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Ashton Kutcher has opened up about his secret health battle which left him feeling "lucky to be alive". The Two and a Half Men star, 44, gave an insight into the horrific symptoms he suffered in the past due to his autoimmune disorder, which left him unable to see, hear or walk.

At Boston University (BU), which mandated COVID-19 vaccination and face coverings for students, faculty, and staff in fall 2021, only nine cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission were identified among more than 140,000 full-occupancy, in-person class meetings. None were confirmed to be the result of in-class transmission.

FILE - File image of crime scene tape. (FOX TV Stations)KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - A man and a woman were found dead with gunshot wounds in Kennet Square, according to the police. Authorities say police and EMS arrived on the 100 block of Kaolin Road on Saturday.They found an 87-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman dead from gunshot wounds, police say. According to authorities, a gun was recovered at the scene and no other people were inside the house. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficials say the man was a dementia patient and the woman was a home health worker who assisted him around the house. Police believe the incident is isolated and may be a murder-suicide, according to officials. According to authorities, police are reviewing home security cameras. "thank you to Kennett Township Police and all first responders for ensuring that everyone in the area of this sad incident was safe," Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said.

NEW DELHI : As the season of festivals approach with, so does the surging number of fresh Covid-19 cases in the country. India on Monday, 8 August, reported 6,167 new Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths in twenty four hours. National Capital Delhi and finance capital Mumbai has also began reporting an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases.

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war in Ukraine received authorization Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the ports to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive.The body overseeing an international deal intended to get some 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine and to feed millions of impoverished people who are going hungry in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia said the loaded vessels were expected to depart Chornomorsk and Odesa on Monday.Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations signed agreements last month to create a sea channel that would allow cargo ships to travel safely out of ports that Russia’s military had blockaded and through waters that Ukraine’s military had mined. Implementation of the deal, which is in effect for four months, has proceeded slowly since the first ship embarked last Monday.

A traditional welcome to Balmoral Castle hosted by The Queen has been axed raising fresh health concerns for the 96-year-old monarch. Her Majesty was due to be at the event tomorrow but it has been cancelled and replaced with a “small, private event", The Mirror reports.

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,35,510. India once again witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Monday, with the country recording 16,167 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With this, the active caseload of the country currently stands at 1,35,510.  The data shows that a total of 15,549 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the country's cumulative recoveries to 4,34,99,659.

motor neurone disease. The actor's son, David Niven Junior, recounted the fateful events which led up to his death in an interview back in 2009. David Niven's dramatic decline left an indelible impression on his son.

Her Majesty the Queen’s health after it has emerged that the traditional royal welcome to Balmoral Castle has been cancelled – to be replaced with a “small, private event”, according to reports.Her Majesty is known to be keen on performing as many of her traditional duties as possible.However it was felt that the annual inspection of a Guard of Honour from Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal ­Regiment of Scotland might be too much off for the 96-year-old monarch. READ MORE: Queen's Christmas Day snub of Harry and Meghan erupted into 'fury', expert claimsA royal source told the Mirror: “The traditional welcome to Balmoral is normally cemented in the Queen’s calendar and something Her Majesty really enjoys, being able to greet locals who travel to see her.“It’s a bitter disappointment the ceremony will not take place in its traditional form.”Last year, Her Majesty was visibly delighted to witness a performance from The Pipes and Drums of the regiment’s 3rd Battalion and meet the Royal ­Regiment of Scotland’s mascot, Shetland Pony Lance Corporal Cruachan IV.This year, it is understood, Her Majesty will still cast her eye over the soldiers but there will be no TV cameras, photographers or reporters invited.The sovereign has been forced to miss a number of other events including a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and the Epsom Derby due to “tiredness”.The Queen has been staying at Craigowan Lodge on the Balmoral estate since arriving in Scotland on July 21.A large delivery truck, apparently delivering furniture from Windsor, was seen parked outside the lodge at the weekend.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia officials have declared a Heat Health Emergency, due to oppressive heat forecast for Monday and Tuesday.The emergency is set to begin at noon Monday, August 8 and end at 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 9.The city is able to put in place emergency heat programs, including Philadelphia Corporation for Aging’s Heatline (215-765-9040), home visits by field teams, daytime outreach for the homeless and cooling centers.Officials also remind residents to check on their vulnerable friends and neighbors, during this time of extensive heat."The Health Department declares a Heat Health Emergency when the temperature gets high enough that vulnerable people – especially our elderly neighbors and family members – are at an increased risk of getting sick or dying from the heat," said Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi may unveil an umbrella healthcare programme on 15 August that will subsume existing flagship schemes, three officials aware of the plans said. The new scheme, tentatively called the PM Samagra Swasthya Yojana, will aim to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality healthcare. Apart from this, Modi will also launch two more schemes—Heal by India to send doctors abroad to perform medical procedures; and Heal in India to promote medical tourism in the country, the officials cited above said on the condition of anonymity.

