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Family’s participation key to advancing diabetes research
When half of their six children were diagnosed with what was then believed to be Type 1 diabetes, David and Ellen Pursell decided their family would participate in research related to the health condition. This family photo from several years ago includes, seated, from left, Peggy, Ramsey and Chrissy. Standing, from left, are Vaughan, Ellen
Using my family’s dark history to teach about vaccines
By Rachel Schraer (News investigators) How do you ask a community to trust medicine when history has given them many reasons not to? It’s a dilemma US nurse Victoria Baptiste has to deal with every day as she travels around Baltimore County, Maryland, in a mobile clinic, administering Covid vaccines. Over the past couple of
WATCH | KZN family’s lucky escape as elephant overturns their SUV
They appeared helpless and tried to ward off the elephant by hooting continuously.“Park officials responded and rescued the family, taking them to safety. Luckily there were no severe injuries.“The family is said to be from Mtunzini in KwaZulu-Natal,” said Manzini.He said while “such incidents are not a common occurrence in iSimangaliso we caution our visitors…
How to Respond to Your Family’s Annual Holiday Inquisition on Why You Don’t Have Kids
Photo: Yekatseryna Netuk (Shutterstock)In a sketch on the most recent episode of “Saturday Night Live,” a pair of mature women (played by Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon) were filming a commercial for HomeGoods that required them to talk about what they want for Christmas.They pull the usual, “oh, nothing, don’t go to any trouble,” until…
Thai Billionaire Family’s Central Group, Austria’s Signa Buying British Retailer Selfridges
The flagship Selfridges store in London Courtesy of Central Group Central Group—controlled by the Chirathivat family, among Thailand’s richest—and Austrian partner Signa Holding have agreed to buy British retailer Selfridges & Co. from the Weston family of Canada. The equal partners are acquiring a portfolio comprising 18 department stores, including the flagship Selfridges store on…
Killorglin family’s plea for HSE to fund ‘miracle drug’ to help baby Theo
A Killorglin family is pleading with the HSE to provide a ‘miracle’ drug for their baby, a drug which will give him a better quality and prolonged life. ive-month old Theo is the first child of Shane Whelan and his partner, Stephanie. Their bundle of joy was born on April 29 at University Hospital Kerry.…