Female Passes Away After Being Impaled by Reusable Metal Straw
A woman in England died after falling onto a reusable metal straw, which pierced her head, and the tragic accident has renewed debate over bans on plastic straws, according to news reports. The woman, 60-year-old Elena Struthers-Gardner, was carrying a glass with a 10-inch-long stainless-steel straw when she fell and the straw impaled her eye,…
102-Year-Old New York Woman Recovers From Coronavirus
When Sophie Avouris of New York came down with COVID-19, her family did not expect her to recover. Avouris's doctor is not sure how she beat the illness.
A Boston Woman Built A Website To Help Her Community Access...
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Diana Rastegayeva about starting a service to help people in her community access vaccines during her maternity leave, which has now snowballed into a whole operation. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Back in January, Diana Rastegayeva had a problem many have faced in the last few months. DIANA RASTEGAYEVA: My grandfather, who's…
Woman Shares Story Of Double-Lung Transplant To Treat COVID-19
A small number of COVID-19 patients have survived after getting a double-lung transplant. One of those patients, Mayra Ramirez, shares the story of her surgery and ongoing recovery.
A New York woman explains why she was hesitant to get...
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Kelly Womack who was hesitant to get a vaccination against COVID-19 because of her medical history. She decided to go ahead and has gotten her first shot. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: As of now, at least 65% of the U.S. population has had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.…
A Woman Died Of COVID After Contracting 2 Variants At The...
Scientists say a Belgian woman was infected with two coronavirus variants at the same time, including beta. Beta's spike protein is shown here in a scientific illustration. Juan Gaertner /Getty Images/Science Photo Library hide caption toggle caption Juan Gaertner /Getty Images/Science Photo Library Scientists say a Belgian woman was infected with two coronavirus variants at…
The pregnant woman from the iconic Mariupol photo has died. Many...
First responders and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday. The woman and her baby have since died. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka/AP First responders and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged…
Progress in HIV/AIDS cure: N.Y. woman is free of HIV for...
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with leading HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Carlos del Rio about near and far-term impacts of a potential cure for the disease.
What Is Loab? The Haunting AI Art Woman Explained ...
Are there ghosts in our machines? Well, of course not, but a recent viral Twitter thread might have you believing there is something sinister lurking behind your computer screen, just waiting to be unleashed. On Sept. 6, the internet was introduced to "Loab," an apparently AI-generated "woman." The internet promptly began calling her "the first cryptid…
‘Wonder Woman 3’ Reportedly Loses Director Patty Jenkins ...
Wonder Woman 3 may have just lost its director.Patty Jenkins, who directed the first two Wonder Woman movies starring Gal Gadot, has reportedly walked away from the threequel after rejecting Warner Bros. Discovery's notes on her treatment, according to The Wrap Thursday.On Wednesday, it was reported that new DC Studio heads James Gunn and Peter…
