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Toronto Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson hits a solo home run against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 2, 2017, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly adorn an opening to the sky in a sanctuary room at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Neb. The installations in the Chihuly Sanctuary are designed to provide a place of respite and reflection for patients, families and staff dealing with cancer. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, glass artist Dale Chihuly, right, and his wife Leslie Jackson, pose under sculptures the new Chihuly Sanctuary at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Neb. The installations are designed to provide a place of respite and reflection for patients, families and staff dealing with cancer. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, FIle)
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In this May 21, 2017 photo, Penny Aceto of Fairfax, Vt., right, casts a line into the Little River in Moscow, Vt., during a fly fishing retreat for breast cancer survivors. The free weekend retreat offered by Casting for Recovery provides the women with counseling, support, medical information, relaxation and fishing. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this May 21, 2017 photo, a fly fishing guide displays a box of flies during a fly fishing retreat for breast cancer survivors in Moscow, Vt. The free weekend retreat by Casting for Recovery offers the women counseling, support, medical information, relaxation and fishing. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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South Africa's Minister of Health Dr Riek Gai Kok of South Sudan, right, and Dr.Abdulmuini Usman , World Health Organisation Country Representative, during a press conference in Juba, South Sudan, Friday, June 2, 2017. South Sudan's government says 15 young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines. (AP Photo/ Samir Bol)
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The South African Minister of Health Dr Riek Gai Kok speaks during a press conference in Juba, South Sudan Friday, June 2, 2017. South Sudan's government says 15 young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines. (AP Photo/ Samir Bol)
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This May 24, 2017 photo shows retired General Electric workers Sue James, left, and Marilyn Harding during an interview at Harding's home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Both women have lost a former GE working family member to cancer, and Harding survived bladder and breast cancer. A report conducted by researchers hired by the union that represents workers at the plant found exposure to more than 3,000 toxic chemicals from 1945 to 2000 and significant health problems among former employees. GE spokeswoman Kim Warburton said the company has seen the report but can't confirm the accuracy of the claims made in it. (AP photo/Rob Gillies)
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In this May 24, 2017 photo, former General Electric employee Roger Fowler looks over documents related to his heath compensation claim, which was denied, at his home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Fowler, 71, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 45 and has had numerous surgeries. He blames the cancer on asbestos, but the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board denied him because they found he didn't have enough exposure. "It physically ruined me," he said. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)
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New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia winds up during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Sen. Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 4 - In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Dr. David Kays, of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., poses with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine in the hospital's cardiovascular intensive care unit. Sage McCue, 11, of Palmetto, Fla., recently returned home from the hospital, after a near-four-month stay. In January, Sage went to see a doctor over a stuffy nose but was put on a life-saving ECMO machine for more than two months when doctors discovered she had pneumonia and the flu. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Murkowski touched on and was asked about a wide range of topics, including the Paris climate agreement and health care. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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The season to prevent and protect against tick bites and Lyme disease is here.
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback prepares to speak to reporters following a public event on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Brownback says he sought unsuccessfully to broker a compromise on a bill aimed at keeping guns out of state hospitals and other public hospitals and health care facilities. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this photo taken April 25, 2017, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic senators from rural states are criticizing President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, saying it would have “significant negative impacts” on rural America. Led by Stabenow, 29 Democratic senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The letter singled out the rural development cuts and the proposed elimination of an account that pays for rural water and wastewater infrastructure projects. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The law passed in California after 29-year-old Maynard, who was dying from brain cancer, had to move to Oregon in 2014 so she could end her life. Her husband, Dan Diaz, said Maynard would be happy to see others like her don’t have to leave her home state to get relief. (AP Photo/Carl Costas)
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In this photo taken Monday, May 29, 2017, an Indian woman leans on a wall outside a fast food restaurant in New Delhi, India. More than two decades of rapid economic growth has changed Indians’ lifestyles. People eat out more often, and prefer Western-style junk food such as burgers and pizza over traditional lentil and vegetable meals. The changes have brought a sharp rise in obesity, along with lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, even as India still has some of the world’s worst levels of malnourishment and stunted childhood growth due to a paucity of food. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
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In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, commuters walk past a fast food restaurant in New Delhi, India. More than two decades of rapid economic growth has changed Indians’ lifestyles. People eat out more often, and prefer Western-style junk food such as burgers and pizza over traditional lentil and vegetable meals. The changes have brought a sharp rise in obesity, along with lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, even as India still has some of the world’s worst levels of malnourishment and stunted childhood growth due to a paucity of food. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
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In this Wednesday, April 26, 2017 photo, Rohin Sarin, front row right, and his classmates listen to their math teacher inside a classroom in New Delhi, India. Rohin is one of a growing number of Indians with diabetes, with the disease increasingly afflicting children and adolescents in the fast-growing South Asian country. Nearly 30 percent of India’s teenagers are obese, nearly twice the number in 2010, according to health ministry statistics. (AP Photo /Tsering Topgyal)