Whitesnake have removed themselves from a 24-date tour of North America, which they were scheduled to co-headline with Scorpions, due to frontman David Coverdale’s ongoing health issues.Coverdale broke the news in a statement shared to the band’s official Instagram yesterday (August 6). In it, he noted that he’s been forced to step away from the mic “due to my continued treatment for a persistent upper respiratory infection that affects my ability to perform”.A post shared by David Coverdale (@whitesnake)As a result of Coverdale’s continuing health issues, Whitesnake’s own headline shows in the US have also been cancelled.

INDIANAPOLIS - Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, one of Indiana’s largest employers, said it will be "forced to plan for more employment growth outside our home state" after Indiana on Friday became the first state in the nation to approve abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade."Lilly recognizes that abortion is a divisive and deeply personal issue with no clear consensus among the citizens of Indiana," the Indianapolis-based company said in a prepared statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Senate voted Saturday to start debating Democrats’ election-year economic bill, boosting the sprawling collection of President Joe Biden’s priorities on climate, energy, health and taxes past its initial test as it starts moving through Congress.In a preview of votes expected on a mountain of amendments, united Democrats pushed the legislation through the evenly divided chamber by 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie and overcoming unanimous Republican opposition. The package, a dwindled version of earlier multitrillion-dollar measures that Democrats failed to advance, has become a partisan battleground over inflation, gasoline prices and other issues that polls show are driving voters.The House, where Democrats have a slender majority, could give it final approval next Friday when lawmakers plan to return to Washington.RELATED: Democrats' economic package: What remains in and what's out?The vote came after the Senate parliamentarian gave a thumbs-up to most of Democrats’ revised 755-page bill.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: General view of the atmosphere at SeaWorld on July 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) A beloved SeaWorld San Diego orca has died due to an infection, according to the theme park.Nakai passed away Thursday night while surrounded by the animal care and medical teams who had worked closely with him for 20 years.

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have cancelled the remaining 13 dates of their current UK and European tour, citing frontman Stu Mackenzie’s newly revealed struggle with Crohn’s Disease.The Australian psych-rock outfit had completed four dates on the run, with the most recent being a headline show in Prague last night (August 5). Among their axed performances include a set at the POLandROCK Festival in Szczecinek, Poland, which was scheduled to go down tonight (August 6).“Unfortunately due to a personal health crisis we’re going to have to cancel the remaining EU and UK dates,” Mackenzie wrote in a statement shared to the band’s Instagram page overnight. “For the past decade or so I’ve dealt with Crohn’s Disease the best I can.

Rajesh Bhushan, union health secretary, has written to the health secretaries of Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, to step up vigil as mass gatherings are expected during various upcoming festivals. New Delhi: The Union government has directed seven states that are reporting a spike in covid-19 cases to continue to monitor the spread of infection and increase the pace of vaccination, especially the administration of free precaution doses.

LOS ANGELES - A police chase that went about two hours finally ended in an arrest late Friday night.The suspect, believed to be driving a stolen car, led police on a chase across the San Fernando Valley before eventually ending up in handcuffs in the Tujunga area.Over the course of the lengthy chase, the suspect passed through parts of North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Sunland-Tujunga.The Los Angeles Police Department, Burbank Police Department and the California Highway Patrol took turns taking over the pursuit before one of the responding officers finally stopped the suspect.Officials did not say where the car may have been stolen from. A car, believed to be stolen, is leading LAPD on a chase across the San Fernando Valley.

