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Baltimore Orioles minor-league outfielder Nolan Reimold has taken legal action against Johns Hopkins Hospital alleging negligent medical care. It has been claimed that he was cleared to resume play too rapidly after spinal surgery, causing additional damage.

During the 2012 season, Reimold was with a herniated disk and he had surgery in June. According to the suit, a Hopkins neurosurgeon told him that he could go back to play before his neck bones had fused.

The suit was filed in the state's Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office. Reimold said he had no idea that every game he played caused him further injury as his bones weren't fused.

A Houston resident has become the first woman to deliver all-female quintuplets born in the US. The last time a pregnancy resulted in the birth of five girls occurred in London in 1969.

The baby girls were delivered by Danielle Busby last week at the Women's Hospital of Texas. She gave birth to Olivia Marie, Ava Lane, Hazel Grace, Parker Kate and Riley Paige by C-section after a 28-week, two-day pregnancy. It took just four minutes for the birth of all five baby girls.

Danielle Busby said, "We are so thankful and blessed. And I honestly give all the credit to my God. I am so thankful for this wonderful hospital and team of people here; they truly all are amazing".

Sammy Griner became quite popular on internet as the Success Kid meme when he was just 11 months old. But now, he all grown up and needs the help of internet to raise funds for his father's surgery.

Sammy is now eight years old and is using his internet fame to help raise money for surgery, treatment and also to look out for a suitable donor. Sammy's father, Justin Griner, 39, has to under dialysis for his kidney on every day basis.

He spends four hours a day, three days a week for this procedure. Justin's kidneys have been failing before Sammy was born. Medicare will cover 80% of the post-surgery costs. The GoFundMe page will help in finding Sammy a donor and raise funds needed for his care.

American actress and producer Rita Wilson shared very personal news. According to the wife of actor Tom Hanks, she has undergone a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. The actress said that she was diagnosed with an invasive form of breast cancer.

On Tuesday, while talking to People magazine, the 58-year-old actress said, "I am recovering and most importantly, expected to make a full recovery. Why? Because I caught this early, have excellent doctors and because I got a second opinion".

According to the US Department of Agriculture report released on Tuesday, the number of US poultry flocks infected with a deadly strain of bird flu has increase. Iowa has identified its first case and Minnesota has given the confirmation of eight more cases.

Iowa has become the 12th state this year to find poultry infected with the H5N2 flu. The flu can kill nearly an entire flock within two days.

In the last six weeks, twenty-two commercial turkey flocks in Minnesota have been infected with the H5N2 flu. Minnesota is the leading US turkey-producing state.

According to Agriculture Department data, the number has accounted for over half of the 43 flocks that have been infected nationwide, since the beginning of the year.

A new "precision medicine" initiative will provide $3 million for a statewide project intended for compiling existing patient data, so that it can be used for drug therapies and to address specific needs of individuals for treatments. The announcement for the initiative was made by Gov. Jerry Brown and the University of California on Tuesday.

Three months ago President Obama also revealed in an announcement that a $215 million research investment would go for the fast growing segment. And now California has announced its Initiative for Advance Precision Medicine.