Life & Style
Orlando is synonymous with family fun. So it makes sense that the Tom Joyner Family Reunion takes place in our beautiful, exciting destination every year. Orlando has thrilling theme parks, 100 of some of the world’s most unique attractions, great restaurants, pulse-pounding nightlife. And we have culture. Look just beyond the veil of Orlando’s world-class […]
Danny Glover celebrates each birthday at a place of social significance. For his 66th birthday, he was in Washington, D.C., for the 19th International AIDS Conference, where the prevailing sentiment was that the epidemic’s end is in sight. “We need to be part of the dialogue,” said Glover, who watched a close friend with AIDS […]
(AP) — The Mississippi River. The Peabody Hotel. Beale Street. These Memphis landmarks are tourist mainstays, typically enjoyed by visitors willing to plunk down cash for a sightseeing cruise on the river, a stay in the fancy yet comfortable Peabody, or a raucous night eating barbecue and downing stiff Walk Me Down cocktails on Beale. […]
Insurance companies will be required to cover eight preventive care services (Women's Preventive Services: Required Health Plan Coverage Guidelines), including HIV screenings and contraception, with no co-pays or deductibles, as part of the next phase of the Affordable Care Act, beginning Wednesday. For those with employer-paid health insurance plans that have enrollment dates, the coverage […]
KITGUM, Uganda (AP) — Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the kind of raw emotion that the head of the family rarely displayed. "What is traumatizing us," he said after regaining his composure, […]
My very first trip abroad happened at what could be considered the worst possible time. Iʼd been laid off for more than a year, and after a number of fruitless interviews I was officially burned out. Then, a friend of mine announced that she wanted to celebrate her birthday in London. There was only about […]
BEIJING (AP) — The capital of China is quickly becoming one of the priciest — and fastest-changing — cities in the world, driven by several decades of breakneck economic growth. But some of Beijing's most interesting areas are still free to visit, and provide a bridge between the city's rich cultural and political history and […]
This week, the United States is hosting the 19th International AIDS Conference. As we welcome 22,000 leaders, advocates and experts from around the world with the goal of ending HIV/AIDS, I thought it was important not to forget those living with HIV/AIDS here in our home town. Among the 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids. Fresh criticism was published online Monday in Pediatrics by researchers at one university who say the guidelines are too aggressive […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate that experts say may reflect a problem with the effectiveness of the vaccine. Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far — more than twice the […]
Today in Philadelphia, First Lady Michelle Obama joined local elected officials from across the country to announce new opportunities to bring Let’s Move! to cities, towns and counties across America. Since she launched Let’s Move!, the First Lady has encouraged local solutions to solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. Today, she announced […]
Before Ashley Smith gave a presentation before a group of law enforcement officials about schizophrenia, one of the officials had told the audience before she arrived that “there is no hope” for a person with the mental illness. Fortunately, she wasn’t in the room when he made the remarks. When Smith finished her talk, the […]
