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
Jennifer English was sick, scared and confused. For two weeks, the Oregon City, Oregon, single mother had had no sense of taste, a fever that reached 102.5 degrees and an uncomfortable tightness in her chest.English, 46, who helps manage a restaurant and bar, suspected she had the coronavirus and worried her health might worsen, leaving…
Get the latest from TODAYAndy Cohen is speaking out about what he says is a discriminatory practice happening at the federal level when it comes to LGBTQ people being able to donate blood and convalescent plasma.The 51-year-old talk show host tested positive for the coronavirus in March and recovered from COVID-19 by the end of…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I