News ofKate MiddletonandKing Charles' surgeries this month came differently than royal announcements in the past. On Jan. 17, the palace revealed that the Princess of Wales, 42, had undergone anabdominal surgerythe previous day while the King, 75, wasseeking treatment for an enlarged prostate. Royal author Robert Hardman tells PEOPLE exclusively, “In both the Princess and the King’s cases, this shows a handling of very personal, very delicate matters that you wouldn’t have seen in the past....

We already have many of the medicine we need to wipe out pandemic diseases . But to stop a pandemic itself , we need math . Statistical analysts and mathematicians can model how a pandemic is probable to unfold across the Earth , in many societies – and their work provide the maps for the best systems for stopping the next disease apocalypse . Here are two way we could keep pandemic from crippling Homo sapiens , based on mathematical model of disease contagion – and two ways we would only make it unsound ....

Iga Światek of Poland talks to the media after the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on Nov. 18, 2024.Photo:Robert Prange/Getty Robert Prange/Getty Polish tennis starIga Świātekhas addressed her one-month suspension following a failed doping test. After the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced in astatementon Thursday, Nov. 28 that Świątek, 23, accepted her one-month ban under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme — following a positive test result for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) — the world No....

From Left: Bristol Bears' Ilona Maher on Jan. 5, 2025; and Maher on Instagram.Photo:Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty; Ilona Maher/Instagram Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty; Ilona Maher/Instagram She then called for fans to continue their support: “Fill these seats. We’re setting records and we need you to buy the shirt, come to the games. Women support women. Come and help us.”Maher’s first game in the U.K. was so popular, it required a venue change....

Ina Garten and Martha Stewart.Photo:Michael Loccisano/Getty; Michael Simon/Getty Michael Loccisano/Getty; Michael Simon/Getty Ina Gartenis addressing herfalling out with Martha Stewart.During a live Q&A at the PEOPLE offices on Dec. 5, Garten, 76, spoke about her former friendship with the lifestyle mogul. Stewart, 83, hadpreviously claimedthat Garten stopped speaking to her after Stewart went to prison in 2004 — but now Garten said that’s not true.“Well, let’s just say her story isn’t exactly accurate,” Garten rebutted....

Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson in January 2018.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty Paras Griffin/Getty WhileAlana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompsonwas focused on passing a huge milestone, her friends and family members were more concerned about her plans after high school. On Friday’s premiere ofMama June: Family Crisis, theToddlers & Tiarasalum faced pressure from her sisterLauryn “Pumpkin” Efirdabout whether or not she was going to college in Colorado. “I chose school in Colorado mainly, because it has one of the best nursing programs ever and I also got a $21,000 scholarship,” she revealed to cameras....

Ron Chaffin/St. George News via AP Franke, the mother of eight whose parenting YouTube channel once had millions of subscribers, kept her 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter in what prosecutors called “work-camp like” conditions in Hildebrandt’s home in Ivins, Utah. In her diary, Franke reveals in-depth what her children wereforced to go through. The diary entries are dated from July 9 to Aug. 27, 2023, three days before she was arrested after her sonescaped the homeand went to a neighbor’s home, who then called the police after seeing what he described as the boy’s “emaciated” body....

Marianne Fonseca and Drew Taggart.Photo:Josh Aikin Josh Aikin The Chainsmokers’Andrew “Drew” Taggartand his fiancée are opening up about their “romantic” engagement and sharing details about their future wedding! The lead singer, 34,announced his engagementto Brazilian supermodel and founder ofGENTE BeautyMarianne Fonseca via a joint post onInstagramon Tuesday, Dec. 3. “HELL YEA!! 💍,” he captioned a slideshow of moments from their intimate engagement dinner celebration. Fonseca, also 34, reveals that the romantic proposal actually took place two days prior on Sunday, Dec....

Wendy Williams in 2019.Photo:Lars Niki/Getty Lars Niki/Getty Wendy Williams’s family is working to regain control of her future. Since May 2022, the formerWendy Williams Showhost, 59, has been living under a legal guardianship that oversees both her finances and health. And for the past 10 months, she’s been in an unknown facility to addresscognitive issues. Williams' family says her court-appointed legal guardian (whose identity remains private) is the only person who currently has unfettered access to her....

Ireland Baldwin/Instagram Ireland Baldwinmay have just given birth to her firstborn, but she’s ready to welcome even more babies into her life. “What a beautiful day🥹🐐🥰,” wroteParis Hilton. Her dad,Alec Baldwin, also weighed in, commenting, “Now THAT’S a Wes Anderson movie…” Ireland’s declaration of love for the farm animal comes just days after she marked eight months with her daughter, Holland, whowas born in May. “8 months of being my butter biscuit 🫶🏻,” she wrote onInstagramas she shared an adorable shot of the infant — whom she shares withboyfriend RAC(born André Allen Anjos) — wearing a pair of pumpkin pants and a “Dare Devil” T-shirt....

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher.Photo:Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Isla FisherandSacha Baron Cohenhave a funnyValentine’s Daytradition. During a visit toThe Kelly Clarkson Show, Fisher, 48, revealed the one thing Baron Cohen, 52, does for her every year for the romantic holiday. “I wouldn’t say we’re particularly… I think just having a lot of kids and being busy, we don’t do a lot,” theWedding Crashersactresssaid of whether she and her husband celebrate Valentine’s Day....

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards.Photo:Kevin Mazur/WireImage Kevin Mazur/WireImage Jada Pinkett Smithis getting candid aboutWill Smith’s infamousOscar slap, which she’s now crediting for helping her realize she “will never leave” her husband. In a new interview with theDaily Mail’sYOU Magazine, the 52-year-old actress explained that Will’s decision to slapChris Rockduring the 2022 Academy Awards has earned a new title for her: The “holy slap....

James Patterson in October 2024.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty Jamie McCarthy/Getty James Pattersonis supporting local bookstores again this holiday season. The 600 people working at bookstores — including Birmingham’s Thank You Books in Alabama, Cedar Falls’ The Nook in Iowa and City Lights Books in San Francisco — are each set to receive a $500 bonus. Patterson told ABC in a statement through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company, he’s happy to support independent bookstores and their staff....