Texas' attorney general is suing the city of Austin for keeping its COVID-19 mask rules in place, saying that they violate the governor's order to end the statewide mask mandate. Officials from the city of Austin and the surrounding Travis County said that they would continue requiring citizens to wear masks due to the continuing […]
Pharmaceutical competitors Merk & Co and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up in the fight against COVID-19. According to reports, President Joe Biden is scheduled to announce on Tuesday that Merk will be helping Johnson & Johnson manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine after failing to develop its own, both The Washington Post and The New York […]
Amy Slaton is opening up about the emotions she felt meeting her son for the first time. On Monday's episode of 1000-Lb. Sisters, the new mom recalled the immediate love she felt for son Gage Deon Halterman, now 3 months, after his arrival. "Looking at Gage, I just see his whole future basically, as he's […]
At least two dozen people have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a conference in California that was hosted by Peter Diamandis, the co-founder of a coronavirus vaccine company. Last month, Diamandis, 59, hosted an annual summit for a paid-membership group called Abundance 360 in Culver City, Calif. The event was initially slated to take place […]
Tyler Farr's baby girl is here! The 36-year-old country crooner's wife Hannah has given birth to the couple's first child together, a daughter named Hollis Caroline Farr, his rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. Baby Hollis was born at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 1:41 p.m. She weighed 4 lbs., […]
Michelle Marescott wants to make a change in her life. She started gaining a significant amount of weight due to a food addiction, and as she continued to put on weight — eventually hitting 592 lbs. — Marescott became increasingly isolated, losing jobs and friends in the process. After her parents died, Marescott, 36, decided […]
A 97-year-old Holocaust survivor has won her battle with COVID-19. On Thursday, Lily Ebert's grandson, Dov Forman, shared a photo of his grandmother taking her first walk since recovering from the virus. "My 97-Year-old Great Grandma, Lily Ebert BEM – Auschwitz Survivor, has just recovered from Covid- 19," the 17-year-old wrote. "Today she went on […]
Andra Day underwent an intense transformation into jazz singer Billie Holiday for the upcoming biographical drama, The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The Lee Daniels-directed film, which arrives on Hulu next month, follows Holiday's Civil Rights activism before the movement became mainstream in the United States. Day, 36, who makes her feature film debut in […]
For most of her life, Mary Woodka-Ullery was “nutritionally naïve.” Born in 1950 after World War II, her family believed that “a chubby kid was a healthy kid,” and a sign that they could afford to feed her well — which they did, filling her up on homemade breads, noodles and candy. That lack of […]
A son is warning that short visits — even with precautions like testing and masks — can be unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic, after his parents died of the virus following a quick visit with him and his sister. Joseph Bruno and his family, like most Americans, changed their habits this year to stay safe, […]
