Monthly Archives: May 2025

2025.05.31

‘Breakthrough’ breast cancer therapy can slow advance of disease and prolong survival
Study shows combination treatment for aggressive breast cancer delays advance by average 17 months and chemotherapy by two years
Andrew Gregory Health editor, in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/31/breakthrough-breast-cancer-therapy-can-slow-advance-of-disease-and-prolong-survival

Trump says he fired National Portrait Gallery chief in latest conflict with arts
President says director Kim Sajet has been fired but experts suggest president does not have legal grounds to do so
Robert Mackey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/trump-fires-kim-sajet-national-portrait-gallery-director

Want to see where Trump’s tariffs are leading US business? Look at Georgia
The political swing state has a $900bn economy, with hospitality, industrial manufacturing – and movies
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/31/georgia-business-trump-tariffs

Four queer business owners on Pride under Trump: ‘Our joy is resistance’
As the first Pride month under Donald Trump’s second presidency approaches, LGBTQ+ businesses are stepping up
Jenna Zaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/31/pride-queer-business-owners

Tourist damages two of China’s terracotta warriors after jumping fence
The man ‘pushed and pulled’ the ancient clay warriors and damaged them to varying degrees, said authorities
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/31/tourist-jumps-into-chinas-terracotta-army-damaging-ancient-warriors

Four tips for home care, from vacuuming your mattress to … cleaning your dishwasher?
I tried some of the advice from Kyshawn Lane of the wildly popular Instagram account Weekly Home Check
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Madeleine Aggeler
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/may/30/four-tips-for-home-care

Are seed oils really bad for you?
Jessica Bradley
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250530-are-seed-oils-really-bad-for-you

Never before seen images of our Universe
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0lf3qdj/never-before-seen-images-of-our-universe

Loretta Swit, who played ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan on MAS*H, dies aged 87
The actor, who won two Emmy awards, was best known for being one of longest-serving cast members on the hit series
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/30/loretta-swit-actor-dead

2025.05.30

Local News
These Minnesota cities were named among the top 250 “Best Places to Live” in the country
By Aki Nace
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-cities-best-places-to-live-2025/

Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns
Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/beer-pfas-forever-chemicals

Over a barrel: lack of sugar throws Cuba’s rum industry into crisis
This year’s tiny harvest casts doubt on the spirit’s recent resurgence, once a bright spot in the island’s economy
Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/30/over-a-barrel-lack-sugar-cuba-rum-industry-crisis-harvest

Is every memecoin just a scam? Experts on whether Andrew Tate and Trump are fleecing their followers
After I was turned into a memecoin, I looked into the hype behind the crypto that only a tiny percentage of people profit from
Matt Shea
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/30/is-memecoin-scam-crypto-trump

We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade
Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/trump-military-parade-fascism

So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation
Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/elon-musk-tesla-investors-doge

‘Death is not a mystery’: what happens to your body when you’re dying?
Experts say knowing more about death – or ‘death literacy’ – can actually help quell fears of dying
Katie Camero
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/may/29/what-happens-when-you-die

Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala
Pyramids and monuments suggest Los Abuelos was a significant ceremonial site, archaeologists say
Agence France-Press in Guatemala City u
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/29/mayan-city-remains-guatemala-los-abuelos-unearthed

2025.05.29

US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority
Kalyeena Makortoff and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/us-court-blocks-trump-tariffs

Donald Trump commutes sentence of former Chicago gang leader
Larry Hoover, 74, ex-chief of Gangster Disciples in Chicago, had been serving multiple life sentences for over 50 years
Léonie Chao-Fong
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/donald-trump-commutes-chicago-gang-leader-sentence

‘Flooding could end southern Appalachia’: the scientists on an urgent mission to save lives
Geologists race to collect perishable data as Kentucky residents ‘scared to death’ over floods amid Trump cuts
Nina Lakhani in eastern Kentucky with photographs by Jon Cherry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/appalachia-kentucky-floods-research-trump-cuts

Scared advertisers, flag bans and Trump: the US is in for a troubled Pride 2025
Event organizers in red and blue states have seen an exodus of sponsors amid an anti-LGBTQ+ political climate. They insist the show will go on
Tim Teeman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/pride-month-trump

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds
A strong updraft propelled Peng Yujiang thousands of metres high, in line with flight paths and nearly as high as Mount Everest
Helen Davidson in Taipei
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/29/chinese-paraglider-peng-yujiang-survives-8000-metre-high-flight

Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?
Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bunkers – enough to shelter every member of the population. But if the worst should happen, would they actually work?
By Jessi Jezewska Stevens
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/may/29/why-does-switzerland-have-more-nuclear-bunkers-than-any-other-country

