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Biden Has Skin Cancer Lesion Removed in Feb., White House Says

US President Joe Biden arrives at alter Reed National Military Medical Center in Feb - AP
US President Joe Biden arrives at alter Reed National Military Medical Center in Feb - AP
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Biden Has Skin Cancer Lesion Removed in Feb., White House Says

US President Joe Biden arrives at alter Reed National Military Medical Center in Feb - AP
US President Joe Biden arrives at alter Reed National Military Medical Center in Feb - AP

US President Joe Biden had a skin lesion removed from his chest in February that was a basal cell carcinoma - a common form of skin cancer - and no further treatment is needed, White House physician Kevin O'Connor said on Friday.

All cancerous tissue was successfully removed, the White House physician said in a letter, adding that Biden will continue dermatologic surveillance as part of his ongoing healthcare but the site had healed.

Last month, doctors declared Biden, 80, healthy and "fit for duty" after a physical examination. They said at the time that a small lesion had been removed from his chest and sent for a biopsy.

O'Connor said in the letter that basal cell carcinoma lesions do not tend to spread or metastasize.

According to Reuters, Biden's three-hour session with doctors in February at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, was his second extensive exam since taking office in January 2021.

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Cyber Attack on Italy's Foreign Ministry, Airports Claimed by Pro-Russian Hacker Group

Illustration picture of a hacker with cyber code projected on him (Reuters)
Illustration picture of a hacker with cyber code projected on him (Reuters)
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Cyber Attack on Italy's Foreign Ministry, Airports Claimed by Pro-Russian Hacker Group

Illustration picture of a hacker with cyber code projected on him (Reuters)
Illustration picture of a hacker with cyber code projected on him (Reuters)

Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan's two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country's cyber security agency said.
The pro-Russian hacker group Noname057(16) claimed the cyber attack on Telegram, saying Italy's "Russophobes get a well deserved cyber response".
A spokesperson for Italy's cyber security agency said it was plausible that the so-called "Distributed Denial of Service" (DDoS) attack could be linked to the pro-Russian group.
In such attacks, hackers attempt to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyze it, Reuters reported
The spokesperson said the agency provided quick assistance to the institutions and firms targeted and that the attack's impact was "mitigated" in less than two hours.
The cyber attack has not caused any disruptions to flights at Milan's Linate and Malpensa airports, a spokesperson for SEA, the company which manages them, said.
While the websites were inaccessible, the airports' mobile apps continued to function, the SEA spokesperson added.