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The Media Line: WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Gives $200 Million to Jerusalem Hospital in Record Israeli Healthcare Donation  

WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Gives $200 Million to Jerusalem Hospital in Record Israeli Healthcare Donation By The Media Line Staff WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum has donated $200 million to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital-the largest donation ever made to Israel's healthcare system. ...
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Bill to expel students over sexual assault progresses in Springfield

(The Center Square) - A measure that would place new rules on Illinois schools requiring a full-year expulsion of a student who commits an act of sexual assault passed the Senate and now heads to the House. ...
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Viral goose egg case fuels debate over abortion

(The Center Square) - A viral incident involving a suburban Chicago woman accused of taking protected goose eggs is drawing sharp reactions-not only about wildlife enforcement, but also broader cultural and political debates. ...
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WHO head will oversee evacuation of passengers, crew from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Spain on Saturday to oversee the evacuation of more than 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed to the Canary Islands. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he would ...
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Exclusive-Kennedy’s health officials explored US ban of some widely used antidepressants, sources say

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. health department officials last week explored whether they could ban certain drugs in a widely prescribed class of antidepressants as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to roll out a plan to ...
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Molina bets on medical cost control for fivefold profit jump by 2029

By Puyaan Singh and Sneha S K May 8 (Reuters) - Molina Healthcare on Friday forecast its 2029 adjusted profit at about five times its 2026 outlook, provided the health insurer can keep medical costs in check. However, J.P. Morgan and Barclays analysts said the forecast ...
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The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contacts

MADRID (AP) - Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands. Health officials plan careful evacuations of the more than 140 passengers and crew when the MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife this weekend. At least three passengers ...
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Argentina’s hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn’t cause the hantavirus outbreak

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before boarding the ill-fated Atlantic cruise ...
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US FDA to ease crackdown on some under-review unauthorized vapes

May 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday it would not prioritize enforcement against certain unauthorized e-cigarettes and nicotine pouch products if the companies have marketing applications under review. The new guideline applies to products with premarket applications that ...
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US FDA approves Partner Therapeutics’ bile duct cancer drug under fast-track review

May 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Partner Therapeutics' drug for adults with a rare form of bile duct cancer as part of a new fast-track review program, the agency said on Friday. Here are some details: • The antibody drug, ...
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Trump plans to fire FDA chief Makary, sources say

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Jarrett Renshaw May 8 (Reuters) - The White House signed off on a plan to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, according to sources familiar with the matter, in what could be the next leadership change within the ...
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SNAP cuts, Illinois payment errors spark fierce debate

(The Center Square) - A Democratic state senator says the federal government is to blame for 150,000 Illinoisans losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, but a Republican senator says Illinois' high error rate for payments will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars. ...
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