Abc: Health Headlines

• Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital

  Authorities say a gunman entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead

• Shakes sold to nursing homes recalled after listeria outbreak linked to 11 deaths

  Cartons of frozen shakes sold to nursing homes and other institutions are being recalled after an outbreak of listeria linked to the products

• A French ex-surgeon is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims. Most were child patients

  A former surgeon is going on trial in France for the rape and sexual abuse of 299 victims over a period spanning more than three decades

• Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

  A court battle is set to resume over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding

• Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

  Abortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies