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Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as a survivor rather than a hero, after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, where he nearly died before rebounding to pilot the world's fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nev.He was 75.The cause of his death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest, said his sister and sole survivor, Maureen Shul, a former mayor of Castle Pines, Colo.

A Colorado dentist was arrested early Sunday morning on murder charges in the poisoning death of his wife, according to a release from the Aurora Police Department.Aurora police detectives launched an investigation into the woman's suspicious death, after James Toliver Craig, 45, drove his wife, 43, to a hospital around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, because she was having severe headaches and dizziness.

Health secretary Steve Barclay had issued an ultimatum to nurses, telling the union to change proposed walkout dates or face a court battle.The Government's victory means a planned 48-hour nurses strike starting at 8pm on Sunday will end earlier than anticipated.Mr Barclay earlier said NHS employers had contacted him asking him to check the legality of the action because a six-month strike mandate runs out on May 1.

Mustafa Ahmed died in Plumstead Road after a motorbike crashed with him, his dad, Mohamed and brother, Ahmed, as they were on the way to the Greenwich Islamic Centre at 7.30am on February 19.Both Mohamed, aged in his 40s, and Ahmed, 10, were found with serious injuries and taken to hospital for further treatment.

Mustafa Ahmed died in Plumstead Road after a motorbike crashed with him, his dad, Mohamed and brother, Ahmed, as they were on the way to the Greenwich Islamic Centre at 7.30am on February 19.Both Mohamed, aged in his 40s, and Ahmed, 10, were found with serious injuries and taken to hospital for further treatment.

A crane, firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision in Tempe near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023.Vaggelis Kousioras/AP TEMPE, Greece A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train flattened carriages, killed at least 36 people and injured some 85, Greek officials said Wednesday.

Parents say they are at a loss in dealing with the trauma of their children who should be playing, not grieving.Gaza City, Gaza Toqa al-Dalo cries relentlessly in a state of shock after hearing about the death of her best friend in Israel's first air attack on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.As the 10-year-old got ready for school that morning, she saw her parents crying quietly.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said he is cautiously optimistic that unions will accept the current pay offer for nurses, despite increasingly heated rhetoric between negotiators.On Tuesday, unions in the NHS Staff Council will consider the offer of a 5% pay increase for 2023/24 along with a one-off payment worth between 1,655 and 3,789 for the current financial year for nurses in England.

Union leader Pat Cullen has urged Health Secretary Steve Barclay not to be disrespectful to nurses amid their biggest strike yet over the bank holiday.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary's comment came after Mr Barclay described their ongoing industrial action as premature and disrespectful to the other trade unions who are meeting to discuss the Government's pay offer on Tuesday.

A health boss has said NHS leaders have never been so worried over staff morale as nurses are set to go on strike again.Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, a membership body for organisations that commission and provide services across the NHS, added that workforce concerns go beyond industrial action with serious issues around recruitment.

L ondon doctors helped to save the life of a premature baby who was expected to die a few hours after being born when surgeons discovered she had a dead bowel.Deborah and Dominic La Spina said they do not believe their baby daughter Connie would be here today without the help of paediatric surgeons from St George's Hospital in Tooting who took the risk that no one else would.

The mother of a young boy who suffered brain damage as a result of an infection which left him gravely ill within hours of his birth at a Shrewsbury hospital has called for lessons to be learned from maternity care failings.Adam Cheshire, now aged 11, spent nearly a month in intensive care after being diagnosed with Group B Strep (GBS) and meningitis following his birth at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in March 2011.

The Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses' strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The general secretary of the RCN, Pat Cullen, said nurses had worked tirelessly to make sure their strike would be as safe as possible for patients and that there were national exemptions in place for those really acute urgent services.

A leading health union has accepted the government's improved pay offer for NHS staff, in a move that could split unions over whether to keep on striking for more money.GMB members working in the NHS in England have voted by 56% to 44% to accept the deal that all 12 health unions hammered out last month with the health secretary, Steve Barclay.

