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Trump administration steps into surrogate’s battle over baby with a heart defect biological parents asked her to abort
The Trump administration has intervened in a legal dispute over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect, born to an Alaska surrogate for a California couple. Surrogate McKenna West says the intended parents asked her to terminate the pregnancy after the diagnosis; they deny intending to withhold necessary treatment. The case has become a prominent…
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Two children suffer kidney failure after contracting infection linked to Melbourne petting zoo – as one toddler is left with permanent brain damage
Two young children in Melbourne were hospitalised with kidney failure after contracting a severe bacterial infection linked to visits to the same petting zoo, in cases health authorities are investigating amid a wider outbreak. A three-year-old spent four weeks in intensive care and has suffered permanent brain damage, with doctors weighing whether a kidney transplant…
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Detransitioners reveal how doctors pushed them toward life-altering treatment as teens
A US Department of Health and Human Services report has featured the testimonies of three detransitioners who say they were pressured by doctors and hospitals to pursue gender transition treatment while they were minors. The report, titled “Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of ‘Gender Medicine'”, also…
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Australian faces life in jail after allegedly being caught with meth in Bali
An Australian man, Sean Miller, could face life imprisonment in Bali after being charged with drug trafficking and other offences following a police raid on his guest house. The 50-year-old, from Subiaco in Western Australia, appeared before Denpasar District Court this week and denies the allegations, insisting to reporters “I don’t need to sell drugs.”…
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Duolingo restores boy’s streak after he missed lesson due to hospital stay …before being inundated with requests from other chancers
Duolingo restored a boy’s lesson streak after he missed a day while in hospital, following an appeal that highlighted the disruption caused by his stay. The incident drew attention because streaks are a prominent feature of the language-learning app and can encourage users to practise daily. After the company intervened, it reportedly received a flood…
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HHS warns Texas hospitals against denying life-saving care to newborn with disability
The Trump administration has intervened in a dispute over a Texas newborn, Gabriel, who has a severe congenital heart defect, warning hospitals that they must not deny life-saving treatment because of a disability. The case matters because it raises questions about whether hospitals are meeting federal obligations to provide emergency care and whether disability is…
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Schwartz faces Trump’s vaccine test
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story New CDC director faces Trump vaccine test Erica Schwartz was officially sworn in as CDC director on Thursday, and she is already facing her first serious test: President Trump’s executive order to change childhood vaccine policy. Natasha Kaiser Schwartz’s confirmation…
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Commuters forced to dodge human waste outside historic railway hubs, drug addicts on the streets and sprawling camps of rough sleepers: How London’s homeless crisis is only getting worse
Rough sleeping in London has reached record levels despite new Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledging to make tackling it an early priority, with squalor and addiction visible even around gentrified landmarks such as King’s Cross and St Pancras stations. Areas once notorious for prostitution and drug use before undergoing multi-million-pound regeneration now again see people…
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Perez Hilton’s Sister Details Moment She Found Him Amid Self-Harm Livestream: “I Didn’t Recognize My Brother”
Perez Hilton’s sister, Barbara Lavandeira, has described finding him during a livestreamed self-harm incident at his Miami home on 4 August. She said she initially became concerned when his bedroom door was closed and he stopped responding from the bathroom, before finding him seriously injured; the account highlights the severity of the family’s crisis and…
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US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
A large US study has found that waiting times for surgery rose between 2012 and 2023 for six common, operable cancers, despite broader advances in cancer treatment. This matters because prompt surgery is a recognised measure of healthcare quality, while delays can worsen survival prospects and increase anxiety and distress for patients. The analysis covered…