French patient

critically ill

PARIS (AP) — A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung. A doctor at the Paris hospital treating the hantavirus patient said Tuesday the woman’s blood is being pumped through an artificial lung to relieve pressure on her lungs and heart.

The World Health Organization says the outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases worldwide, nine of which have been confirmed. The overall tally includes three people from the cruise ship who died. Spanish officials said Tuesday the passenger with a newly confirmed infection is in quarantine at a military hospital.

Trump FDA

chief leaving

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration head. The surgeon and health researcher’s tenure had drawn complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies.

Trump said Tuesday that Makary “was having some difficulty” but “he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.” Makary came to the attention of Republicans as an outspoken critic of COVID-19 health measures during the pandemic, when he appeared frequently on Fox News Channel.

But at the FDA, Makary failed to win the staff’s confidence after mass layoffs, leadership changes and a series of controversies in which the agency’s scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests.

Airport missed

trespasser

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Denver airport workers initially missed a security breach by a man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed by a plane with 231 people on board. Authorities said Tuesday that the 41-year-old man entered the airport and crossed a runway as a Frontier Airlines plane attempted to take off.

The medical examiner said he died by suicide, but no note was immediately recovered. The collision sparked an engine fire, and the plane was evacuated after the cabin filled with smoke.

Twelve passengers suffered minor injuries during the evacuation and five were taken to hospitals.

NBA player

dies at 29

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, according to the team, his agency and the NBA. He was 29. Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, provided any details Tuesday about when, where or how Clarke died.

His agents wrote on social media that they were “beyond devastated” by Clarke’s death.

Clarke was arrested April 1 in Arkansas for speeding and possession of a controlled substance and released on bond a day later. He was the 21st overall pick out of Gonzaga in the 2019 NBA draft by Oklahoma City. Clarke was on the NBA’s All-Rookie team in 2020 but injuries limited him to 72 of 246 games the past three seasons.