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Sick U.K. baby, Charlie Gard, dies

Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby at the center of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday, according to a family spokeswoman. He would have turned 1 next week. Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion… Read More

Could this be the future of childbirth?

For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases. The experiment was just an exercise in science – the embryos were not allowed to develop for more than a few days and were… Read More

Trump bans transgenders from joining military

by Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would reverse former President Barack Obama’s decision to allow transgender people to serve in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” The decision sent the mainstream media into a frenzy of anger. But there’s… Read More

Prayers answered! Scalise released from hospital

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise — who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month — has been discharged from a Washington hospital. MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the six-term Louisiana Republican was released from the hospital on Tuesday and is beginning “intensive inpatient rehabilitation.” It… Read More

90% of football players have brain disease later in life

Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease in nearly all of them, from athletes in the NFL down to high school. It’s the biggest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The disease has been linked with repeated head blows and the results confirm that… Read More

[Prayers work!] Women gets a new kidney…and a new friend

A Massachusetts mother has a new outlook on life after receiving a kidney donation from a complete stranger. WBZ-TV reports Nicole Baltzer never thought about being a living donor. Then she read a Facebook post about a single mother with lupus who needed a new kidney. Baltzer says she remembers… Read More

Medical miracle!? Girl’s HIV in remission without drugs

A South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for more than eight years after stopping anti-HIV medicines — more evidence that early treatment can occasionally cause a long remission that, if it lasts, would be a form of cure. Her case was revealed Monday… Read More

Healthcare bill – what’s in, what’s out

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell released his new healthcare bill Thursday, bidding for conservative support by letting insurers sell low-cost policies and reaching for moderates with added billions to combat opioid abuse and help states rein in consumers’ skyrocketing insurance costs. However, allowing insurers to offer bare-bones plans threatens to… Read More

BREAKING: Congress’ vacation cancelled (back to work!)

Back to work! Facing conservative outcry on their lack of progress, Republicans have announced they’re cancelling Congress’ vacation until a healthcare agreement can be reached. In a statement Tuesday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the delay is necessary to complete work on legislation and deal with President Donald Trump’s nominees…. Read More

Could THIS be the cause of the honeybee crisis?

A massive new study in three European countries finds a common pesticide dramatically weakens already vulnerable honeybee hives. For their experiment, researchers planted fields of rapeseed, which is made into cooking oil. Some of the fields were planted with seeds treated with the class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, others with… Read More