A strike by tens of thousands of nurses starting this Sunday will be cut short after a high court judge ruled that the plans were partly unlawful.The interim declaration prompted Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), to condemn the government for taking its own nurses to court, describing it as the darkest day in the long-running pay dispute.

The Radiation Oncology department in the basement of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York does not seem like a regular home for rock 'n' roll.But every business day for almost seven weeks this year, U2 blared over the speakers at my request.I became a fan in the late 1980s and have attended nine of the band's concerts, though I probably fall short of superfandom.

The number of flu patients in intensive care in England has risen for the first time in nearly three months.An average of 43 intensive care beds per day were occupied by flu patients last week, up from 33 the previous week, according to NHS data.The figure had been on a broad downwards trend since the start of the year, following a surge in cases in the run-up to Christmas.

Ambulance handover delays outside hospitals in England have returned to their highest level since the start of the year, as NHS chiefs warned staff remain under considerable pressure.Some 28% of patients waited at least half an hour last week to be handed to A&E teams, up from 23% the previous week, while 12% waited over an hour, up from 9%.

The son of a pensioner who was set on fire as he walked home from a mosque in Birmingham pleaded for help saying my dad is on fire.The attack on Mohammed Rayaz, 70, on Monday evening in Edgbaston left the retired factory worker with severe burns to his face, hands and chest.He remains in stable condition in intensive care at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after the shocking incident which happened just around the corner from his home on Shenstone Road.

The son of a 70-year-old man set alight just yards from his house as he walked home from a mosque pleaded for help saying my dad is on fire, the family's lawyer has said.The incident left Mohammed Rayaz, a retired factory worker, with severe burns to his face, hands and chest.He remains in stable condition in Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after events unfolded just around the corner from his home in Shenstone Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, at about 7pm on Monday.

Nurse Lucy Letby found caring for less sick infants in hospital was boring, her murder trial was told.Letby, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neo-natal unit.She is also said to have argued with a senior colleague when asked to work in an outside nursery' where babies were treated in preparation for going home.

With their rapturous harmonies and lush production, the Carpenters were one of the biggest acts in the 1970s, selling over 100 million records with global hits like Close to You, Only Yesterday and Please Mr Postman.This year marks the 40th anniversary of lead singer Karen Carpenter's death at the age of 32, as a result of complications from anorexia.

Image source, Michael Molloy Image caption, Thames Valley Air Ambulance crews will identify out-of-hospital patients who could use the advanced form of CPR A London hospital is hoping to save more lives by offering out-of-hospital patients who have had a cardiac arrest an advanced form of resuscitation.

Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis has been discharged from the hospital more than two weeks after a swimming accident left him in intensive care.Hillis' girlfriend Angela Cole wrote on Instagram that Hillis was discharged from a hospital in Pensacola, Florida on Saturday.Hillis was reportedly injured after going into the water to help rescue his children from drowning.

The wife of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish has said that her family were left in terror by a knifepoint robbery at their home and that the impact continues to this day.Peta Cavendish, speaking outside Chelmsford Crown Court where two of the robbers were jailed on Tuesday, said it was not about the two watches worth a total of 700,000 that were stolen.

Jessica Pegula, the professional tennis player, has revealed details for the first time about the health of her mother, Kim Pegula, a co-owner and president of the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres, describing how she went into cardiac arrest last year and is still struggling to recover.In an essay published in The Players' Tribune on Tuesday, Jessica Pegula said she was writing about it now because she wanted to be more open after Damar Hamlin, the Bills defensive back, went into cardiac arrest during a game on Jan. 2.

Tight end Jonnu Smith and cornerback Marcus Jones both were back at practice Thursday in Foxborough after missing the past week while in the NFL's concussion protocol.Their return was preceded by wide receiver DeVante Parker, who had been sidelined for three weeks before being listed as limited.But the New England Patriots' preparations for playing the Buffalo Bills in Week 18 continued elsewhere.

