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Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Kylie Jenner's hairstylist Jesus Guerrero's cause of death revealed after shock passing aged 34
Kyle Jenner's hairstylist Jesus Guerrero's cause of death has been revealed almost four months after his shock passing aged 34. Jesus, whose celebrity clientele included Kylie and Jennifer Lopez, died at a hospital in Los Angeles on February 22, 2025, shortly after working with Lopez in Dubai. His devastated sister Gris announced on February 22 that she had lost her brother 'very suddenly and unexpectedly' that day. Guerrero died from severe pneumonia, per a report from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP ) and Cryptococcosis neoformans, a serious fungal infection that can spread to multiple organs and tissues in the body, often affecting individuals with weakened immune systems, are listed as primaru causes of death. The report also listed Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a secondary cause. His manner of death is listed as natural. Guerrero's death was announced by his family on social media on Feb. 23, shortly after he was in Dubai with Jennifer Lopez. Prior to his trip overseas, he had spent time with Jenner in Los Angeles. Guerrero's younger sister Gris wrote on a GoFundMe page that his death happened 'suddenly and unexpectedly.' At the start of this month, while his family were still waiting for autopsy results to come back, Gris shared he was diagnosed with gastritis in the months before he died.
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Made-to-order blood transfusion helps save London mother's life
A woman from north-east London said her life came "crashing down" when she was diagnosed with leukaemia last year, but was given a "lifeline" when she was saved by a blood donation that acted like a "fake immune system".Fahreen Virani, 42, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in February 2024 after noticing symptoms of tiredness, backache and low haemoglobin chemotherapy, the dentist from Waltham Forest needed a stem cell transplant, but contracted pneumonia which was not responding to usual treatments. As a result, Mrs Virani was told she needed a special "before midnight" transplant of components taken from blood. "I was terrified. I had a boy who was going to turn four two days later," she said."We had a young family, we had just moved house, and everything came crashing down." Ms Virani had chemotherapy so her body would accept a stem cell transplant however the chemotherapy also prevented her bone marrow from making enough white blood cells, making her vulnerable to the fungal pneumonia."The doctors said that when someone has a stem cell transplant there's a 10% chance it will result in death but with the fungal pneumonia it was 30%," Ms Virani said."They treated me with antifungals but that didn't fully work, so that's why they started the granulocytes – it would give me a fake immune system." Granulocytes are white blood cells which attack and break down bacteria, fungi and viruses but they have a short shelf life and have to be given to a recipient before midnight the day after granulocytes transfusion is made for a single patient and a standard transfusion consists of two packs, with each one made from 10 blood donations. They have to be quickly tested and processed before being rushed to hospital."I remember waking up early every day thinking 'are they here, are they here?'"If you go past midnight, they have to dispose of them, they expire, that's why I was always so eager."They drastically helped me to be ready for the transplant, they were a lifeline."As a result of the treatment, Ms Virani received her stem cell transplant last July."I can walk my son to school every day," she said. "We can go to Hyde Park and hire a bike. A few months ago, I never dreamed I would be able to do that."The donors whose blood was used for the granulocytes are in my prayers every night. I am so immensely grateful. I don't know where I would be without them." 'Need more donors' Fewer than 2,000 packs are sent to hospitals each year, NHS Blood and Transplant said.A spokesperson added they were low blood stocks in England and raised concerns over a dip in donors over the Gogarty, from NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "Your blood contains all kinds of components such as red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and white blood cells, which can all be separated out to save or improve several lives."So as well helping people with your red cells, the same donation could give someone like Fahreen a potentially lifesaving immune system boost."But to keep supplying hospitals this summer we need more donors."We hope Fahreen's story shows the unusual and unexpected ways that blood is so vital to the wider NHS."
