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The recommendation coincides with a new report finding asymptomatic bird flu infection in some workers. Those cases were discovered using blood, or serology, testing and seem to have been transmitted from sick animals, not people. To date, 46 people have been diagnosed with bird flu, also known as H5N1, in the United States this year. Of those 115, eight (7%) had antibodies showing they’d been infected with the bird flu. Until now, workers who had a known exposure to bird flu but didn’t have symptoms haven’t been routinely tested.

Persons: Nirav Shah, Demetre Daskalakis, ” Daskalakis, they’d, Shah, “, ”, who’s, Jennifer Nuzzo, “ We’ve, ” Nuzzo, Daskalakis Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, National Center, farmworkers, Pandemic, Brown University School of Public Health, Food and Drug Administration Locations: United States, California, Washington, Colorado, Michigan

WAXHAW, N.C. — Pro-Trump signs outnumber the ones for Harris outside of the Wesley Chapel volunteer fire department, an early voting site in Union County, North Carolina. A crumpled Harris sign adds to pre-election stress in the Union County, North Carolina. Patrick Martin / NBC NewsBryan Robinson, another Union County resident, echoed concerns about the potential for violence and retaliation. Leigh Benish and her son at their church in Butler, Pa. Election-related anxiety, Benish said, has kept her up at night. Leigh BenishThe onslaught is so overwhelming that Benish, a church pastor in Butler, has begun to focus on election stress in sessions with her counselor.

Persons: Harris, ”, Lisa, Kamala Harris, Walz, “, Patrick Martin, Bryan Robinson, “ I’m, Vaile Wright, Bryan Sexton, ” Sexton, Elijah Nouvelage, Leigh Benish, “ I’ve, Benish, Donald Trump, ” Benish, Wright, ” Wright, Sexton, Lisa Quebedeaux, she’s, ” Quebedeaux Organizations: —, Trump, Wesley Chapel, Democratic, NBC, American Psychological Association, Duke Center for, ” Media, Butler Locations: N.C, Union County , North Carolina, Charlotte, South Carolina, It’s, Union County, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Durham , North Carolina, Duluth , Ga, Butler , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Butler, Pa

The only approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are medications with limited effectiveness and a risk of severe, sometimes deadly, side effects. Researchers found that when the device was aimed at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the development of symptoms, such as memory loss, compared to an inactive treatment. In Alzheimer’s, nerve cells in the brain at some point start to dysfunction, leading to the debilitating symptoms of memory loss. What’s more, during the yearlong TMS trial, participants receiving the experimental treatment showed little decline in their abilities to perform the activities of daily living. Sinaptica’s weekly brain stimulation therapy is intended to strengthen connections in areas of the brain that control memory.

Persons: Giacomo Koch, ” Koch, Koch, Irina Skylar, Scott, “, ”, Lawrence Honig, Honig, Ryan Darby, Darby Organizations: University of Ferrara, Sinaptica, NBC News, TMS, Alzheimer’s Association, Food and Drug Administration, Stanford University’s Center, Memory Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Locations: Madrid, Cambridge , Massachusetts, U.S

In vulnerable groups, E. coli infection can also lead to serious kidney complications and death. People can become infected after consuming contaminated food or water, or coming into contact with the feces of animals or infected people. E. coli symptoms usually show up three to four days after ingesting the bacteria, but it may take up to 10 days. Once the contaminated food enters the kitchen, it’s also possible for cross-contamination to occur if ingredients are mixed or handled improperly. If you are experiencing diarrhea, don't swim in a public pool to minimize the risk of transmission.

Persons: ”, Prashant Singh, coli, Barbara Kowalcyk, don’t, ” Kowalcyk, Kevin, it’s, Donald Schaffner, Schaffner, ” Schaffner, Singh Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Florida State University, Institute for Food Safety, Nutrition Security, George Washington University Milken Institute School Public Health, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, Food Safety Advisory Council Locations: U.S, New Jersey, California

More younger women are getting breast cancer, and doctors are scrambling to understand why. While having a baby may temporarily increase a woman’s breast cancer risk, it slightly lowers long-term risk, said Dr. Ann Partridge, co-founder and director of the Program for Young Adults with Breast Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. What’s known about breast cancer in younger womenDoctors are still scratching the surface in researching why breast cancer is becoming more prevalent at a younger age. They’re not breastfeeding as much, which does increase breast cancer risk. That would indicate that obesity likely isn’t much of a factor in the rising rates of breast cancer among younger women, said Toriola, of Washington University.