The Buffalo Bills began preparations for the New England Patriots with meetings and a walkthrough on Wednesday, and with an update on the status of 24-year-old safety Damar Hamlin."Damar remains in the ICU in critical condition with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight," the organization shared on Twitter.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The inquest into the death of Archie Battersbee, whose life support became the subject of a legal battle last year, is due to conclude today.Archie's case made headlines after his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, launched ultimately unsuccessful legal bids to prevent doctors from switching off his ventilator.

Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to the opening of two additional border crossings from Turkey into opposition-held territory in northwest Syria to allow the United Nations to deliver humanitarian relief to millions of earthquake victims, U.N. and Syrian officials said on Monday.The decision, which would let aid flow for three months, was the first time that Mr. al-Assad had cooperated in opening opposition-held territory to such assistance since Syria's civil war began in 2011.

When Yannis Antonoglou, 23, saw his friend's girlfriend reading in the cafeteria of his train, he thought it was a funny coincidence.They had met a few days before at a friend's party in Athens.They were both returning to Thessaloniki, and he thought they could share a cab or meet for coffee there.But the cafeteria was at the front of the train that collided head-on with a freight train late Tuesday, in the deadliest rail crash in Greece's history.

Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas' lives were shattered by last week's earthquakes.But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their miracle baby.The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

Pregnant women and their developing babies are at higher risk for severe outcomes if they get Covid-19, and now a large, international review is helping to underscore how devastating those risks can be.The study draws on data from 12 studies from as many countriesincluding the United States.Altogether, the studies included more than 13,000 pregnant womenabout 2,000 who had a confirmed or probable case of Covid-19.

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email More heart patients could be saved thanks to a new type of advanced CPR which involves hooking up patients to an artificial lung machine.People who suffer cardiac arrest when the heart stops pumping blood around the body could be offered the advanced form of resuscitation if they do not respond to traditional CPR thanks to a new service in the Thames Valley region.

T his is the first picture of a young boy killed when a motorbike crashed into a family as they crossed a road.Mustafa Ahmed, eight, died at the scene in Plumstead, after the collision as they headed to evening prayers at 7.30pm on February 19.His father, Mohammed, remains in an induced coma and is unaware that his youngest son has died, friends of the family said.

Eight-year-old Mustafa Ahmed died at the scene after a motorbike crashed with him, his dad, Mohamed and brother, Ahmed, as they were on the way to the Greenwich Islamic Centre at 7.30am on February 19.Both Mohamed, aged in his 40s, and Ahmed, 10, were found with serious injuries and taken to hospital for further treatment.

A cyclist has been left with life-changing injuries after a car flew into a west London cycle path and struck him as he rode his bike.Mark Thomas, 59 , was cycling along a dedicated route by the A40 near his home in Ealing around 7.40am on January 29, when the horror crash happened.The driver of a black car is understood to have struck a crash barrier designed to protect the cycle lane, sending the car airborne and flying into Mr Thomas.

T he family of a man left with life-changing injuries have spoken out after he was assaulted in an unprovoked attack last month as part of a renewed appeal to find the men responsible.Marco Pannone, who was 25 at the time, was working in a restaurant on Ferndale Road, Brixton.At around 11.30pm on December 2, 2022, he was approached by two men who began speaking to him.

A n otherwise healthy 26-year-old is urging young people to take up the flu vaccine after he was hospitalised for a week over the festive period - amid a surge in cases across the capital.Olly Browning, from Oval in south London, who has no underlying health conditions, was left in intensive care needing oxygen after he contracted influenza and it led to pneumonia.

A breathing tube in the wrong position could have contributed to the death of a 13-year-old boy who became the UK's first known child victim of coronavirus, a doctor has told an inquest.Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, of Brixton, south-west London, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome, caused by coronavirus pneumonia, in the early hours of March 30 2020, three days after testing positive for Covid-19.

