Should we be worried about Covid this winter?

Police arrived at a distraught mother’s house the day after her daughter died at Kettering General Hospital.

The new COVID-19 variant that scientists call JN.1 now makes up about 44.1% of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Friday, marking another week of the fast-spreading variant’s steep rise in the U.S. The increase is more than two times larger than the 21.3% that the CDC now…

“At best I have maybe a year, at worst maybe a little less,” said England’s first-ever foreign-born soccer coach.

Lizzo Responds To Anti-Fat Tweets Pop singing sensation, Lizzo, has responded to the onslaught of anti-fat comments she receives on a daily basis. In a series of now-private tweets, Lizzo replied, yet again, to the discourse surrounding her body. Particularly, she addressed this tweet: “I JUST logged onto this app and this is the type…

Ear seeding is the more than 2,000-year-old practice of sticking seeds from the Vaccaria plant onto specific points on the inside and outside of your ears. Today, most practitioners use tiny metal beads attached to adhesive stickers. The Chinese medicine treatment, formally known as auricular acupressure, is basically acupuncture without the needles: a plus, given…

George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Weight loss drugs exploded into the public eye this year, and 2024 will bring more change to the evolving market.  The drugs skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 as they helped patients shed significant weight, despite hefty price tags, mixed insurance coverage and a handful of unpleasant side effects. …