Persons: ”, Alexandra Thomas, “ That’s, —, Adetunji, It’s, menarche, Eleonora Teplinsky, menstruating, Ann Partridge, Dana, “ it’s, it’s, ” Partridge, “, They’re, that’s, ” Teplinsky, Toriola, ” Toriola Organizations: Duke Health, Washington, Cancer, Health, New Jersey . Studies, American Cancer Society, Young, Farber Cancer Institute, Toxicology, Washington University Locations: U.S, New Jersey

Listeria monocytogenes is a type of bacteria that can contaminate food and cause serious complications for certain groups of individuals. Even though cooking the meat kills any listeria that may be present, deli meat can be contaminated afterward during packaging or slicing. Similarly, the ready-to-eat meat products involved in the ongoing BrucePac recall are precooked, although the source of contamination hasn’t yet been determined. Listeria infection early in pregnancy can cause premature labor, a baby with a low birth weight and loss of the pregnancy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1,600 people are infected and 260 people die from listeria infection in the United States every year.

Persons: BrucePac, Camembert, they’re, listeria, It’s Organizations: Agriculture Department, Centers for Disease Control Locations: brie, United States

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a series of open heart operations over their childhoods. In some cases, those defects are treated with stents, which prop open blood vessels, ensuring that blood can properly flow through them. “You can imagine that is less than ideal — they’re too big.”This means that as the child grows older and their blood vessels get bigger, stents have to be replaced, often with open heart surgery, Zahn said. “It’s not unusual to have kids who are going into middle school who’ve had four or five or even six open heart surgeries,” he said. Patients are usually able to go home about a day later, compared with around seven days for open heart surgery, including some days in the ICU.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Evan Zahn, Guerin, Zahn, “, who’ve, Shabana Shahanavaz, she’s, Shahanavaz, Renata Organizations: Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, Guerin Congenital, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Locations: U.S, Cedars, Los Angeles, California, Cincinnati

ET Wednesday when Kenzie Lewellen’s labor began at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida, with Hurricane Milton hurtling toward the Gulf Coast. Lewellen and her boyfriend, Dewey Bennett, 24, were both on edge. Follow along for live coverageThe monster storm Milton made landfall at 8:30 p.m. Dewey Bennett with his newborn son, Dewey Lester Bennett IV. “He is a miracle baby,” she said, holding him up as sunshine streamed through her hospital window.

Persons: Kenzie, Hurricane Milton hurtling, Dewey Bennett, ”, Lewellen, “, ” Bennett, Bennett’s, Dewey, Hurricane Irma, Milton, Milton hadn’t, Bennett, ” Lewellen, they’re, Dewey Lester Bennett IV, David Verinder, Verinder, Dewey Lester Bennett, ” Kenzie Lewellen, I’m Organizations: Hurricane, West Palm Beach, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota Memorial Health Care Locations: Port Charlotte , Florida, Gulf, Florida, West Palm, Sarasota, Venice, Milton

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, the staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are getting ready. The main hospital, Sarasota Memorial, is the largest. Staff at Sarasota Memorial can bring their pets to the hospital's temporary shelter. Courtesy Sarasota Memorial Health Care SystemAt AdventHealth Tampa Emergency Department, Dr. Alex Waldman, 35, is part of the B team. He’s preparing his house for the storm and bolting the hurricane shutters.

