With wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has come under intense scrutiny after failing for several days to inform anyone outside his inner circle, including President Biden, that he was hospitalized over the holidays for prostate-cancer treatment and subsequent complications. Here’s the latest on the controversy — and Austin’s condition. Why […]
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US defence secretary Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospital admission was for surgery and later to treat an urinary tract infection related to the operation, doctors have said. The 70-year-old was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Maryland on December 22 and underwent surgery to treat the cancer. […]