Author: Michelle Korhonen
Whether it’s whirlwind love, coming-of-age heartache or a celebration of friendship you’re after, it can be found here in our critics’ unmissable selection of cosy shows to watch this Valentine’s Day. The LoversJohnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher star in a darkly comic Belfast-set romanceYear: 2023Certificate: 15Watch now on NOWWatch now on SkyA successful city dweller is forced to return to his home town, where a reality check ensues and love arrives from a surprising source. It sounds like the plot of a Hallmark Christmas movie, but The Lovers takes that set-up and gives it so much edge that you barely recognise…
A House-passed bill would equalize what Medicare pays when certain infusions are given in a hospital with what it pays when they’re given in other health care settings. The hospital lobby is fighting it ferociously in the Senate. Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News A House-passed bill would equalize what Medicare pays when certain infusions are given in a hospital with what it pays when they’re given in other health care settings. The hospital lobby is fighting it ferociously in the Senate. Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News In the battle to control health care costs,…
Carnival season 2024 is now under way across Europe and the Americas. These pre-Lent festivals, in many cases a blend of local pagan and Catholic traditions, usher out winter and welcome in spring. The largest and most famous—the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro—took place over the past few days. Gathered below are images of Carnivals around the world, including photos from Brazil, France, Hungary, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Italy, the United States, and more.
Dozens of NHS hospitals are failing to meet top food hygiene ratings.The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which regularly inspects hospitals as well as other food providers, ranks food hygiene out of five. An NHS review said that all hospitals should aspire to meet this score.However, since 2022, 35 hospitals that have been ranked below five stars.This includes Colchester Hospital in Essex and William Harvey Hospital in Kent, which were rated just two stars, meaning ‘some improvement’ is needed.Six other locations were granted three stars, signalling their hygiene standards are ‘generally satisfactory’. Your browser does not support iframes.The HSJ, which published the…
Julia Cramer sits with her two children, Maya, 3, and Lily, 6 months, at their home in Petaluma, Calif., on Dec. 19. Maya uses a toy medical syringe on an Elmo doll that she often brings along to the doctor’s office. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption toggle caption Beth LaBerge/KQED Julia Cramer sits with her two children, Maya, 3, and Lily, 6 months, at their home in Petaluma, Calif., on Dec. 19. Maya uses a toy medical syringe on an Elmo doll that she often brings along to the doctor’s office. Beth LaBerge/KQED Almost all new parents go through it: the…
The Democratic Party is heading into the 2024 election with a presumptive nominee who may well be incapable of defeating former President Donald Trump. The incumbent on whom the party is relying to run against Trump’s dangerous threat to the country and the world currently rates at an anemic and steady 39 percent approval. Worse, no less than three-quarters of Americans and half of Democrats worry that President Joe Biden lacks “the necessary mental and physical health to be president for a second term.” And those figures come from a survey released before Special Counsel Robert Hur’s damning comments last…
Swarms of tiny, bloodthirsty vampire bats are spreading their wings further northward toward the US-Mexican border. Scientists led by a team at Virginia Tech have said they expect an ‘invasion of vampire bats to US soil between five and 20 years in the future,’ with sightings now just 30 miles outside Texas.Colonies of the two-inch-long creatures have long plagued cattle ranches south of the border, parasitically extracting blood from livestock. The bats cost Mexican ranchers over $46.7 million per year due to the deaths of rabies-infected animals, according to a 2020 report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).Researchers believe warming temperatures make…
Austin canceled the trip which was set up to meet with international leaders about the war in Ukraine. Austin returned to the hospital on Sunday with a bladder issue.
To Reconstruct the NationIn the December 2023 issue, The Atlantic revisited Reconstruction, America’s most radical experiment.Explore the March 2024 IssueCheck out more from this issue and find your next story to read.View MoreI’ve just finished reading “To Reconstruct the Nation” from cover to cover. I found it poignant, inspiring, and a necessary corrective to the 1901 series, which drowned out the sagacious words of Frederick Douglass with those of Woodrow Wilson and the naysayer historians of the Dunning School.The articles illuminate a side of American history not covered in many contemporary textbooks; they detail the pernicious aftereffects of slavery and…
(and not just because I’m salty about my results) Hi friends! How are you? Did you have a good weekend? What did you do for the Super Bowl? We went to an amazing event – I’ll share details in Friday Faves – and the fam came over to watch the Usher concert.. I mean the football game. 😉 For today’s post, I’m finally ready to talk about my MyDNAge test results. It took me a while to marinate on my thoughts because at first, I was a little salty. I’ll share why below, in addition to how this test works.…