Persons: Milton, We’re, ”, David Verinder, Verinder, “ They’re, they’re, Alex Waldman, Waldman, Hurricane Helene, “, Helene, Lee, Monica Collins, Collins, Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers, she’s, Ian, He’s, I’m, I’ve, ” Waldman Organizations: Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota Memorial Health Care, Sarasota Memorial, Staff, Sarasota, Sarasota Memorial Health, Tampa Emergency Department, Lee Health, Southwest Florida Hospital, Skilled, Children’s, of Southwest, Hurricane Locations: Florida, Sarasota, Tampa, Hurricane, Fort Myers, of Southwest Florida, Miami, Fort

In the days leading up to Hurricane Helene, Dr. Lisa Kaufmann worked around the clock to make sure her North Carolina hospital system was as prepared as possible, stockpiling supplies like water, food, medication and equipment. Dr. Lisa Kaufmann and staff meet to discuss the current situation at UNC Appalachian Regional Healthcare System. Courtesy Dr. Lisa KaufmannForty-two hospital employees are still unaccounted for, unable to be reached by phone and possibly stuck in places that are inaccessible. Follow live updates on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene“We think most of them are probably OK,” Kaufmann said. Kaufmann said the number of employees unaccounted for at UNC Appalachian was much higher immediately after the storm.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Lisa Kaufmann, Kaufmann, they’re, Lisa Kaufmann Forty, Helene “, ” Kaufmann, “, Hannah Drummond, it’s, we’ve, ” Drummond, Alice Salthouse, ” Salthouse, We’re, Vicky, ’, she’s, ” Organizations: UNC Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Mission Health, National Nurses United, UNC Appalachian Locations: Hurricane, North Carolina, Asheville

Do vibration plates have health benefits? Although vibration plates are safe for most people, ultimately, Johnson says, “when we make changes, we tell people to listen to their body.”Deja Mason of Roanoke, Virginia, said she first heard about vibration plates on TikTok. As vibration plates experience a resurgence, some hear echoes of past fitness fads. “Trends come and go,” she said, pointing to other trends that displaced vibration plates, like group fitness and CrossFit. But just as vibrating plates shake users up and down in quick succession, trends too are always oscillating.

Persons: ”, Jörn Rittweger, Rittweger, “, that’s, There’s “, Håkan, Peter W, Johnson, ” Johnson, Lifepro, Deja Mason, ” Mason, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, ” Petrzela Organizations: German Aerospace Center, University of Cologne, Lund University Cancer Centre, International Society of Lymphology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, New School Locations: TikTok, Germany, Sweden, Roanoke , Virginia, New York City

Chin-Hong said the variant is a so-called recombinant of two other strains — KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 — meaning that genetic information was exchanged between them to form a third strain, XEC, Chin-Hong said. Is the XEC variant more contagious? Chan School of Public Health, said there’s no evidence yet that the XEC variant is much more transmissible than what’s currently circulating. The variant is closely related to KP.2, the strain targeted by the updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Bright, however, cautioned that clinical data is ultimately needed to determine how well the updated vaccines work against the XEC variant.

Persons: “, ”, Peter Chin, ” XEC, we’re, Rick Bright, Hong, Bill Hanage, ” Hanage, It’s, XEC, Hanage, “ It’s, Marc Johnson, Johnson, There’s, ” Chin, ” Johnson, ” Bright Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, University of California, Biomedical, Research, Development Authority, Department of Health, Human Services, CDC, Harvard, of Public Health, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Pfizer, Moderna Locations: United States, San Francisco, Europe, Chin, U.S, Chan, Germany, Netherlands, France

The Food and Drug Administration expanded the approval of Kisqali, a drug for metastatic breast cancer, to also treat patients with earlier stages of the disease, drugmaker Novartis said Tuesday. The approval means that tens of thousands of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will have access to a medication that can help prevent their cancer from coming back. The expanded approval is for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, the most common form of the disease. It comes as rates of breast cancer are increasing in younger women: From 2000 to 2019, rates of breast cancer in women ages 20 to 49 increased by 15.6% according to a study published earlier this year in JAMA Network Open. “You’re always going to be faced with the fact every single day that you have had breast cancer,” she said.

