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Lovell's Food For Thought - Again I Ask The Question, Isn't It Time We Really Do Something To Do Something

Passed Time To Really Do Something

In the 60 plus years I have been involved with equity issues, I have come to see very little true progress in significantly reducing health inequities. I have seen a significant increase in the number of seminars, workshops, programs, centers and/or institutes. Even with number of persons of color in leadership positions has increased. But the reductions in with the number of deaths the answer remains NO. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made this apparently clear, that what we are doing is not working. The question is what are we going to do about it other than hold more meetings and give speeches on how we increase our efforts to address this as a national priority?

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Houston Native Supports TOPGUN while serving with Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center

A Houston, Texas, native is serving with Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center supporting TOPGUN aviators at the Navy’s premier tactical air warfare training center.

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We Can't Afford to Let Hate and Lies Win Again

When Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white teenager opened fire on shoppers in the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, he knew exactly who he was aiming at - African Americans. Ten were murdered and three wounded in the attack, 11 of the victims were Black.

Houston Rockets Wins Third Pick In 2022 NBA Draft Lottery, But Will They Use The Selection In June?

For the second consecutive season, the Houston Rockets will select in the top five of the NBA Draft after the lottery drawing on Tuesday night. With general manager, Rafael Stone representing the Rockets organization, Houston secured the number three overall selection for the first time in team history since 1983.

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The Lancaster Hotel’s Rose Brooks retires after 39 years of service

Rose Brooks, the storied Lancaster Hotel’s longest standing employee, will retire this month after 39 years of service. During that time, she has served more than 1.4 million guests including politicians, celebrities, actors and performers, sports icons, powerful lawyers, government leaders, local executives, honeymoon, anniversary couples, remodels, and renovations. The list goes on and on.

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A Visionary Commitment to Houston's Health

Fertitta Family Pledges $50 Million to UH College of Medicine to Propel 'New Era of Health Care'

Prominent businessman Tilman J. Fertitta and his family have pledged $50 million to the University of Houston College of Medicine to ignite a new era of innovative and equitable health care in Houston and across Texas. In recognition of the legacy-defining support, the medical school is now named the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine.

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Dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. A new study sheds light on the reasons behind it

In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, bottlenose dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. They lined up to rub their bodies against coral.

Italian coffee shop fined $1,050 for failing to display price of espresso

An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the cost of a 2 euro ($2.12) espresso.

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Land Your Dream Job With Murphy-Goode Winery

One-on-One With Lindsay Perry

Lindsay Perry jumps into the wine industry, working for Murphy-Goode after winning their "Really Good Job" contest.

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How some Tops shoppers found safety in the store's break room during the shooting

When Jerome Bridges heard gunshots ring out Saturday in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, he ran to lead some of his coworkers and customers to safety in the store's break room and barricaded them inside with a heavy desk.

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Adriana Lima shows off baby bump on Cannes red carpet

At the Cannes film festival premiere of Joseph Kosinski's "Top Gun: Maverick" on Wednesday, former Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima became the latest celebrity to turn maternity fashion on its head.

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Desperate families turn to hospitals when their hunt for formula comes up dry

Three-year-old Alexis Tyler survives on Gerber Lil Crunchies cheese puffs and the chocolate flavor of a specialty nutritional formula called Neocate. Her mother hasn't been able to buy that formula for her since March.

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The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen

Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother's cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions -- especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that could easily spill into the evening hours.

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Retailers just sounded an alarm on inflation. It's worth heeding

Shares of retailers were pummeled on Wednesday as investors dug through the latest earnings results from Target and Walmart, which were flush with signs that the economy is entering a period of deep uncertainty.

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White House working towards first presidential meeting with Saudi Arabia, which Biden had vowed to make a 'pariah'

President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, could meet for the first time as soon as next month, multiple sources told CNN. A meeting would come after months of diplomatic heavy lifting and represent a turnabout for a US president who once declared Saudi Arabia a "pariah" with "no redeeming social value."

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces no further action over 'Partygate' scandal

Campaigners have branded a decision to take no further action against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the "Partygate" scandal a "terrible insult." Downing Street revealed on Thursday that Johnson has revealed no further fines over his alleged breaches of lockdown regulations after the Metroplitan Police announced that it had concluded its investigation.

Opinion: Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is a step back in time. And not in a good way

Sports Illustrated this week rolled out its annual swimsuit issue, with this year's edition highlighting body diversity and incorporating buzzwords like "inclusive" and "powerful" to describe the women depicted.

Trump taints Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary with fresh fraud lies

New election. Same lies. Ex-President Donald Trump is injecting his democracy-damaging fraud claims into a new election cycle, urging his friend Mehmet Oz to simply declare he won a too-close-to-call race for the Republican Senate nomination in Pennsylvania -- a key state in Trump's desperate bid to steal the 2020 election.

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Judge rejects request for mistrial from Clinton campaign lawyer charged in Durham probe

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request for a mistrial from the Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer currently on trial as part of special counsel John Durham's investigation.

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'Angelyne' dresses up Emmy Rossum in a two-dimensional look at the 'billboard queen'

"Angelyne" approximates its subject in the wrong ways: It's big, attention-getting and has all the depth of a billboard. Emmy Rossum stars and produced this limited series, which doesn't profess to be truth but rather a facsimile of it. In a year that's already given the world the superior "Pam & Tommy," consider this evidence that impressive makeup alone isn't enough.