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Rep. Katie Porter was granted a temporary restraining order by a judge Tuesday after she alleged that her former partner engaged in “harassment and threats” that harmed her relationship with her family and her professional reputation. The temporary domestic violence restraining order mandates that Julian Willis, Porter’s ex-boyfriend who she lived with “for brief periods of time,” according to filings with the Orange County Superior Court, stop contacting the congresswoman, her children and her current and former colleagues. The restraining order also mandates that Willis stay away from Porter. A court hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 17 for a permanent restraining order. Porter, 50, sought the restraining order after allegedly enduring “psychological abuse” as well as “three months of ongoing threats and harassment,” including a message on Saturday, Nov. 23 that “prompted that (Porter) consider suicide,” according to the declaration Porter filed with the court on Tuesday, Nov. 26. “Julian’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse have created an unsafe and unpredictable situation for me, my children, my family and my work colleagues,” Porter said in her declaration. Since Aug. 27, Willis, 55, has sent Porter more than 1,000 text messages and emails “with the clear intent to threaten and harass me,” Porter said in the filing. He continued to contact her despite her telling him to stop and blocking his texts, she said. “He stated that his goal was to ‘force me into prolonged psychiatric treatment’ and that he intended not to stop, even if I had to be hospitalized as a suicide risk,” she said. Willis, when reached by email Wednesday, said he could not comment at this time. He offered to provide one piece of documentation, but the Southern California News Group could not independently verify its validity on Wednesday. Willis told Politico Tuesday that Porter only sought a restraining order to prevent him from suing her and talking to the media. He sent 82 text messages during a 24-hour span in September, Porter said, and 55 on Nov. 12 before she blocked him from texting her. In her court filing, Porter included numerous screengrabs of text messages and emails that she said are from Willis to her, her children and colleagues. Willis, who is listed as a New Jersey resident in court documents, also allegedly attempted to extort Porter and spread false information about her, including false diagnoses of a sexually transmitted disease, to her family, journalists, and current and former coworkers, the congresswoman said. “Other threats have included statements that he will publicly humiliate me, ‘beat (me) down,’ bankrupt me, have harmful newspaper articles published about me, cause me to lose my job at UC Irvine, report me to Child Protective Services, remove my children from my custody and sue me for seven figures,” Porter alleged. “Julian has made it clear that he intends to cause significant harm to my professional reputation,” Porter said in her declaration. “His false allegations and threats to my co-workers have harmed our ability to work by creating repeated interruptions that my co-workers and I have found disruptive, concerning and threatening.” The restraining order covers Porter’s three children, who range in ages from 12 to 18 years old. Porter sought to add other adult family members to the restraining order, but the judge denied the request, saying adults not living in Porter’s home would need to request their own protective order. The order says Willis must remain at least 100 yards away from Porter and her children, their schools, Porter’s home, job and vehicle. It also says Willis cannot contact Porter’s current or former employees or co-workers to discuss Porter. Communication with government employees about other subjects, the judge said, is not prohibited by the temporary order. It’s specifically a “domestic violence restraining order,” which helps people who have been abused or threatened with abuse. “This is a very unfortunate situation,” Porter said in a statement. “Mr. Willis has suffered from well-documented mental health and substance abuse issues. As the records filed today show, those issues have gotten increasingly worse since I ended the relationship and asked him to leave my house. “In recent weeks, his threats against my family and my colleagues have escalated in both their frequency and intensity, and I feel I must ask for this order from the court. I sincerely hope he can get the help he needs.” Willis was involved in an altercation that occurred at Porter’s town hall event in Irvine in 2021. Far-right opponents disrupted the gathering, and a physical altercation broke out. Willis was cited and released for his actions during the altercation, and he was reportedly living at Porter’s Irvine home at the time. Porter drew scrutiny for her criticism of how police handled the situation at the event . “I will never trust them again,” Porter said in a text to Irvine’s mayor in the aftermath. “Well, your police force is a disgrace.” After her texts were released, a spokesperson for Porter said the congresswoman was expressing her frustration with how long it took law enforcement to respond when fighting broke out, especially since her team had alerted police that “extremists were openly advertising their intention to disrupt the town hall.” Having served three terms in Congress, Porter is set to leave at the end of this term after mounting an unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid rather than run for re-election this year. Still, her name ID is strong — she spent the days leading up to the general election campaigning for other House Democratic candidates — and she is rumored to be considering a bid for California’s governor in 2026. A recent survey conducted by researchers at USC, Cal State Long Beach and Cal Poly Pomona found that the Irvine Democrat was the favorite among 14% of respondents who were asked to pick between 13 people, declared and potential candidates for governor. For now, Porter has said she plans to resume teaching at UC Irvine Law next year while she weighs other options. If the judge does grant the permanent restraining order at the upcoming hearing, it can last up to five years, according to court filings.Smokers have been urged to kick the habit in the new year after new analysis shows how much of their lives are lost by each cigarette smoked. Men lose 17 minutes of life with every cigarette they smoke while a woman’s life is cut short by 22 minutes with each cigarette, experts have estimated. This is more than previous estimates, which suggest that each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by 11 minutes. The new estimates, which suggest that each cigarette leads to 20 minutes loss of live on average across both genders, are based on more up-to-date figures from long-term studies tracking the health of the population. Researchers from University College London said that the harm caused by smoking is “cumulative” and the sooner a person stops smoking, and the more cigarettes they avoid smoking, the longer they live. The new analysis, commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care, suggests