Mary Lou Retton illness: McKenna Kelley reveals mother’s pneumonia diagnosis

Mary Lou Retton illness: McKenna Kelley reveals mother’s pneumonia diagnosis

CNN  —  Retired Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life,” according to her daughter McKenna Kelley’s Instagram. In her post, Kelley asked for prayers and donations to offset her mother’s medical bills. In an entry labeled “MaryLouRettonsFight” on the fundraising site Spotfund, Kelley said Retton has been in a hospital …

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announces blood cancer diagnosis, currently undergoing treatment

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announces blood cancer diagnosis, currently undergoing treatment

CNN  —  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has been diagnosed with “a very treatable blood cancer,” and has started treatment, he announced on Tuesday. “After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done. The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed …

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Jamie Cail death: Autopsy says death was caused by ‘fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content’

Jamie Cail death: Autopsy says death was caused by ‘fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content’

CNN  —  The death earlier this year of former US swimming champion Jamie Cail has been ruled accidental and fentanyl related, according to a Facebook post from the US Virgin Islands Police Department. An autopsy report from the US Virgin Islands Office of the Medical Examiner listed Cail’s cause of death as “fentanyl intoxication with …

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Gray Fire: Residents ordered to evacuate amid threat of growing wildfire in Washington state, medical facilities sheltering in place

Gray Fire: Residents ordered to evacuate amid threat of growing wildfire in Washington state, medical facilities sheltering in place

CNN  —  A growing wildfire in eastern Washington state has caused two medical facilities to shelter in place and some residents have been asked to evacuate.  The fire, known as the Gray Fire, has burned through 500 acres near Medical Lake, Washington, Spokane County Fire District 10 said in a social media post on Friday. …

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