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 […]
We all need people, particularly when we’re going through a rough patch in our lives. And, whether it’s a friend, family member or romantic partner, very often turning to those closest to us can have a positive effect on our mental state. Having conversations about our mental health allows us to see that there are […]
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 […]
What is Parkinson’s disease? Chase quizzer Paul Sinha, 50, or Sinnerman as he is affectionately known as, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. But thankfully his stealthy attitude means he will never give up. The star discusses how Parkinson’s has affected his life and the symptoms to look out for. The Sinnerman revealed he’d been diagnosed […]
Michael Owen reveals writing his book was ‘therapeutic’ Michael Owen’s exhilarating rise through the ranks of football started at Liverpool in 1996. He would go on to play as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. In the years since retiring […]
Nutritionist Sarah Francis – who works on behalf of Benecol – warns that high cholesterol doesn’t “carry any obvious symptoms”, so you wouldn’t be able to feel if this condition affects you. “If you want to find out whether you have high cholesterol, you need to have a simple test – carried out by your […]
Beth Tweddle: Olympian gymnast discusses her injury It’s been almost five years since Beth Tweddle was airlifted to hospital after training on the Austrian alps for the Channel 4 TV series. Since then, her recovery has been “ongoing”. The London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist was an artistic gymnast who retired the following year. Having won […]
Boris Johnson: New variant may have ‘higher degree of mortality’ Today (Friday, January 22) the Prime Minister updated the nation on the spread of coronavirus in the UK. The briefing comes as the reproduction number, or R value, of coronavirus transmission has fallen and is now estimated to be between 0.8 and 1 across the UK, […]
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies on “The Source” call-in show to discuss her recent reporting on how politics is shaping the public health response to the coronavirus pandemic. Weber has been reporting on the issue in collaboration with the Associated Press for the ongoing “Underfunded and Under Threat” […]
There is no comprehensive data on government public health spending and staffing in the U.S., and KHN and the Associated Press spent months gathering different datasets, each measuring a slightly different concept of “public health,” into a unique repository of public health data at the local, county and state levels. Now, we’re releasing our public […]
