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[ad_1] The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital announced on Wednesday. Rick Slayman, 62, had end-stage kidney disease before receiving the life-saving transplant on March 16. The pig kidney was genetically edited to make it more compatible with a human recipient and […]

[ad_1] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wants to dump House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.  She authored a resolution to force the House to take a vote of no confidence in the speaker. “I do not wish to inflict pain on our conference and to throw the House in chaos. But this is basically a warning,” […]

[ad_1] IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria […]

[ad_1]         The Kano State Government has dragged former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, Umar Abdullahi Umar and five others to court on eight count charges relating to bribery allegations, misappropriation and diversion of funds among others running into billions of naira.     This was contained in a […]

[ad_1] The White House has declared April 2024 as Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. In a proclamation issued on March 29, President Joe Biden acknowledged the “enormous progress” that has been made toward beating cancer in the U.S. while noting that it’s still the second-leading cause of death. To help prevent cancer, he emphasized […]

[ad_1] House Republicans are expected to vote on renewing a controversial federal government surveillance tool when they return from recess next week, multiple sources told Fox News Digital. Two House GOP aides and a GOP lawmaker – all who spoke on the condition of anonymity – said the House could take up Section 702 of […]

[ad_1] BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s top public health institute. The research was conducted in nine villages along the Mucajai River, a remote region where illegal mining is widespread. […]

[ad_1]         The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an  appeal at the Appeal Court against the Nigerian government on the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.   Kanu, who filed the appeal through his legal team led […]

[ad_1] Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead 56 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee.  His assassin “hoped to kill MLK’s great and widespread dream of unity,” Alveda King, the civil rights leader’s niece, shared with Fox News Digital in a message to be posted on Thursday morning, April 4, on social media. The killer […]

[ad_1] Chicago health officials have announced that a “small number” of tuberculosis (TB) cases have been reported at some migrant facilities following a recent outbreak of measles among migrants living in the Windy City’s shelters. The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) said the TB cases were reported in “a few different shelters” in the […]