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10 min read IN JUNE OF 2024, while on a run out of town, I was blindsided from behind by a cyclist resulting in a fractured hip that required emergency surgery. A rod was inserted in my right femur—the largest bone in the leg—with two screws attached to stabilize my femoral neck and pelvis. Twenty-four

[email protected]. View the stories and images https://www.thekeyidea.org/ -- Lenore Lyons, Founder, The Key IdeaDear Lenore: Thank you for sharing all these wonderful tidbits. You are doing an important service in documenting what it’s like to be alive in 2020.View prior ‘Dear Annie’ columns“Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is out now! Annie…

A former CDC official criticizes the agency over its latest reversal, this time in guidance on how the coronavirus is transmitted. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images A former CDC official criticizes the agency over its latest reversal, this time in guidance on how the coronavirus is transmitted. Kevin…

Former ANC youth league leader and councillor Andile Lungisa has begun serving his two-year jail term on Thursday. Meanwhile, Lungisa has applied to the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal his sentence, after his applications to the lower courts failed. The NPA will oppose his application for bail, pending the outcome of the leave to…

Zimbabwe’s collapse is epitomised by the woeful state of its health system, with hospitals beset by medicine shortages and recurrent strikes by nurses and doctors over pay and working conditions.Funding cutbacks have left schools without essential teaching materials and demotivated staff, some of whom skip classes to work second jobs to try and make ends…