Persons: ”, Eleonora Teplinsky, it’s, Kisqali, Vandana Abramson, Teplinksy, Nikki Odum, ‘ I’m, ’ ”, Odum, Justin, Denise Yardley, ” Odum, Yardley, Sarah Cannon, Komal, Abramson, ” Teplinsky, that’s, “ You’re, “ Organizations: Drug Administration, Novartis, Health, European Society for Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer Research, Vanderbilt, Ingram Cancer Center, Kisqali, Sarah, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Locations: New Jersey, Barcelona, “, Nashville , Tennessee, ”, Smyrna , Tennessee, Nashville, New York

Taking a high dose of ADHD drugs is linked to more than five times greater risk of developing psychosis or mania, according to a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The research is among the first to find a relationship between escalating doses of the drugs — amphetamines, in particular — and a greater likelihood of psychotic symptoms. The drugs include Adderall, Vyvanse and generic amphetamines, such as dextroamphetamine. The medium dosage — 20 mg to 40 mg of Adderall, 50 mg to 100 mg of Vyvanse or 15 mg to 30 mg of dextroamphetamine — was linked to a 3.5 times higher risk. There was no increased risk of psychosis with another ADHD drug, Ritalin, which isn’t an amphetamine.

Persons: it’s, ”, Jacob Ballon, hadn’t, Will Cronenwett, ” Cronenwett, Vyvanse, Takeda, Lauren Moran, Brigham, “, ” Moran, Moran, Cronenwett, ” Ballon, they’re Organizations: American, of Psychiatry, Stanford Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Psychiatry, NBC News, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Pharmaceuticals, McLean Hospital, Mass Locations: United States, U.S, Boston

Women come here desperate, says Dr. Warren Hern, who has run the Boulder Abortion Clinic since 1975. Dr. Warren Hern speaks with Willow in one of the procedure rooms at the Boulder Abortion Clinic. A procedure room in the Boulder Abortion Clinic, one of only five clinics in the U.S. providing abortion services at or after 28 weeks of pregnancy. “Abortion is essential health care.”“I think the second takeaway is to say that abortion bans, exceptions to abortion bans, don’t work in practice. Some are pushed too late into unwanted pregnancies due to abortion bans or long wait times at clinics in the post-Roe era.

Persons: Warren Hern, ”, Hern, Willow, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, “, didn’t, ” Hern, Emma, Stewart —, —, ” Emma, ” Stewart, ‘, we’ve, we’re, Stewart, Louie, Roe, Wade Organizations: Boulder Abortion Clinic, NBC, Fox News, Trump, NBC News, Guttmacher Institute Locations: BOULDER, Colo, Boulder, U.S, Texas, Colorado

Covid lockdowns, such as school closures, canceled sports activities and stay-at-home orders, prematurely aged teen brains by as much as four years, researchers from the University of Washington found. Lead researcher Patricia Kuhl, co-director of I-LABS, said that after Covid lockdowns began in 2020, they couldn’t do brain scan follow-ups until 2021. Pandemic lockdowns resulted in unusually accelerated brain maturation in adolescents. The research doesn’t prove the lockdowns caused the brain changes — mental health disorders were rising among children even before Covid. Another brain scan study in 2022 from Stanford University showed similar changes in cortical thickness in teen brains during Covid restrictions.

Persons: Covid, Patricia Kuhl, Covid lockdowns, ” Kuhl, Kuhl, Ellen Rome, they’re, ”, Jonathan Posner, Posner, there’s, It’s, Parkinson, Karin Zaugg Black, Delia Organizations: University of Washington, National Academy of Sciences, university's Institute for Learning, Brain Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Rome, University of Washington's Institute for Learning, Stanford University, Stanford, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Duke University School of Medicine Locations: Seattle

Long Covid continues to evade a clear diagnostic test, researchers reported in a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They found no differences between those with long Covid and those without the condition. Different symptoms were assigned different scores, and a long Covid diagnosis was met if the score reached a level of 12. There was no time cutoff for symptoms and a positive Covid test was not required for diagnosis. Dr. Nisha Viswanathan, the director of the long Covid clinic at UCLA Health, was not surprised with the results based on her experience working with long Covid patients for three years.

