HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting tissue from the transplant.
Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said Wednesday that Charla Nash is experiencing a “moderate rejection episode” and the transplant is not in jeopardy.
Nash was taking part in an experiment in which doctors had tried to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since the operation. Pomahac said doctors have removed Nash from the experiment and put her back on her original medication.
FLINT, Mich. – Sipping filtered city water to show it’s again drinkable, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to ride herd on leaders at all levels of government until every drop of water flowing into homes in Flint, Michigan, is safe to use.
He also promised that the aging pipes that contaminated the water with lead will be replaced, but cautioned that the project will take time. Obama said he wanted to use the crisis to make long-term improvements to the city, where more than 40 percent of residents live in poverty.
“It’s not going to happen overnight, but we have to get started,” Obama told hundreds of people gathered in a high school gymnasium.
LONDON – Advocates of leaving the European Union have not thought through its economic impact, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday, warning that an exit would spark “a decade of uncertainty.”
Cameron said it could take years for Britain to negotiate new trade deals with the other 27 EU members. Collectively, they account for more than 40 percent of U.K. trade.
Britain will vote June 23 on whether to remain in the bloc it joined more than 40 years ago. Leaders of the “leave” campaign say the U.K. would soon forge new trade agreements.
Associated Press
