As whooping cough cases are surging globally, some may wonder if it’s necessary to get a booster. Cases of the childhood respiratory disease also known as pertussis are surging internationally and in parts of the U.S., according to a recent report. Bordetella pertussis is a type of bacteria that causes a very contagious respiratory infection
A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
Communication is an unbelievably important skill if you want to be a good lover.
The three-day event is geared towards getting people to talk more openly about death and their fears surrounding death and dying
A group of strangers jumped into action to help save a man’s life after he was riding his bicycle and collapsed.
Dr Jessop said the HSE aims to complete this booster programme by the end of May.
Whooping cough outbreaks in Europe, Asia and parts of the U.S. should be a reminder to get vaccinated, experts say. Since January, cases of whooping cough have risen sharply in the U.K. and Europe, the largest surge since 2012. China logged more than 15,000 cases in January of this year, a 15-fold increase over the same time period last year. This month there have been small clusters of reported cases among high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area and several isolated cases in Hawaii....
Lately, it seems like recently a lot of us have started to take self-care seriously. Black women in my circle and across social media platforms have started placing themselves first in ways I haven’t seen before. For me, the initial focus of self-care gravitated towards external indulgences like waxes, nails, and hair. But when I did some self reflection, I realized that focusing on the physical wasn’t really taking care of me and actually was stressing me out more than anything. This...
There are growing concerns that the capital could become the new epicentre of the disease
Kim Kardashian says “Life is good” after Jimmy Kimmel brings up Taylor Swift’s diss track aimed at her. pic.twitter.com/4hwW6wqXJ1— Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) April 23, 2024Kim Kardashian was on her first interview since Taylor Swift dropped her “thanK you aIMee” and Cassandra diss tracks on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday night. Jimmy Kimmel joked about drama over Swift’s album in his opening monologue, when he got to interview the lawyer and actress, she told viewers that “life is good.”Fans of...
Amid tracks believed to be about The 1975 front man Matty Healy, silent film star Clara Bow, and Fleetwood Mac lead singer Stevie Nicks, there’s a song called “thanK you aIMee,” which is said to be a diss track aimed at Kardashian. That’s largely because of the capitalization in the title, which spells out “Kim,” plus lyrics that appear to reference the two women’s longstanding feud. On the track, Swift sings: “And maybe you’ve reframed it / And in your mind, you never beat my spirit black and...
The optimistic presentation of the city council’s latest Edinburgh by Numbers report reflected higher-than-average pay (median hourly rate £17.70), halved unemployment (down from 6.2 per cent in 2014 to 2.6 per cent last year) and 81.2 percent of 16 to 64-year-olds in a job, half of which are highly-skilled. It’s undeniably positive. The front page reminded me of an edition we produced at the end of June 2007 to mark what we declared was “Good News Day” because there was so much to celebrate....