CAIR-Georgia Welcomes Syrian Grandfather to Atlanta for Cancer…

The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today announced that Mohamed Al-Bitar, a Syrian grandfather suffering from eye cancer, has arrived in Atlanta for medical treatment after receiving a waiver to the Trump administration's "Muslim Ban." On Saturday, February 9, Al-Bitar and his wife arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where they were reunited with their Georgia-based family members, including a daughter, son-in-law and four grandchildren.

St. Charles takes $3 million hit on drug costs

Efforts to rein in abuse of a drug discount program for hospitals that serve a high number of low-income patients could cost St. Charles Health System an estimated $3 million in revenue in 2018. The 340B program, created by Congress in 1992, requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to give deep discounts to safety-net hospitals and health clinics.

The Latest: McCain feeling well, returning after holidays

In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session where Republican senators met on the GOP effort to overhaul the tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says McCain is returning home to Arizona after being hospitalized over the side effects from his brain cancer treatment.

McCain is back in Arizona for Christmas, will miss tax vote

Republican Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, is back home in Arizona after being treated for a viral infection and will miss the vote on the GOP tax bill. The 81-year-old senator was admitted last week to Walter Reed Medical Center, where he was dealing with the side effects of his treatment for cancer.

Innovation and Impact Summit speaker says cancer research benefits from risk taking

The US is using an antiquated system of research that wastes time and resources, and results in fewer impactful cancer treatments, says cancer expert Greg Simon. To maximise innovation, changes should be made at university level, said Simon, director of the Biden Cancer Initiative at the Biden Foundation, at the Times Higher Education Innovation and Impact Summit, which took place from May 31 to June 2 organised by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Times Higher Education.

Cancer Treatment Centers founder receives honor

Cancer Treatment Centers of America chairman and founder Richard J. Stephenson was recently recognized by The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans for his entrepreneurial spirit and passionate commitment to the wellbeing of others. For the last 70 years, the Horatio Alger Award has been bestowed upon leaders who are committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their local communities.

Woman battling cancer ‘humiliated,’ ‘violated’ during TSA search

The woman posted a video of the search to Facebook in hopes no one else would have to go through she went through. NEW YORK CITY A woman who has been battling breast cancer says an aggressive pre-flight screening, including a public body cavity search, left her feeling humiliated and violated.

2 women with baby shoplift from Walmart

Lawyers for 24-year-old Karri Benoir say troopers did not properly inform her of her right to remain silent before conducting a bedside interview in the hospital. Lawyers for 24-year-old Karri Benoir say troopers did not properly inform her of her right to remain silent before conducting a bedside interview in the hospital.

The past surfaces in Powers Lake

Cliff Cassidy's grandson, Ryan Cahill, 11, was walking a paddleboard into Powers Lake Monday morning when he spotted something in about a foot of water on the sandy bottom. Not sure what it was, Ryan picked up the thin piece of metal and brought it into Cassidy's lake home, where Cassidy almost immediately recognized it from the name, letters and numbers stamped into the 1 -inch-1 -inch oval.