Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby whose parents fought a highly publicized court battle to treat him with an experimental approach in the U.S., died on Friday in a hospice, his parent said. The infant's parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, lost a bitter court battle to bring him to the U.S. for the experimental treatment. The parents then spent months trying to persuade London's Great Ormond Street Hospital to let the ill baby go to the U.S. for an experimental treatment they believed could help him. They wanted to take their son home to die but were shot down by Great Ormond Street Hospital who said Charlie's complex needs made that impractical. However, the transfer would have undergone "legal hurdles" that would have needed an "emergency approval from the FDA for an experimental treatment as appropriate."

Source: Fox News July 28, 2017 17:30 UTC