Sky News
4 days ago
- Health
- Sky News
Heartbroken parents fear mouldy house contributed to death of 15-week-old son
Aiat Mohammed still clutches one of the last babygrows her son wore. Exhausted by grief, she holds the tiny blue and green outfit tight. Occasionally, when everything becomes too much, she lifts it to her face and breathes in deeply. "I didn't wash it," she tells me, "because it's got his scent". Her son, Akram, was just 15 weeks old when he died in hospital in London on 21 February. His parents took him to hospital a day after raising concerns about his breathing. Doctors attempted CPR in front of them - but the little boy couldn't be saved. Aiat remembers the moment she saw the monitor flatline, and the medical team stepped away from his tiny body: "They said to me, 'You can come and touch his head now'. I was saying, 'Please, can you try again? Please, do the CPR again?' And they said, 'Sorry, we can't. We can't do anything anymore. We need to stop'." An inquest to determine the circumstances of how and why Akram died will be held in the summer. The family lawyer, Mark McGhee, says a pathology report suggested he died of acute pneumonia due to a late-onset Group B Strep infection. But he fears the state of their crowded and mouldy housing association flat played a part. Home riddled with damp Photos make it clear their one-bedroom Camden home was riddled with damp, long before Akram - the couple's third child - was born at the end of last year. Black mould pushed the wallpaper from the walls, stains and damp kept coming back no matter how much they scrubbed and cleaned with harsh chemicals, and no matter how much they begged the housing association - Notting Hill Genesis - for help. An independent inspection before the baby's birth in December found the landlord "in breach of its duty to ensure the property is and will remain fit for human habitation". Mould was found on either the walls or ceiling in the single bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen. To make things even worse, the family say that after complaining about broken windows, a contractor arrived to seal them shut - making ventilation almost impossible. Akram's father Abdushafi Mohammed, a car mechanic from Sudan, told Sky News: "You felt it in the air, in your chest as soon as you walked into the flat." Aiat remembers the "very, very rotten smell, very strange smell. You don't want to be in there for more than a minute". Their baby began to rasp at night, and then they could hear a rattle in his chest during the day. But his worried parents were told he would "grow out of it". 'Drowning in fluids' Savvas Panas, the chief executive of the Pillion Trust Charity, who has supported the family for years, told Sky News: "The child was strong, he was big and very healthy, but he was drowning, you could hear it, he was drowning in fluids." He claims to have spent months escalating concerns through the housing association, and Camden Council. Abdushafi puts it simply: "No one helped us." The cause of death is unknown, an inquest has been set up, and a coroner is expected to rule on how and why he died later in the year. Patrick Franco, chief executive of Notting Hill Genesis, said: "We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Akram Mohammed and extend our sincere condolences to his family, their friends and neighbours. We will continue to support the family in any way we can during this difficult time. "We know that this is a complex situation and will continue working with the relevant authorities as they conduct their investigations. "No determination has been made by HM Coroner as to the cause of Akram's death, and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further or to speculate at this time." A Camden Council spokesperson said: "The council has been chasing Notting Hill Genesis on a regular basis to identify a new home for the family, and to ensure that they continue to get the right support. "Akram's death is a tragedy, and our thoughts are with his family at what is a very sad time. "As with any unexpected death, there will be an inquest to determine any contributory factors and learnings for local agencies." Richard Blakeway, housing ombudsman, said: "This is a tragic case and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. "Whilst the complaint was still within the landlord's complaints process when Akram passed away, and therefore we were unable to take it on as a formal investigation, we have offered support and advice to the family, including progressing their complaint with the landlord. We will continue to liaise with the family as this case progresses "Landlords should take a zero tolerant approach to damp and mould. The introduction of Awaab's Law is a positive step. However, landlords should not wait for its introduction to take further action, including proactively identifying damp and mould in homes rather than waiting for residents to report it." Complaints about conditions have risen sharply Akram's death comes as the housing ombudsman's office reveals complaints about substandard living conditions in social housing are more than five times higher than they were five years ago. The ombudsman deals with disputes between residents and social housing landlords in England, and found there were 6,380 complaints investigated in the year to March 2025, up from 1,111 in the year to March 2020. Reasons for complaints included asbestos, electrical and fire safety issues, pest control, leaks, damp and mould. 'I would have ripped that family out of there' Mr Panas said that despite their long-standing battles with the mould, he advised the family to stay in the sub-standard flat, knowing that if they left, they would lose social housing support by making themselves "intentionally homeless".
