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A 25-year-old transgender woman from the Bedouin community was seriously wounded in a stabbing incident on Sunday evening on Raziel Street in Beersheba. According to Magen David Adom paramedics, the woman was found semi-conscious and suffering from multiple penetrating wounds. She was treated at the scene and evacuated in unstable condition to Soroka-University Medical Center. The woman was reportedly stabbed by members of her family in what police suspect was a hate crime. “The injured woman was semi-conscious and suffered severe penetrating wounds to her body after being involved in a violent incident,” MDA paramedics Dvir Ben-Zeev and Lior Ben-Simon...

As little as 25 minutes a day of slow walking seems to be enough to counter the detrimental physical effects of bed rest on older hospital patients, finds a pooled data analysis of available evidence. For optimal improvements in physical function, around 50 minutes a day of slow walking or around 40 minutes of combined physical activities, such as 20 minutes of resistance bands with around 20 minutes of aerobic activity, are the most effective. But there may be a threshold effect, with no clear benefit for "doses" of more than 90 minutes a day of light intensity, or 60...

President Donald Trump has several strikes against him — age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male — that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infection he disclosed late Thursday. Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive, “are both well at this time” and plan to remain at the White House while recovering and being closely monitored, according to a statement from his physician, Dr. Sean Conley. A White House official said Friday that Trump was having mild symptoms.