Today’s health headlines are threaded with illness, loss and the public weight of private diagnoses. In Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a lung transplant waiting list as her pulmonary fibrosis worsens, a stark sign of the seriousness of a condition the palace now describes as life-threatening. In Britain, veteran broadcaster Jon Snow has revealed he is living with Alzheimer’s and will document that experience on Channel 4, bringing a familiar face to a disease that touches millions. The day also brought news of two notable deaths: Lady Pamela Hicks, a living link to the late Queen’s inner circle, died at 97, and Mobo Awards founder Kanya King died at 57 after colon cancer, prompting tributes to her cultural impact. Meanwhile, YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife faced fierce backlash after sharing that they ended a pregnancy following a Down syndrome diagnosis.