Tag: steve-gorman
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers ‘cardiac episode’ on flight: L.A. Times
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Carrie Fisher suffered a “cardiac episode” on Friday during an airline flight from London to Los Angeles and was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after landing, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing emergency officials. Fisher, 60, who has been on a tour promoting a new…
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FDA approves Biogen drug for lead genetic cause of infant death
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has approved Biogen Inc’s drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of death in infants. It is the first FDA-approved medicine for spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disease that affects about one in 10,000 live births. The drug, nusinersen, which was discovered…
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Rugby-World Rugby criticises handling of North concussion
By Ken Ferris LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – World rugby’s ruling body has criticised the handling of the concussion suffered by Northampton’s George North against Leicester this month, saying that he should have left the field immediately and not returned. A domestic Concussion Management Review Group (CMRG) investigating the incident decided Northampton wrongly allowed the…