Persons: Long Covid, Kristine Erlandson, “, we’ve, ” Erlandson, Marc Sala, ” Sala, —, Nisha Viswanathan, ” Viswanathan Organizations: Internal Medicine, National Institute of Health’s, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, UCLA Health, Yale School of Medicine

☆ After Dobbs decision, more women are managing their own abortions
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Lauren Dunn | Lauren Dunn Is The Executive Editor Of The Nbc News Medical Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Most commonly, women use the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. Researchers surveyed 7,000 women ages 15 to 49 and found that in the year before the Dobbs decision, 2.4% reported self-managing abortions. Slightly fewer women used the abortion pills misoprostol and mifepristone. For nearly a decade, she has worked with organizations like SASS — Self-Managed Abortion; Safe & Supported, a global nonprofit that provides information and access to medication abortions. So it can be shared in any state.”Nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. are now medication abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Persons: Kaniya, “, ”, Dobbs, epidemiologist Lauren Ralph, Dr, Nisha Verma, Verma, Susan Yanow, SASS —, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, misoprostol, mifepristone, Monica Dragoman, ” Yanow, She’s, aren’t, ” Kaniya Organizations: Guttmacher Institute, NBC News, Reproductive, University of California, JAMA, Society of Family, OB, UCSF, Georgia OB, American College of Obstetricians, Sinai Health, World, Organization Locations: Kentucky, Maryland, San Francisco, Georgia, Atlanta, U.S, New York

The U.S. is in what may end up being its biggest summer wave of Covid, with no end yet in sight. This year’s summer wave also began earlier than last year’s, Jha said. “Besides that, there’s not much that we can sort of put our finger on to say this is what’s driving this summer surge," Pekosz said. Jha said that what happens this winter is impossible to predict but that there could be a silver lining to a large summer wave. “A big summer wave tends to lead to a little bit of a smaller winter wave and vice versa, just because there’s a little bit more immunity in the population,” he said.

Persons: ”, Ashish Jha, “ It’s, ” It's, There's, Maria Van Kerkhove, Van Kerkhove, Rosem Morton, Jha, Andrew Pekosz, “, there’s, Pekosz, Michael Phillips, epidemiologist, ” Phillips Organizations: Brown University School of Public Health, White, Covid, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, The Washington, Getty, Food and Drug Administration, CDC, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, didn't, NYU Langone Health Locations: U.S, Europe, Washington, Western U.S, Texas, California, Florida, North Carolina, Covid, New York City

Washington CNN —A top Parkinson’s disease specialist held a meeting with President Joe Biden’s physician at the White House earlier this year, according to records, though the circumstances of the meeting are unclear. Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, met with White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor at the White House in mid-January, according to White House visitor logs. Cannard has visited the White House at least eight times over the past year, according to the logs, beginning last August and ending with the March 28 meeting. Publicly available profiles name Cannard as a neurology specialist supporting the White House Medical Unit. Both the White House and Biden have repeatedly been asked about tests and doctors visits in the months before the debate and the moments after.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Kevin Cannard, Kevin O’Connor, Cannard, O’Connor, Andrew Bates, Walter Reed, Bates, Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, –, ”, Jean, I’m, ” Jean, — who’s, —, Donald Trump, …, “ You’re, ” Biden, “, Mika Brzezinski, – Biden, Biden wasn’t, CNN’s Arlette Saenz Organizations: Washington CNN, White, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, White House, Press, Medical Unit, Democratic, ABC, Parkinson’s, MSNBC Locations: White, Cannard, France, Italy

A generic high blood pressure drug has become the most commonly prescribed oral medication to treat acne in women, overtaking antibiotics and birth control pills, a new report from Epic Research shows. Prescriptions for oral antibiotics — previously the go-to pill for acne — decreased from 41% to 27% in the same time period. While the drug was approved as a high blood pressure medication in 1960, it was in the 1980s that some doctors began prescribing it to women for acne. Birth control pills can also be an effective treatment for this type of acne, and indeed, can be prescribed by dermatologists for this reason. However, prescriptions of birth control for acne also fell from 2017 to 2023, Epic Research found.

