Health

Eight elderly nuns at a Wisconsin convent died last week from COVID-19 complications – including four who died on the same day. Officials said the women were in their late 80s and 90s and lived at Notre Dame in Elm Grove, a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee. “Even …

Nursing homes plagued by coronavirus in New York are still “severely susceptible” to the deadly disease – more than nine months into the epidemic, a report said on Thursday. Oct. 25 to 29 Nov. Between 29, nursing home residents accounted for a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths across the state, …

‘Star Wars’ actor Jeremy Bloch died on Thursday. He was 75 years old. The actor played the frightened bounty hunter Boba Fat in the franchise’s “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return the F JD”. The star died at a London hospital of health problems after years of fighting Parkinson’s, according …

“I know she wants to go home and teach. She wants to be with the kids she taught,” Philip told Bello. “She was really on oxygen education when she was in the hospital, but her condition had reached a point where she could not breathe physically.” Phileme’s balloon returned to …

The County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) said today that an outbreak of infectious bacterial disease, leptospirosis, has been reported in dogs in the region. Since October October, 34 confirmed and probable cases of leptospirosis have been reported in domestic dogs, mainly in the Hillcrest and Mission Hills areas. …