Jimmy Carter Dies; Norovirus Surges; Havana Syndrome Probe Faults CIA Response

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Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died at age 100. (AP)

In his decades as a former president, Carter helped deliver basic health and sanitation to millions of people worldwide and set a new standard for how aid agencies should engage with countries. (New York Times)

Cases of norovirus are spiking in some regions of the country, with 91 outbreaks reported as of Dec. 5, according to the CDC.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found the CIA’s position on Havana syndrome hurt efforts to ensure consistent access to medical care, compensation, and other benefits. (Washington Post)

The Wall Street Journal said UnitedHealth Group may have collected billions more from Medicare by preparing checklists of potential diagnoses for Medicare Advantage recipients before its physicians saw them.

At least 18 babies were abandoned in Texas over the past year, a state with one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country. (Washington Post)

Shaken baby syndrome has sent parents to jail, but some experts question whether symptoms of the hotly debated condition may be due to something else. (New York Times)

A Manhattan appeals court said that a case alleging that Novartis paid doctors kickbacks to promote its multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod (Gilenya) can move forward. (Reuters via MSN)

Some states with abortion bans also lacked access to sufficient social support for families. (AP)

Flu vaccines protected children against all levels of severe influenza illness, a case-control study showed. (JAMA Network Open)

Israeli troops forcibly removed patients and staff from one of the last hospitals in Northern Gaza, the territory’s health ministry said. (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent a successful prostatectomy, according to hospital officials. (CBS News)

CBS sports anchor and commentator Greg Gumbel died of cancer at age 78. (AP)

Former actress and supermodel Dayle Haddon died due to what may have been a carbon monoxide leak in Pennsylvania. (USA Today)

Belgium plans to prohibit the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes, the first European Union member to do so. (AP)

The FDA approved a subcutaneous formulation of nivolumab plus hyaluronidase (Opdivo Qvantig) for use in all solid-tumor indications currently approved for the intravenous formulation of the treatment.

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