ABC News
6 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Inquest told toddler Pippa White's sepsis and pneumonia death preventable
Medical experts have told an inquest the medical system failed a toddler whose death from sepsis and pneumonia was preventable. Two-year-old Pippa Mae White died after going into cardiac arrest at Orange Hospital in central west NSW on the afternoon of June 13, 2022. She was transferred there from Cowra Health Service the night before. Paediatric intensive care specialist at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Dr Warwick Butt, gave evidence at the inquest on Wednesday. He said if her condition was recognised earlier, and treated properly, he would expect her to have survived the illness. "This is a tragedy that was avoidable," Dr Butt told the inquest. Infectious disease specialist at Canberra Hospital, Dr Phillip Braslins, concurred. Pippa's heart rate was in the "red zone" for a child potentially having sepsis, according to a NSW Health policy document, when she arrived at Cowra Hospital on June 12. The inquest heard the paediatric sepsis pathway guide required a rapid response be called based on her heart rate alone, and would trigger further actions to help diagnose or rule out the condition. The two-year-old was not placed on that pathway at either the Cowra or Orange hospitals, and all six medical experts thus far have told the inquest she should have been. Senior specialist in emergency medicine at St Vincent's Hospital, Dr John Raftos, said it should be followed "without nuance". The inquest heard "grunting" noises made by the toddler, present from the time she arrived at Cowra Hospital, were a dangerous indicator of how ill she was. Mother Annah White took videos of her daughter making the noises which were previously shown to the inquest. "That was a fundamental sign that reflects rapidly progressing and severe lung disease," Dr Butt said. The inquest heard that health professionals at Cowra did not see the symptom despite the doctor assessing Pippa with a stethoscope. Paediatric emergency physician at the Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, Dr Simon Craig, said he could not explain why up to seven people missed the symptom during the toddler's treatment. "I would assume the grunting was there more often than not," he said. "[But] grunting is relatively rare. As a junior doctor I may not have appreciated grunting as I do now. "The more senior you are the more obvious it is." The inquest was told the medical assessment of Pippa the night she was transferred to Orange Hospital failed to recognise the true nature of her illness. Dr Craig said the examination by Dr Christoper Morris documented the symptoms but did not interpret them correctly. Paediatric sepsis expert Dr Adam Irwin from the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane said it highlighted why the pathway tool should have been used. "Unfortunately they were anchored in a diagnosis that had already been reached [of a viral infection]," he said. "For far too long they were anchored to that and failed to see the signs of deterioration." Dr Braslins said her condition should have prompted blood tests being conducted when she arrived at the hospital which would have charted a different course of treatment. Blood tests were not ordered for the toddler until the early hours of the following morning after she had deteriorated further and recorded a red zone heart rate of 196 beats per minute. Dr Craig said the "make or break" in her treatment was the lack of intervention when she became "critically ill" between one and two o'clock in the morning. The inquest heard the blood tests, starting antibiotics, and introducing IV fluids should have commenced earlier than that. "The deterioration could almost only be attributable to sepsis," Dr Irwin said. "The intervention should have been started … and [not doing so] introduced an unnecessary delay." The inquest has been adjourned until later this year when it will hear further expert evidence across two hearings.
Fox News
6 days ago
- Health
- Fox News
Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton was driving 'all over the roadway' before suspected DUI arrest, police say
Reported details of Mary Lou Retton's DUI arrest earlier this month have surfaced. Fairmont police in West Virginia reportedly stopped the gold medalist on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving "all over the roadway." According to the criminal complaint, via WNEM, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat. Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $1,500 personal recognizance bond. Fox News Digital reached out to Retton's reps for comment. Retton, 57, was diagnosed with a "rare form of pneumonia" in 2023, with her family raising the alarm that she was "fighting for her life." She was placed in the intensive care unit for a period of time as doctors helped her fight the illness. "This is serious, and this is life, and I'm so grateful to be here," she said on NBC's "Today" in 2024. "I am blessed to be here because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support." Retton was nicknamed "America's sweetheart" during her gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. She was just 16 when she scored perfect 10s in the floor exercise and vault in the final two rotations to become the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title. She earned five medals that year – one gold, two silver and two bronze. After she retired from gymnastics, Retton became a motivational speaker and frequently shared messages about the benefits of proper nutrition and exercise. She also served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under former President George W. Bush. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
