Tag: health
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TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg dies at 25 after revealing health issues, illness
Taylor Rousseau Grigg, a 25-year-old TikToker who made lifestyle content, has died. Her husband, Cameron Grigg, announced her “sudden and unexpected” loss in an Instagram post Oct. 5 and a GoFundMe, which spoke of her “passing.” “No one ever expects to have to deal with this kind of pain and heartache, especially at our age,” Cameron Grigg…
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Donald Glover cancels remaining Childish Gambino tour dates over health concerns
Multi-hyphenate Donald Glover announced on social media on Friday that he would canceling the remainder of his Childish Gambino tour dates due to a health issue. In a post on X on Friday, the musician-writer-actor-director-producer said that after his show in New Orleans, he was hospitalized due to an ailment. “After being assesed, it became…
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GOP senator eyes health care overhaul and extending Trump tax cuts in one big 2025 bill
As Donald Trump calls for overhauling the Affordable Care Act with a new health care system, one Republican senator running for an influential leadership position says the party should combine that pursuit with a major tax bill in the new year. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told NBC News after the vice presidential debate in New…
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Economy, health care, and defending past comments
Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz clashed Tuesday on everything from economic and gun policy to immigration and school shootings in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election. The Ohio senator and Minnesota governor largely kept things cordial personally, even appearing chummy at times and saying they could work with…
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Harris drops TV ads targeting Trump on health care and Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris is launching a seven-figure ad blitz about health care targeting Donald Trump’s calls to replace the Affordable Care Act with a mystery plan he hasn’t yet released. The ad campaign, first reported by NBC News, is aimed at elevating the issue and capitalizing on what polling says is a weakness for…
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TikTokers are touting vibration plates for health benefits, but do they work?
“Do you vibe?” It’s a question that’s been reverberating around TikTok as users flood the platform with videos of themselves balancing on shaking vibration plates, bodies quivering, often in an attempt to hawk the devices as the latest cure-all. Their efforts have certainly made waves. Online searches for vibration plates — which look like a hybrid…
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Health workers killed in Lebanon
Share Netanyahu to speak at UNGA after defying international calls for a cease-fire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday after striking a defiant note the day before as he vowed to continue hitting Hezbollah “with all our might.” Netanyahu said Israel will not stop…
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CDC says a second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had symptoms
A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for H5N1 also developed respiratory symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The Missouri bird flu patient, who didn’t have known contact with poultry or dairy cows, was hospitalized in August and tested positive…
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U.S. health care ranks last compared to 9 other countries; Australia. U.K., Netherlands lead, report finds
No country was at the top or bottom in every category. The countries that ranked in the top three overall were Australia, the Netherlands and the U.K. Australia, and the Netherlands also had the lowest health care spending, according to the report. The researchers said the U.S. stood out for its “exceptionally weak” performance. It…