Emmerdale next week, as fans say they "don't want Faith to go" following her terminal cancer diagnosis.The fan-favourite character was recently told that her cancer had spread, with Faith due to receive palliative treatment in upcoming episodes.During a special press screening of Marlon and Rhona's wedding, due to air on August 11, 2022, the episode showed Faith talking to daughter Chas about her upcoming appointments - before her health takes a turn for the worse at the wedding reception.READ NEXT: Emmerdale fans point out major David blunder as he leaves village after nasty accidentFaith is stood at the bar of the Woolpack pub, but suddenly her vision becomes blurry - indicating that her health is deteriorating. However, she hides how she is feeling from her friends and asks son Cain for a dance, in a heartbreaking and emotional moment between the two.Since Faith was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, fans have taken to social media to praise Sally Dexter's performance - and also share that they do not want to see the character leave the soap.After Cain and Chas learnt that Faith had cancer, one fan said: "Great acting from @HordleyJeff @SallyDexterUK - Don't want Faith to go."A second added: "Poor Faith, she's trying to put on a brave front RE the cancer in front of everyone, but deep down is so heartbroken/scared about leaving her kids and family, but wants to make the most of the time left.

monkeypox as a public health emergency Thursday, questions are being raised about whether Canada should follow suit as case numbers continue to rise.The American move follows a similar announcement late last month by the World Health Organization declaring monkeypox a global health emergency — and in both cases, these developments trigger more attention and, in the U.S., more money and other resources to fight the virus. Monkeypox — U.S.

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Officials in Bucks County say they have started spraying for mosquitos in areas where colonies of West Nile Virus-carrying insects have been found."If we have an area where we have positive mosquitoes in a number it might spill over to the human population we set up spraying in those areas," Bucks County Environmental Health Director Phil Smith said. Most people infected with the virus do not feel sick, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in five people who are infected develop a fever and other flu-like symptoms, and about one out of 150 infected people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, illness, according to the agency."If you’re over 50 with a suppressed immune system and go on a full-blown West Nile virus with meningococcal symptoms with, extremely high fever, you could require hospitalization," Smith warned. The Pennsylvania Health Department has reported four West Nile virus cases, and officials says that number can multiply quickly as mosquitoes breed and potentially carry the virus to humans.

BURLINGTON, N.J. - The alleged ringleader of a GoFundMe scam involving a homeless veteran was sentenced Friday in a New Jersey court. A Burlington County judge sentenced Mark D'Amico to 5 years in state prison for concocting a fundraising scam with his former-girlfriend, then using the lie to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations online. The 5-year sentence will be served congruently with a 27-month federal prison sentence that was handed down in April. That ruling also included a 3-year probation sentence, restitution and gambling, drug and mental health counseling.He had pleaded guilty before Hillman in Camden in November to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

In this photo illustration, a PlanB one-step contraceptive tablet is displayed on June 30, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. Some large drugstore chains are limiting the number of emergency contraception pills sold to individuals as demand for morning ((Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))(FOX 9) - In a landmark case, a jury found a Minnesota pharmacy didn't discriminate against a woman who was denied the morning-after pill in 2019, but the jury did award her $25,000. The lawsuit, which was filed in December 2019, alleged McGregor Pharmacy (formerly Thrift White) violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act provisions against discrimination. According to court documents, the pharmacist at McGregor Pharmacy did not discriminate against Andrea Anderson, a mom and foster parent, but awarded her money for emotional harm caused by the pharmacist.

A ‘landmark’ building could provide shops, a cafe and health facilities for a 950-home garden village and nearby areas. Plans for a ‘distinct’ local centre to serve Woodford Garden Village - an emerging residential development five miles south of Stockport - have been lodged by Redrow Homes.

COVID-19 in the province has peaked.Dr. Kieran Moore says key indicators such as hospital admissions and the COVID-19 wastewater signal are declining.Public Health Ontario says COVID-19 case rates decreased in 22 of Ontario’s 34 health units for the week ending July 30, with per cent positivity down slightly week over week, and hospital admissions decreasing to 306 compared to 463 the previous week.