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
Guardian staff and agencies in Geneva
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/swiss-glacier-collapse-village-switzerland-blatten

Thousands in Canada’s Manitoba ordered to evacuate in wildfire emergency
There are more than 130 active wildfires across the country, half of which are considered out of control
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/29/canada-wildfires-manitoba-province-fire-evacuation

‘Space travel is queer’: the unstoppable film-maker skewering Bezos and Musk’s macho fantasies
Cath Clarke
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/29/space-travel-bezos-musk-macho-fantasies-nelly-ben-hayoun-stepanian

Materialists to 28 Years Later: 10 of the best films to watch this June
Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250528-10-of-the-best-films-to-watch-this-june

2025.05.28

Feds arrest newest Feeding Our Future defendant at Twin Cities airport
Matt Sepid
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/27/feds-arrest-newest-feeding-our-future-defendant-at-twin-cities-airport

Trump cuts to NIH causing life-or-death delays in care: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’
Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has raised the alarm over how patients in the agency’s clinical trials are facing setbacks in treatment
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/trump-cuts-nih-cancer-care

RFK Jr drops Covid-19 boosters for kids and pregnant women from CDC list
The move ends the CDC’s booster recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women, bypassing norms
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/rfk-jr-covid-vaccine-kids-pregnant-women

Trump has no plan for who will grow US food: ‘There is just flat out nobody to work’
Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would ‘legalize oppression’, advocates say
Tareq Saghie
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/farmworkers-h-2a-trump-agriculture

The Salt Path review – Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs hike from ruin to renewal
Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption
Cath Clarke
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/28/the-salt-path-review-gillian-anderson-and-jason-isaacs-hike-from-ruin-to-renewal

Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife
In this playfully fictionalised memoir, Alison runs a pygmy goat sanctuary while making a name for herself on stage and screen
James Smart
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/28/spent-by-alison-bechdel-review-the-graphic-novelist-faces-up-to-midlife

Bovril: A meaty staple’s strange link to cult science fiction
Veronique Greenwood
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250527-bovril-a-meaty-staples-strange-link-to-cult-science-fiction

What to do if your laptop is lost or stolen – tips for when the worst happens
From remotely locking it using a locator, to backing up a replacement, steps to help you secure your data
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/28/what-to-do-if-your-laptop-is-lost-or-stolen

Mirrored floors and mountain goats: photos of the day – Tuesday
Marissa Faessler leads her goats in Appenzell Innerrhoden,
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Joe Mee
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2025/may/27/mirrored-floors-mountain-goats-photos-of-the-day-tuesday

Photos of Norway’s incredibly rare Viking ship discovery
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ldt6yx/photos-of-norway-s-incredibly-rare-viking-ship-discovery

The return of Mexico’s famous Tequila Express train
Jamie Fullerton
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250523-the-return-of-mexicos-famous-tequila-express-train

2025.05.27

Viking Historian Answers Google’s Most Popular Questions About Vikings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5OeyH_SWD0&ab_channel=HistoryHit

‘My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six’: Alan Alda on childhood, marriage and 60 years of stardom
Simon Hattenstone
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/26/my-mother-didnt-try-to-stab-my-father-until-i-was-six-alan-alda-on-childhood-marriage-and-60-years-of-stardom

Soul icon Irma Thomas on the Stones, segregation and survival: ‘Restaurants refused to serve us – we lived on sardines and crackers’ Garth Cartwright https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/26/irma-thomas-galactic-soul-queen-new-orleans

Autumn review – amazing landscape plays central role in Portuguese wine-family drama Set in the Douro valley, Antonio Sequeira’s softly drawn portrait of a family in flux never quite ferments to anything more than a light tipple about the passing of time Leslie Felperin https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/27/autumn-review-amazing-landscape-plays-central-role-in-portuguese-wine-family-drama

The Venus Effect review – a sizzling queer romcom without the cliches A funny, heart-on-sleeve Danish drama that cleverly captures the complexities of coming out and queer identity with a character that wonders: am I gay enough to be gay? Catherine Bray https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/27/the-venus-effect-review-a-sizzling-queer-romcom-without-the-cliches

St. Paul nonprofit Give Hope agrees to dissolve
The nonprofit was co-founded by chef Brian Ingram, who helps run Hope Breakfast Bar and other restaurants in the Twin Cities metro.
Todd Melby
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/26/st-paul-nonprofit-give-hope-connected-hope-breakfast-bar-dissolves

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims
Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides
Hugo Lowell in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/hegseth-pentagon-leak-investigation-wiretap

She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good
A new book examines childcare policies across the globe – and asks whether parenthood in the US needs to be so hard
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/parenting-motherhood-childcare-trump-pronatalism

