The world’s oldest set of conjoined twins, Ronnie and Donnie Gaylon, 68, died on July 4, in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio. Ronnie and Donnie Galyon have been turning heads since they were born on October 28, 1951 to parents Eileen and Wesley Gaylon, who were not expecting twins, much less conjoined twins. They were healthy … Read more
Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, has died aged 92. Smith died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan, her daughter confirmed to the New York Times. She was the eighth of nine children born to Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy and she … Read more
Nearly three months into Britain’s coronavirus pandemic and death and infection rates are falling steadily. Elsewhere in the world, in countries that are some weeks ahead of us and where lockdown restrictions have been eased, there are as yet few signs of a dreaded ‘second wave’ – although it is early days. Now some scientists … Read more
Any mother of five who is still sane after two-and-a-half months of lockdown will surely have some survival tips for the rest of us. And Sophie Ellis-Bextor does indeed have advice. Come Friday night, when the textbooks have been flung in a corner and you’ve finished screeching at the kids, you should dig out your heels … Read more
Female covid-19 victim, 35, is conscious and speaking after surviving a record 58 days on a ventilator in intensive care The female patient is at Southampton General Hospital and is still supported by a ventilator Dr Sanjay Gupta said she faces a long recovery as she ‘has virtually no muscle strength left’ Some of those … Read more
The latest evidence is that most people have no risk of dying from Covid-19. However, the bad news is the virus probably won’t be eliminated by the lockdown. Doctors are now saying the findings so far suggest there’s more we can all do to reduce the risk of Covid-19 causing us serious illness. The latest … Read more
A wife who had said her goodbyes to her husband after she was told he had ‘zero chance’ of surviving coronavirus has revealed he is ‘still with us’ a week later. Last week mother-of-two Sue Martin, from Cardiff, broke listeners’ hearts as she revealed she was given 10 minutes to say a heartbreaking final goodbye to … Read more
Lying intensive care patients with coronavirus face down on their beds could make them more likely to survive, doctors say. Prone positioning, in which patients who struggle to breathe are laid on their front instead of their back in a hospital bed, works by reducing pressure on the lungs. Doctors in the UK, US, Italy … Read more
Roxy Jacenko says her other businesses are surviving after her main company Sweaty Betty PR lost 85 per cent of its clients By Jessamy Tredinnick and Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:36 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 01:49 BST, 1 April 2020 Roxy Jacenko has revealed her once-lucrative PR enterprise has taken … Read more
The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade has been revealed as a woman who died in 1940 aged 83. Historians previously believed the last living slave brought to the United States from Africa was a woman called Redoshi Smith, who died in 1937. But now Matilda McCrear has been revealed as the most recent surviving … Read more