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April 30, 2021

Ultra-expensive medicine a desperate need for thousands of babies around the world

聽many of parents of聽children聽with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease.聽Between one in 6,000 and 10,000 children born have the disorder in some form.聽More than two-thirds of diagnosed with the聽most common and serious derivation, SMA1, die before the age of 2, if left untreated 鈥� and treatment is complex.聽A new聽miracle聽gene therapy聽called Zolgensma is the most expensive聽medicine in the world.聽

April 22, 2021

Italian hospital employee accused of skipping work for 15 years, getting paid full salary

A hospital worker in Italy is under investigation for allegedly skipping out on work for 15 years while continuing to receive a salary, according to a report.

April 17, 2021

Italian right-wing leader Salvini to go on trial for not allowing migrant ship to dock

Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini will go on trial for 鈥渒idnapping鈥� migrants in September for his decision in 2019 as interior minister not to allow an NGO ship packed with migrants dock in an Italian port.

April 17, 2021

'The Addams Family' actor Felix Silla dead at 84

Felix Silla, a versatile聽actor best known for his role as hairy Cousin Itt on TV's聽"The Addams Family," died Friday after battling pancreatic聽cancer. He was聽84.聽

April 11, 2021

Concern in Italy that mafia redirecting vaccine to friends as elderly die

Authorities in Italy聽are investigating whether the Italian聽mafia is redirecting聽the country鈥檚 supply of coronavirus聽vaccines away from those who need it most and giving it to their friends and family, according to a report.

April 6, 2021

Reporter's Notebook: Amy Kellogg flips the switch on Florence's streetlights

The Renaissance city of Florence is proud of its heritage but聽not only proud. The people in charge of lighting this set-piece city hold onto another tradition: manually turning on the streetlights every night.聽It's the only city in Italy that does it this way.聽

April 2, 2021

American Airlines offering 'quarantine free' travel between NYC and Italy

Prior to travel, customers will still need to provide proof of聽a negative COVID-19 test. Upon arriving in Italy, passengers will have to test negative again.

April 2, 2021

Passengers cruise through Italy's Easter festivities on MSC Grandiosa amid country's coronavirus lockdowns

Italy may be in a strict coronavirus lockdown this Easter with travel restricted between regions and new quarantines imposed. But a few miles offshore, guests aboard the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship are shimmying to Latin music on deck and sipping cocktails by the pool.

April 1, 2021

Italy relocating cruise ships from Venice in latest attempt to protect 'fragile' city center

On Wednesday, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a decree that would relocate docking sites for large vessels away from Venice鈥檚 Grand Canal and the Piazza San Marco (St. Mark鈥檚 Square).

April 1, 2021

Italy coronavirus: Health workers must be vaccinated or face year suspension, report says

Italy鈥檚 Prime Minister Mario Draghi鈥檚 cabinet on Wednesday issued a controversial decree demanding all health workers in the country receive a coronavirus vaccine in order to work.