The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured. Originally from Kenya, Wibonele worked as a certified nursing assistant in Atlanta in 2014. She went to the homes of mostly older clients, helping them with everything from bathing to cooking. Wibonele worked alone and sometimes had to lift clients … Read more
I have a strong attachment to my family – in particular my three siblings. We live in different countries but the bond is strong. I have two children, aged six and two, but I’ve always wanted three. I know I am beyond lucky and grateful to have two. Since I had my second, I have … Read more
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Friday said it is investing another $5.3 billion in a manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana, to boost supply of its highly popular weight loss drug Zepbound, diabetes treatment … Read more
BEAVER, Utah (KTVX) — A child hospitalized after driving a toy tractor into a river in southwestern Utah has been identified as the son of rodeo star Spencer Wright, the family’s spokesperson and close friend told Nexstar’s KTVX on Wednesday. Mindy Sue Clark told the station that the child involved in the incident was Levi … Read more
CHICAGO — Republican lawmakers in states across the U.S. have been rejecting Democrats’ efforts to protect or expand access to birth control, an issue Democrats are promoting as a major issue in this year’s elections along with abortion and other reproductive rights concerns. Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, pushed the issue into … Read more
Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Her closest family lived 40 miles away, and they’d already scrambled once when the independent senior living facility she had called home — a community of largely Black residents — had closed with 30 days’ notice. … Read more
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Sally White helps her husband of 46 years get dressed, fed and on the bus for the short ride from their home to Third Age Adult Day Center four mornings a week. Preparing 74-year-old Rodger White to leave the house for the day can be a chore since he’s been in declining … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish court on Thursday ruled against a claim that a patient’s rights were violated when a hospital failed to give her adequate meals for her vegan diet during her stay there four years ago. The Vegetarian Society of Denmark had sued the administrative unit overseeing hospitals in Copenhagen and its surroundings … Read more
A crab cake recall has raised concerns about an undeclared ingredient that could cause potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. A voluntary recall notice posted on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website on Wednesday alerts consumers that certain County Road Seafood crab cake packages distributed in North Carolina and South Carolina over the past two years … Read more
MANKATO, Minn. — Seven tough weeks passed with her husband in the hospital before Nancy Gag Braun found long-term care for him. From 2019 up until that point in 2022, Braun had cared for Steven at their Mankato home. A traumatic brain injury in February 2019, followed by his progressive dementia, eventually led to the … Read more
