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Gene Shalit, ‘TODAY’ show movie critic, dies at 100

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Eugene Shalit was born on March 25, 1926, in New York. He was raised in New Jersey, where his father purchased a drug store. When the younger Shalit was in elementary school, he created the school’s first newspaper, The Spotlight, and bought a fedora so he looked the part, according to his “TODAY” profile. He … Read more

FDA approves first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The drugmaker said it will offer the drug for free to U.S. patients. Otarmeni is approved to treat a very rare form … Read more

They didn’t understand why their kids kept getting sick. After a rare diagnosis, a new gene therapy offered hope.

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Ava Langenhop was always sick.  From “the time she was born,” she was “just a sick baby,” the 9-year-old’s mother, Alicia Langenhop, told CBS News. She’d catch any cough or cold. Before she was two months old, she went to the hospital twice for viral infections. Ear infections were constant. Scraped knees turned into skin … Read more