Persons: spironolactone, John Barbieri, epidemiologist, Barbieri, “ There’s, ” Barbieri, Jessica Krant, ” Krant, Patricia Oyetakin, ”, Oyetakin, “, dermatologists, Krant, Deborah Bartz Organizations: Epic Research, NBC, American Academy of, Brigham, Women’s Hospital, Surgery, New, Research, Women’s Locations: Boston, New York, Atlanta

☆ The White House Medical Unit operated a pharmacy that gave out controlled substances to ineligible Trump staffers, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The White House Medical Unit operated a pharmacy that distributed controlled substances, a new report says. AdvertisementThe White House Medical Unit gave out controlled substances to ineligible Trump staffers, according to a new report from the US Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. "The White House Medical Unit dispensed prescription medications, including controlled substances, to ineligible White House staff," the report says. Sample of the White House Medical Unit Controlled Substance Receipt Tracking Form. White House Medical Unit.

Persons: —, Trump, Walter Reed, General Organizations: White, Medical Unit, Service, Trump, US Department of Defense, White House, Medical, DoD

☆ How a Ukrainian salt town was laid to waste in Russia's desperate push for Bakhmut
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar fell to Russia in January after months of brutal battle. It would be another five months before the eastern Ukrainian city, located 10 miles northeast of Bakhmut, would fall to Russia as the new year dawned. The town of Soledar offered little strategic value to Russia's forces beyond a political win. They didn't care what would happen to Ukrainian forces, they didn't care what would happen to their own forces." "It felt like I had left at least a part of me in Soledar," Cherniavska said.

Persons: —, Tania Synia, Synia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Soledar, Russia's, Putin, Serhii Ivanov, Ivanov, Kateryna, Tania Synia Wagner, — Prigozhin's, Prigozhin, Bakhmut, Stepanenko, wasn't, Nika Cherniavska, Nika Cherniavksa, Cherniavska, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ANATOLII STEPANOV Organizations: Service, Wagner Group, Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Volunteers, Ukrainian, Institute, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 77th Airmobile Brigade, 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Russia, Getty, Russian Ministry of Defence Locations: Ukrainian, Soledar, Russia, Bakhmut, Ukraine, Russian, Cherniavska, AFP

☆ Gaza's last pediatric hospital has been surrounded by Israeli tanks as hospitals across enclave come under siege, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The head of Gaza's last pediatric hospital says it has been surrounded by tanks. Israel says that Hamas operates from tunnels under Gaza's biggest hospital, which Hamas denies. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsraeli tanks have surrounded at least one hospital in Gaza amid reports of several healthcare facilities facing bombardment and thousands of patients being endangered, reports say. Mustafa al-Kahlout, who heads the Al Nasr hospital and Al-Rantisi pediatric hospital in northern Gaza, told CNN: "We are completely surrounded , there are tanks outside the hospital, and we cannot leave." AdvertisementAdvertisementInternational organizations have warned of crises at several major hospitals in the enclave, including Al-Shifa, the biggest hospital in Gaza City, as multiple hospitals report running out of power and supplies.

Persons: Israel, —, Mustafa al, Al Nasr, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, Al Jazeera, Shifa, — Eylon Levy, Monir, Al, Volker Turk Organizations: BBC, Hamas, Service, CNN, Rantisi, Al, Telegraph, United Nations, International Committee, Reuters, Health Organization, WHO, Human Rights Locations: Gaza, Al, Gaza City, Israel, Al Jazeera

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse convicted of sexually abusing women in custody at an Oregon prison has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. A federal jury in July convicted Klein on 17 counts related to sexual assault and four counts of lying under oath involving nine women. Klein resigned as Oregon State Police was investigating the assault allegations. Prosecutors said Klein abused his position and abused women, violating the public's trust, while doing everything he could to avoid getting caught. Numerous women since 2019 have sued the state Department of Corrections and Klein alleging sexual abuse.

Persons: —, Tony Klein's, Klein, wouldn't, Amanda Alvarez Thibeault, Matthew McHenry, Patrick O’Halloran, Prosecutors, Tony Klein, ” Natalie Wight Organizations: Attorney's, of, Prosecutors, Oregon State Police, FBI, Civil Rights, Attorney, District of, of Corrections Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, —, of Oregon, Portland, Wilsonville, U.S, District of Oregon

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