A misplaced breathing tube contributed to the death of a 13-year-old boy who became the UK's first known child victim of coronavirus, a coroner has ruled.Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, of Brixton, south-west London, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), caused by Covid-19 pneumonia, in the early hours of March 30 2020, three days after testing positive for the coronavirus.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Nurse Lucy Letby hugged a mother after allegedly trying to kill her baby, a court has been told.The 33-year-old is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others while working as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

US actor Tom Sizemore, known for roles in films including Point Break and Natural Born Killers, has died at the age of 61.Sizemore had been placed into a coma in intensive care since suffering a brain aneurysm and collapsing at his Los Angeles home on February 18.He died in his sleep on Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager Charles Lago confirmed to the AP news agency.

NHS physiotherapists have said that high workloads and severe shortages are causing staff to break down in tears on the wards as thousands go on strike for the first time ever.One striking physio said a team of 18 people was at times down to just six while caring for patients across 17 wards and another said they saw nine colleagues cry at work in a week due to stress.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced the city will start offering abortion pills at four Department of Health (DOHMH) clinics across four of the five boroughs by year's end, in addition to the 11 city Health + Hospitals (H+H) locations where the medication is already available.The announcement was one concrete action in a broader address Adams delivered from City Hall Tuesday morning on his "'New York City Women's Health Agenda," a commitment to make bridging disparities in women's health care a top priority for his second year in office.

Women are more likely to die in pregnancy if they catch Covid, according to researchers, who found the infection raised the risk of a swath of serious illnesses for mothers and their newborns.Reports throughout the pandemic have highlighted how pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the virus, with doctors urging women to take up the offer of Covid vaccination to reduce the risk to themselves and their children.

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who suffered a near-fatal heart attack during a game Monday night, opened his eyes after two days in intensive care and - still breathing with the help of a ventilator - scribbled a note to his medical team."Did we win?"
"Yes, Damar, you won," one of his doctors told him.

News reports indicate that former NFL star Peyton Hillis is in critical condition after a swimming accident in Florida, involving his children.Late Thursday evening, word began to spread that former NFL running back Peyton Hillis was in intensive care.A Facebook message from his uncle said, "He's still in intensive care and having some problems with his kidneys and lungs but the doctors say he is improving."

ESPN stood by Joe Buck, who stated the NFL wanted to resume play between the Bills and Bengals after a five-minute break in the aftermath of Damar Hamlin's heart attack.Considering the magnitude of the moment, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman handled the Damar Hamlin trauma as well as anyone could expect.ESPN did their best to hide Hamlin - who received nearly 10 minutes of CPR on the field - while he was fighting for his life.

Over the last eight months, the city of Buffalo has been buffeted by one tragedy after another: a racist massacre at a Tops supermarket in May, a deadly Christmastime blizzard, a house fire over the weekend that killed five children.But through it all, the city's beloved football team, the Bills, has been a bright spot, offering its legion of fans, known as the Bills Mafia, a welcome distraction from grim headlines.

As more states continue to legalize and decriminalize marijuana, reports of children in exposed to cannabis after accidentally eating an edible are rising, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.An analysis of records from the National Poison Data System showed more than 7,040 reported exposures to edible cannabis in kids under the age of six between 2017 and 2021 - an increase of over 1,375% in just five years.

The actor Jeremy Renner, who was critically injured on Sunday, was run over by a snow plow weighing more than 14,000 pounds that he had used to tow his car on a snowed-in private road near his home in Reno, Nev., the authorities said on Tuesday.Mr. Renner, 51, had been helping a family member who was driving the car and had gotten stuck, Sheriff Darin Balaam of Washoe County said during a news conference at which the authorities offered new details about the accident.

Two sets of two in 2022.That's what this Brampton couple has been adjusting to this year  their hands full with two sets of twins born nine months apart.Reva Nicholson says it's been a whirlwind of a year.The 26-year-old had her first set of twins in February, 2022, with her husband, Romaine McFarlane.

Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels.Us! Pick us next!they seemed to plead with tired eyes.Michiels directs pediatric emergency medicine at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.