Health Canada has issued a public warning after it says counterfeit COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits were found in Ontario.The agency says the counterfeit tests were sold online in 25-pack boxes by a distributor called Healthful Plus without the required licence.It says the packaging resembles authentic products by BTNX Inc. and uses the device identifier “COV-19C25,” but also has several key differences.

GO-Vaxx bus mobile clinic will be making several stops in the London, Ont., area this month in an effort to serve those seeking a COVID-19 vaccine.The Middlesex-London Health Unit says the bus is scheduled to make six stops, starting with a visit to Parkhill on Sunday.No appointments are required and the bus will dole out all doses of the vaccine intended for those five and up. The bus will not be providing the pediatric vaccine intended for those between six months and five years old.

Polio in New York state is circulating more widely than thought, with wastewater sampling revealing traces of the virus in a second county, the New York Department of Health (NYDH) announced yesterday.Positive samples were detected from two geographic locations in Jun

Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes (Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office) DADEVILLE, Ala. - A 12-year-old girl who was held captive for a week in an Alabama mobile home with the dismembered remains of her mother and brother provided key information that led to the arrest of the woman's live-in boyfriend, authorities said Thursday.The girl, who gnawed through restraints to escape from the residence while the man was away, "is a hero for surviving the incident and coming forward with the information that she provided us in order to charge him," said Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett.Discovered along a country road by a passerby following her escape on Monday, the child is now safe in the custody of state child welfare officials. Assaulted and plied with alcohol to keep her in a stupor, the girl fled after chewing through the ties that held her down on a bed, authorities said in court documents.José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of capital murder in the slayings of the girl's mother, 29-year-old Sandra Vazquez Ceja, and her son, who court records show was younger than 14."They were boyfriend and girlfriend," Abbett said of Pascual-Reyes and Ceja.

12-year-old girl who escaped from her captor and was found walking along an Alabama road on Monday morning.After she was discovered by a passing motorist who called 911, the girl led police to a mobile home where authorities discovered two decomposing bodies on the property. Hate crime reports in Canada surged during COVID-19 pandemic, StatCan On Thursday, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office claimed the bodies — which had been brutally dismembered — belonged to the girl’s mother and brother.

On Friday, Maharashtra saw 5 COVID deaths, while 7 fatalities were recorded on Thursday Maharashtra on Friday recorded 2,024 COVID-19 cases and five deaths linked to the infection, which took the tally to 80,55,989 and the toll to 1,48,129, a health department official said. On Thursday, the state recorded 1,862 and seven fatalities.

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FILE IMAGE - Pigs at a farm in Lambourn, England, are seen in an undated file image. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) Researchers at Yale University restored circulation and cellular function in the vital organs of pigs, such as the heart and brain, an hour after the animals died.Scientists called the experiments "stunning," noting how the findings may help extend the health of human organs during surgery and expand the availability of donor organs.

The family of a vulnerable man with severe mental health issues have questioned how he was able to walk out of a ward at Hairmyres Hospital where he is currently sectioned.

Supply Chains The disruption has particularly important implications for a job market at its tightest in decades, especially for the small and medium-sized enterprises that make up the majority of Japan's companies. Yoshiaki Katsuda an occupational health expert at the Kansai University of Social Welfare, said big companies can hire temporary workers to replace those who have to take time off but they are still vulnerable to supply chain headaches. "If smaller companies that supply products ...

One in eight people who get coronavirus develop at least one symptom of long Covid, one of the most comprehensive studies on the condition to date suggested.

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,35,364. India recorded 20,551 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country's active caseload to 1,35,364 at present, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The daily positivity rate stands at 5.14% while the weekly positivity rate stands at 4.64%.

PHILADELPHIA - The monkeypox outbreak reached a concerning new threshold in the United States as the federal health regulators declared the virus a public health emergency.The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body.The monkeypox virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact, including hugging, cuddling and kissing, as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing. The people who have gotten sick so far have been primarily men who have sex with men.

monkeypox outbreak that has infected over 6,600 Americans. The announcement will further free up money and other resources to fight the virus, according to the news agency Associated Press. Xavier Becerra, Head of the Health and Human Services department said that the country is prepared to take response to the next level in addressing the monkeypox virus and urged the citizens to take the infection seriously.