Squid Game to The Bear: 10 of the best TV shows to watch this June
Caryn James
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250522-10-of-the-best-tv-shows-to-watch-this-june

Creatine: The bodybuilding supplement that boosts brainpower
Jessica Bradley
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250523-the-surprising-health-benefits-of-taking-creatine-powder

2025.05.26

US police officer resigns after wrongfully arresting undocumented teen
Leslie O’Neal of Georgia pulled over college student who then spent more than two weeks in federal immigration jail
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/georgia-police-officer-resigns-arrest-undocumented-student

Top Republicans threaten to block Trump’s spending bill if national debt is not reduced
Prominent senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-beautiful-bill-republicans

US federal judges consider creating own armed security force as threats mount
Proposal would move security under judges’ control as justice department has vowed loyalty to Trump
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/federal-judges-armed-security-doj-trump-attacks

Run for Something co-founder: ‘Democrats’ reliance on seniority is our downfall’
Amanda Litman discusses vital but difficult conversations on age as younger Democrats work to remake party
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/26/run-for-something-co-founder-amanda-litman

Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes join Irish charity swim
Marilyn’s Mater Paddle, now in its second year, held at Balcarrick beach to raise funds for women’s cancer care
Morgan Ofori
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/almost-200-marilyn-monroe-lookalikes-join-irish-charity-swim

‘There’s no chance an American will laugh’: Tim Key on his very British new film and the US Office sequel
The idiosyncratic comic’s sprawling CV includes poetry, Alan Partridge and a spell in a pigeon costume but his latest career destination might be his most unlikely yet – Hollywood
Rachel Aroesti
https://www.theguardian.com/global/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/tim-key-interview-ballad-wallis-island

US faces another summer of extreme heat as fears rise over Trump cuts
Brutal heat and drought expected to blanket country from Nevada to Florida as experts worry climate cuts will burn
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/26/extreme-heat-summer-weather-forecast

2025.05.25

Folk, fiddles and foot-stomping: how gen Z rebooted old-school Norwegian music
Norway’s traditional music scene gaining traction and been given a twist by a new clubby younger audience
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/25/folk-fiddles-and-foot-stomping-how-gen-z-rebooted-old-school-norwegian-music

O! My sweet summer child:
‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm
The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying
Peter Stone in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-crypto-corruption-ethics

‘An autoimmune disorder’: how Trump is turning American democracy against itself
Arjun Appadurai
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/trump-american-democracy

Can Pope Leo retain US citizenship while leading a foreign government?
US state department says on website it may ‘actively review’ status of Americans who ‘serve as a foreign head of state’
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/pope-leo-us-citizenship

George Floyd’s family fights for sacred ground where he took his last breath: ‘That’s my blood’
Minneapolis site where Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin in 2020 faces tense debate over how best to honor his legacy
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/george-floyd-murder-site

Crypto investor in New York charged in kidnapping and torture plot
John Woeltz, 37, being held without bail after allegedly beating, shocking and dangling man from five-story home
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/crypto-investor-tortue-kidnapping-new-york

Mexican singer cancels show in Texas citing visa revocation
Julión Álvarez was to perform before 50,000 fans in Texas, but he is the latest Mexican musician to have their visa revoked
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/mexican-singer-cancels-show-in-texas-citing-visa-revocation

Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honoured
Catherine Shoard Film editor
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/24/iranian-director-jafar-panahi-wins-palme-dor-at-cannes-for-it-was-just-an-accident

2025.05.24


13 Minnesota cities and counties want to open government-run cannabis dispensaries
Nicole Ki
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/23/minnesota-cities-and-counties-wait-to-open-cannabis-dispensaries

Expert calls Musk’s ‘Doge’ involvement ‘one of the greatest brand destructions’
Top US marketing professor Scott Galloway says on Pivot podcast Tesla owner ‘has alienated his core demographic’
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/elon-musk-doge-scott-galloway

‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard
For years, Alexa has been our on-call vet, DJ, teacher, parent, therapist and whipping boy. What secrets would the data reveal?
Jeremy Ettinghausen
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/what-i-discovered-when-i-asked-amazon-to-tell-me-everything-alexa-had-heard

Sperm from cancer-risk donor used to conceive at least 67 children across Europe
Case of man carrying rare genetic variant fuels calls for limit on number of children that can be fathered by one donor
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/23/sperm-donor-cancer-risk-children-europe

‘I had the audacity not to peg it!’ Timothy Spall on cancer, cosy crime and being heckled on the red carpet
Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/23/i-had-the-audacity-not-to-peg-it-timothy-spall-on-cancer-cosy-and-being-heckled-on-the-red-carpet

