Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd is going to have surgery after he injured his left knee while hanging out with his kids. Boyd had an MRI that showed a meniscus issue, and manager Craig Counsell says the team isn’t sure how long the left-hander is going to be out. Boyd was placed on the 15-day injured list before Chicago beat Cincinnati 7-6 for its eighth straight win. Right-hander Trent Thornton was brought up from Triple-A Iowa, and left-hander Charlie Barnes was designated for assignment. The 35-year-old Boyd is 2-1 with a 6.00 ERA. Counsell says Boyd got hurt when he sat down with his kids and got back up.

Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans left his start against Cleveland after three scoreless innings because of left triceps and elbow soreness. Luinder Avila started warming up in the bottom of the third and entered to start the fourth. Ragans, 28, allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four, throwing 58 pitches. He is 1-4 with a 4.84 ERA. this season.  Ragans had Tommy John surgery in both 2018 and 2019 while in the Texas minor league system.

Technological advancements have made cosmetic procedures more accessible but have also lead many to grapple with the philosophical and ethical implications. Some religious views discourage vanity while others see cosmetic surgery as a personal choice. Women are often faced with these conversations although they are not the only demographic considering personal autonomy, social pressures and the medical profession’s role. There has been little in the way of official guidance or explicit prohibitions from major religions. But a growing chorus of theologians, philosophers and bioethicists from all backgrounds are calling for more thoughtful discourse surrounding these procedures and treatments.

Joel Embiid thought he had a stomach bug during the Philadelphia 76ers' road trip in Texas. It turned out to be appendicitis, leading to an appendectomy on April 9. Embiid missed key games, including the Sixers' first three games in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. He returned 17 days after surgery, scoring 26 points in a 128-96 loss on Sunday. The Sixers trail the series 3-1. Despite Embiid's efforts, the team struggled, with Boston dominating in rebounds and 3-pointers. Coach Nick Nurse and team president Daryl Morey face pressure as the Sixers aim to recover in the series.

A soft-spoken surgeon kept a hospital running on the front line of Sudan's war as many staffers fled. He took The Associated Press around the hospital near the capital, Khartoum, after the fighting shifted elsewhere. He described making excruciating choices as the hospital was bombed and the wounded flowed in. Who should live and potentially die? How would they find supplies as medicines like antibiotics and painkillers ran out? It's a rare look at the war's toll on health care. Nearly 40% of Sudan’s hospitals no longer function. Many have been stripped for parts or used by fighters as bases.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has undergone treatment for prostate cancer. It was his first public acknowledgment of the diagnosis. He said that roughly a year and a half ago he had prostate surgery. Then two and a half months ago, his doctors discovered and treated a small tumor at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital with radiation therapy. That was not announced at the time. The 76-year-old Israeli leader said Friday that he requested a delay to the announcement “so that it would not be released at the height of the war” against Iran.

A couple from Utah face parental kidnapping charges after being accused of taking a 10-year-old child to Cuba amid a complicated custody fight involving the child’s gender identity. Court document show someone from the child's family raised concerns the child had been taken to Havana for gender-affirming surgery. It’s not clear if the defendants, who include the child’s biological father, actually planned on surgery for the child. The return of children kidnapped by a parent and taken overseas often is settled through negotiations or legal petitions. In the Utah case, federal officials worked with Cuba to deport the defendants and sent a government aircraft to retrieve the child.

Famed ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is facing another battle with cancer. Vitale said Monday that biopsy results had confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma in his lung and liver cavity, which will have him starting immunotherapy. It marks his fifth battle with cancer. That fight sidelined him from the airwaves for two years before his return shortly before March Madness in 2025. In a statement from ESPN, the 86-year-old announcer affectionately known as “Dickie V” says he's “fully confident I'm going to make it 5 for 5" in beating cancer.