurt

BERLIN, May 11 (Reuters) - Four German contacts from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are being monitored in a special isolation unit at Frankfurt University Hospital after arriving overnight, German health authorities said on Monday. A health ministry spokesperson told Reuters the patients, all ...
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US says 18 passengers flown back after hantavirus outbreak on ship

May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials said on Monday that 18 passengers from the luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were flown back to the U.S. and quarantined, with the one passenger who tested positive in ...
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US FDA mulls repurposing approved drugs to expand access

May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it is seeking input on repurposing approved drugs for potential new uses across a range of diseases and conditions. Here are more details: • The regulator said it is seeking public input ...
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A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor’s career pivot

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dr. John Gordon, a reproductive endocrinologist, has been a man of faith for years. When he began to have doubts, they were not about his God, but his life's work. He chose to be an infertility specialist to help people. Thirty ...
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Takeaways from AP’s profile of a Christian IVF doctor

Dr. John Gordon, a Christian IVF doctor, was co-director of a large fertility clinic when he started to have doubts about his profession. He was troubled over helping create surplus embryos, which would often languish in storage or be discarded. With the expansion of genetic ...
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Zuckerberg backed-Cellular Intelligence acquires Novo Nordisk’s Parkinson’s cell therapy

May 11 (Reuters) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg backed-Cellular Intelligence has acquired Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's cell therapy candidate for Parkinson's disease, the biotech firm said on Monday. Last October, Novo Nordisk had shut down its cell therapy unit as part of a broader restructuring, ...
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WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise ship

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Seven cases of the Andes hantavirus have now been confirmed among people who were passengers on board the cruise ship, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The agency updated its overall tally of reported cases to ...
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South Africa says condition of British man with hantavirus is gradually improving

JOHANNESBURG, May 11 (Reuters) - The condition of a British man who was admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg after falling ill with hantavirus aboard a luxury cruise ship is gradually improving, a South African health ministry spokesperson said on Monday. "The British patient ...
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2 passengers test positive for hantavirus as a third shows symptoms after cruise ship evacuation

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak and quarantine or isolate them. Passengers from the ship began ...
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GSK to team up with Sino Biopharma for China launch of hepatitis B treatment

May 11 (Reuters) - GSK said on Monday it had entered into a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-listed Sino Biopharmaceutical to accelerate the launch of its hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen in mainland China. Under the agreement, GSK's second deal with a Chinese pharmaceutical group after ...
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Pediatricians group finds kids of all ages need regular recess for physical and mental health

Recess isn't just a fun break for grade schoolers. It's crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at ...
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