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A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government launched legal action Friday against groups for allegedly instigating a mass walkout by thousands of trainee doctors that has hobbled the nation’s health care system during the past 10 days. Police raided the offices of the Korean Medical Association and Seoul Medical Association, after the health ministry…
The existential comedy lovingly skewers the absurdities of chasing the American dream.Jon Pack / A24March 2, 2024, 10:19 AM ETAlejandro, the protagonist of the film Problemista, is an aspiring toy designer who creates idiosyncratic renditions of classic objects. To him, every toy truck should come with a tire that slowly deflates to illustrate the concept of running out of time. Cabbage Patch Kids should hold cellphones that display worrisome notifications, such as an unexpected Venmo charge from a frenemy. My favorite is his concept for Barbies: His version of the doll keeps her fingers crossed behind her back. That way,…
Legendary singer Bobby Caldwell’s widow has revealed his final years of hell battling side effects caused by a common antibiotic at the center of multi-million dollar lawsuits.The star was prescribed fluoroquinolone in 2017 to treat a cold but within a week was bed-bound. It ravaged his body and left him with ‘unbearable’ nerve damage, putting him on a fatal course that eventually led to him dying of heart disease at 71 last year.‘It was so ferocious and sudden. It just devastated my husband,’ Mary Caldwell told DailyMail.com. For much of his final years, the confident performer she knew and loved would just ‘sit and…
A prescription is filled on Jan. 6, 2023, in Morganton, N.C. A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide this week. Chris Carlson/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Carlson/AP A prescription is filled on Jan. 6, 2023, in Morganton, N.C. A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide this week. Chris Carlson/AP A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide, leaving patients with problems filling prescriptions or seeking medical treatment. On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group accused a notorious ransomware gang known as Black Cat, or AlphV, of hacking health care payment systems across the country. Last week, the…
“McConnell was the final backstop against the complete Trumpification of the Senate.”Courtesy of Washington Week With The AtlanticMarch 2, 2024, 10:36 AM ETEditor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. The race to become the Senate’s top Republican is already under way. Mitch McConnell made the surprise announcement this week that he will step down from his role as Senate minority leader in November—ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in U.S. history and solidifying…
Hairy Biker Dave Myers‘ wife opened up on her ‘fears’ and ‘exhaustion’ just days before TV star’s death – after she cared for him for months as he battled cancer.The TV chef has previously spoken of the toll his illness took on Liliana Myers, saying that his health battle had been ‘all-encompassing’.Dave, who was best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, passed away on Wednesday night with his TV partner Si King, 57, and his family by his side.He leaves behind his heartbroken wife Liliana Orzac and her two children Izabelle and Sergiu.The personal effect of his condition…
The CDC is dropping its isolation guidance for COVID, instead advising around respiratory viruses in general. The change reflects the reality that severe outcomes are less frequent, says the director.
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.“There is nothing quite so vulnerable as a person caught up in a lyric impulse,” Roy Blount Jr. wrote in our February 1982 issue. What makes the situation even more vulnerable is to be among the group that Blount calls “the singing-impaired.”Some research suggests that it’s easier to improve a singing voice than you might think. But even for those whose prognosis is hopeless,…
A teenage boy had to have his hands and feet amputated after a sore throat turned into deadly sepsis. What started as a regular cold in April last year turned out to be the start of a ‘living nightmare’ for Mason Jones, 16, from West Virginia.His mother, Charde McMillan, told DailyMail.com that the teen started feeling a tickly throat and fatigue and was put on antibiotics – but within 24 hours, ‘his lips were all purple, and he had these purple blotches all over his skin.’Mason, who loved video games, riding his bike, and building computers had gone into organ failure and…
As marijuana has gone mainstream in America, lawmakers in states that legalized it are now grappling with a new question: Should high-potency pot products be regulated differently?