that if a 10-cigarettes-a-day smoker quits on January 1, then by January 8 they could “prevent loss of a full day of life”. By February 20, their lives could be extended by a whole week. And if their quitting is successful until August 5, they will likely live for a whole month longer than if they had continued to smoke. The authors added: “Studies suggest that smokers typically lose about the same number of healthy years as they do total years of life. Make 2025 the year you quit smoking for good. There’s lots of free support available to help you. Find out more 🔽 — WHH 🏥 (@WHHNHS) “Thus smoking primarily eats into the relatively healthy middle years rather than shortening the period at the end of life, which is often marked by chronic illness or disability. “So a 60-year-old smoker will typically have the health profile of a 70-year-old non-smoker.” The analysis, to be published in the Journal of Addiction, concludes: “We estimate that on average, smokers in Britain who do not quit lose approximately 20 minutes of life expectancy for each cigarette they smoke. “This is time that would likely be spent in relatively good health. “Stopping smoking at every age is beneficial but the sooner smokers get off this escalator of death the longer and healthier they can expect their lives to be.” Dr Sarah Jackson, principal research fellow from the UCL Alcohol and Tobacco Research Group, said: “It is vital that people understand just how harmful smoking is and how much quitting can improve their health and life expectancy. “The evidence suggests people lose, on average, around 20 minutes of life for each cigarette they smoke. “The sooner a person stops smoking, the longer they live. “Quitting at any age substantially improves health and the benefits start almost immediately. “It’s never too late to make a positive change for your health and there are a range of effective products and treatments that can help smokers quit for good.” There are so many reasons to quit smoking this New Year – for your health, for more money, and for your family. Make a fresh quit for 2025 – find tips and support at or — North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (@NTeesHpoolNHSFT) Health officials have said that smokers can find advice, support and resources with the NHS Quit Smoking app, as well as the online Personal Quit Plan. Public health minister Andrew Gwynne said: “Smoking is an expensive and deadly habit and these findings reveal the shocking reality of this addiction, highlighting how important it is to quit. “The new year offers a perfect chance for smokers to make a new resolution and take that step.” Commenting on the paper, Professor Sanjay Agrawal, special adviser on tobacco at the Royal College of Physicians, said: “Every cigarette smoked costs precious minutes of life, and the cumulative impact is devastating, not only for individuals but also for our healthcare system and economy. “This research is a powerful reminder of the urgent need to address cigarette smoking as the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the UK.”

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The use of antibiotics has risen by more than 21 percent since 2016, according to analysis of 67 countries, fueling fears about the threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic use is one of the main drivers of antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance, which is where infections do not respond to medicines, making them difficult to treat. "This growing resistance, fueled by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, can lead to more severe infections, higher mortality rates and increased healthcare costs," lead author of the study Eili Klein, senior fellow at the One Health Trust (OHT) and associate professor at John Hopkins, told Newsweek . Antimicrobial resistance is estimated to be associated with nearly five million deaths worldwide each year, according to a Lancet study. "The threat of antibiotic resistance is very real and poses a significant global health challenge," said Klein. "In the U.S. alone, an estimated 2.8 million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and 35,000 die as a result." He explained that antibiotic resistance could make common infections more difficult to treat, and that urinary tract infections (UTIs), for example, were increasingly leading to hospitalizations. Klein's team analyzed data on the sales of pharmaceutical drugs in 67 countries, from 2016 to 2023. They found that antibiotic sales in those countries increased by 16.3 percent, from 29.5 billion daily doses in 2016 to 34.3 billion daily doses in 2023. From those figures, they estimated that global antibiotic use increased by 20.9 percent overall, to 49.3 billion daily doses. Much of this uptick was due to middle-income countries, with pre-pandemic antibiotic rates rising by 9.8 percent—from 2016 to 2019—in middle-income countries, compared with a decrease of 5.8 percent in high-income countries in the same period. "While rising antibiotic use in low- and middle-income countries can be seen as a positive indicator of economic development and improved access to healthcare, it also poses significant risks, primarily due to the threat of antibiotic resistance," said Klein. The study found that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in significantly lower antibiotic rates across all income groups, but especially among high-income countries, whose antibiotic consumption fell by 17.8 percent in one year. The scientists projected that global antibiotic consumption could be expected to rise by 52.3 percent by 2030, to 75.1 billion daily doses. "There is no silver bullet to the problem of antibiotic resistance," said Klein, explaining that it required both the conservation of current antibiotics and the development of new treatments to treat bacterial infections . Klein said that much of the problem with antibiotic resistance was down to systemic issues, that would require political and cultural changes in medicine to solve. At an individual level, he said, people should be aware that antibiotics were effective for bacterial infections , not against viruses, and could come with side effects, such as diarrhea, yeast infections, skin rashes and possible allergic reactions. "The important thing is to listen to your physician and understand that the majority of colds in the winter are viral based," said Klein. "So, discuss with your provider the need for antibiotics and take them as directed, if indicated." Is there a health problem that's worrying you? Do you have a question about antibiotics? Let us know via health@newsweek.com. We can ask experts for advice and your story could be featured in Newsweek. Reference Klein, E. Y., Impalli, I., Poleon, S., Denoel, P., Cipriano, M., Van Boeckel, T. P., Pecetta, S., Bloom, D. E., Nandi, A. (2024). Global trends in antibiotic consumption during 2016–2023 and future projections through 2030, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (49). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2411919121Brendan Rodgers praises Celtic and Cameron Carter-Vickers’ mentality

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