Sirat to Eddington and Sentimental Value: The 12 Cannes films you need to know about
Rebecca Laurence, Hugh Montgomery and Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250523-the-12-cannes-films-you-need-to-know-about

Director Stanley Kubrick’s house up for sale
Danny Fullbrook
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlj0g6100no

2025.05.23

Harvard University sues Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
Ivy league school calls administration’s decision unconstitutional retaliation for defying White House’s demands
Michael Sainato and agency
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/may/23/harvard-university-sues-trump-administration-ban-foreign-students

Trump’s barbarism is turning his biggest strength into a liability
Osita Nwanevu
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/trumps-barbarism-is-turning-his-biggest-strength-into-a-liability

Fear, hope and loathing in Elon Musk’s new city: ‘It’s the wild, wild west and the future’
Starbase in Texas, where the world’s richest man has a rocket-launching facility, was incorporated this week. Mars obsessives are flocking there – but some long-term locals are far from happy
Oliver Laughland
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/23/elon-musk-new-city-starbase-texas

Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts
Defamation suit claims Marubo people were depicted in story as tech-addled and porn-obsessed after introduction of internet
Associated Press in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-tribe-new-york-times-pornography-lawsuit

California hummingbird beaks transformed by feeders: ‘more tapered and longer’
Study details evolutionary change of Anna’s hummingbirds and finds ranges have expanded to follow such devices
Cy Neff
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/california-hummingbird-beak-study

This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights ‘satanic’. He could now undo healthcare for millions
Exclusive: A rightwing activist behind a current supreme court challenge has spent decades railing against ‘homosexual behavior’
Sam Levin
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/supreme-court-case-steven-hotze-hiv-prep

Key takeaways: RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report on chronic disease in children
Report ignores common dangers to children, focuses on Kennedy’s favored topics – and will be forcefully opposed
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-explained

Disarray at Department of Veterans Affairs imperils patient care, internal documents reveal
Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions
Aaron Glantz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/veterans-affairs-doge-musk

‘Ludicrous and unfair’: older workers react to pressure to delay retirement
IMF is urging countries globally to act to ease stress on public finances, sparking mainly outrage but also support
Jedidajah Otte
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/23/ludicrous-unfair-older-workers-react-pressure-delay-retirement

Awkward clapping, no-sand beaches and Alexander Skarsgård’s thigh-high boots: a trip to Cannes to see my film
Harry Lighton’s film Pillion is based on the novel Box Hill so, misgivings riding alongside, it felt right for the author to motorbike to the film festival for its premiere
Adam Mars-Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/adam-mars-joness-cannes-diary-pillion-box-hill-cannes-diary

Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
Francesca Gillett
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nk279ydyo

The sounds and songs of Iceland’s melting landscape
Karen McHugh
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250521-the-sounds-and-songs-of-icelands-melting-landscape

Kangaroo ‘tries to drown’ man in Australian floodwaters
Flora Drury
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg71gqe068o

The Mayan languages spreading across the US
Juan Pablo Pérez-Burgos
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250515-the-mayan-languages-spreading-across-the-us

In full bloom: Chelsea flower show 2025 – in pictures
The photographer Sarah Lee has made her annual visit to the RHS Chelsea flower show in south-west London to revel in the floral delights
Sarah Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2025/may/22/chelsea-flower-show-2025-in-pictures

2025.05.22

Judge rules White House violated order by deporting migrants to South Sudan
Eight people apparently deported as their lawyers say the migrants are at ‘risk of harm’ and that there is ‘no clarity’
Maya Yang and Maanvi Singh
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan

DoJ moves to cancel police reform deals with Minneapolis and Louisville
Trump officials seek to dismiss Biden-era consent decrees reached after deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Rachel Leingang and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/justice-department-settlement-minneapolis-louisville

Alan Turing papers saved from shredder could fetch £150,000
Documents including signed copy of 1938 PhD dissertation to be auctioned after they were nearly thrown out
Jamie Grierson
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/21/alan-turing-papers-saved-from-shredder-could-fetch-150000

A huge Democratic victory in Omaha offers a lesson for the party
Katrina vanden Heuvel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/omaha-election-win-democrats-lessons-john-ewing-jr

Australia approves new drug to treat early Alzheimer’s disease
Kisunla is first new treatment registered by TGA in 25 years but could cost patients more than $80,000 and less than one in five will be eligible
Natasha May Medical reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/22/australia-approves-donanemab-kisunla-new-drug-treat-early-alzheimers-disease

Winners, resigners, guest dogs and royal losers – take the Thursday quiz
Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
Martin Belam
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/22/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-211