The day’s health news centers on cancer, trauma and the long tail of illness in public and private life. Alongside two stories of families confronting cancer, other developments show how medical and mental health concerns intersect with violence, disability and adaptation after l...
The day’s health news centers on cancer, trauma and the long tail of illness in public and private life. Alongside two stories of families confronting cancer, other developments show how medical and mental health concerns intersect with violence, disability and adaptation after life-altering diagnoses.
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri says she is living with an incurable blood cancer and has been undergoing treatment for about two years while continuing to work on air. She describes balancing scans, appointments and therapy with her broadcasting role, making public a condition she has so far managed largely out of view.
Christopher Nicks, the brother of singer Stevie Nicks, dies at 72 after a private battle with cancer. His daughter says he dies peacefully with family around him, closing a personal fight with illness that had not been widely publicized before his death.
The parents of a teenager accused in the San Diego mosque shooting allege in a lawsuit that a mental health facility failed to act after an FBI warning about their son’s online comments. The filing raises questions about crisis intervention, psychiatric care and what steps were taken in the days before the attack.
A Kentucky man with a severe red meat allergy linked to tick bites says the condition pushes him toward an unexpected new venture in ostrich farming. Because the allergy makes beef and other red meats dangerous to eat, he sees ostrich as a safer alternative and a possible business opportunity.
Top Health stories
- Stevie Nicks’ brother Christopher Nicks dies at 72 after private cancer battle (6 sources)
- Parents of Perth brothers killed in Mexico travel to attend murder trial (5 sources)
- Parents allege mental health facility ignored FBI warning before San Diego mosque shooting (4 sources)
- Mudslide death toll in eastern China rises to three amid rain from Typhoon Saudel (4 sources)
- Craig Douglas, singer of “Only Sixteen,” dies aged 85 (4 sources)
- BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri discloses she has incurable blood cancer (4 sources)
- Kentucky man with tick-triggered red meat allergy turns to ostrich farming (4 sources)
- Panellists discuss Cameron Munster’s reported rejection of a new Storm contract (3 sources)
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