On May 25, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was notified by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a US citizen, recently diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), who arrived in Montreal on a flight from Prague, Czech Republic, and then drove to the US via the Champlain, New York, border crossing.

Paris Hilton 's biographer, says the heiress may profit from prison :
Before yesterday 's hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Paris Hilton told a friend: "If I go to jail, even for just a day, my life will be over." As news of her 45-day sentence for driving offences spreads, the media reports are similarly gloomy: Hilton 's career is over.

Rosiglitazone meta-analysis continues to drive controversy in second week

The fallout continues from the publication in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) last week of a meta-analysis of rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline [GSK]), which suggested it increases the risk of MI and cardiovascular death.