Noticias de Hoy

BALTIMORE (AP) ? A soldier who lost all four limbs in an Iraq roadside bombing has two new arms following a double transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday reinstated a lawsuit brought by a transgendered prisoner against Virginia authorities for refusing to allow her to undergo a sex-change operation. The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Ophelia Azriel De’lonta, born Michael Stokes, can argue that denying her the surgery violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. . . .

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Federal health officials say at least 16 people in five states have been sickened by salmonella food poisoning linked to ground beef.

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The first soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant.

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will award a total of 2 billion euros for research into brain disease and into the “miracle material” graphene which could be used to make flexible electronic devices and could lead to superfast Internet speeds. The funding will be distributed over 10 years, with more than half of it coming from the Commission’s research funds and the rest from EU member countries and the private sector, officials said on Monday. . . .

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JERUSALEM (AP) ? A team of Israeli and U. S. scientists say new tests on comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon show significant brain activity.

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(Reuters) – People taking high doses of the B vitamin folic acid are not at an increased risk of cancer, according to an international analysis – easing some concern about the possible side effects of national programs aimed to raise intake of the vitamin. The United States and Canada have required flour to be fortified with folic acid since 1998, after deficiencies of it in pregnant women were tied to brain and spinal cord birth defects in their babies. . . .

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PARIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched through Paris on Sunday to support the French government’s plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption, but the turnout fell well short of a mass demonstration against the project two weeks ago. Police estimated total attendance at about 125,000, while organizers put the number at 400,000. Two weeks ago, organizers of the anti-gay marriage protest claimed turnout of one million, while police put the number at 340,000, an unusually high turnout even in protest-prone France. . . .

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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s health regulator has opened an inquiry into acne drug Diane-35, which is also used as a contraceptive, after four deaths linked to the drug in the past 25 years. Health regulator ANSM said on Sunday that Diane-35, produced by German drugmaker Bayer, is authorized in 135 countries and sold in more than 116. Last year about 325,000 women in France used the drug, ANSM said, adding it would publish its report next week. ANSM said the four deaths were due to thrombosis linked to the use of Diane-35. . . .

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Although some areas of the U. S. may be seeing declines in influenza activity, others are seeing increases, and hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise, the CDC reported Friday.

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