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Top Toronto health official wins rare intervenor status in court battle over vaccinating couple’s children

Article content Toronto’s chief public-health official has won the right to intervene in a court dispute over vaccinating a divorced couple’s children, a rare step Dr. Eileen de Villa says was necessary to combat dangerous misinformation about vaccines. The city’s medical officer of health (MOH) now has lawyers taking part in an appeal slated for… Read More »

Sonakshi Sinha Birthday Special: The Dabangg Girl is her Own Muse and It’s a Quality That’s Rare to Find These Days (View Pics)

Sonakshi Sinha birthday special (Photo Credits: Instagram) Sonakshi Sinha celebrates her 32nd birthday today and the occasion is special for this Dabangg girl. The actress’ journey in Bollywood has been impressive with too many highs and some lows. From marking her debut as Salman Khan’s co-star to romancing Ranveer Singh in Lootera and carrying the… Read More »

The most expensive medicine ever treats a rare condition. The price: $2.13 million – Los Angeles Times

Evelyn Villarreal was one of the first children treated, at 8 weeks. Her family, from Centreville, Va., had lost their first child to spinal muscular atrophy at 15 months. Two years later when Evelyn was born a test showed she also had the disease, so the family enrolled her in the gene therapy study at… Read More »