A nurse has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and was ordered to serve two years of extended supervision after engaging in a s+xual relationship with a patient and later falsely accusing him of s+xual a§§ault.

Melissa Knutson was convicted of misconduct in public office and obstructing an officer over the incident, which occurred in 2022 while she was working with the Monroe County Drug Court. She was responsible for administering Viv+trol, a medication used to treat substance ab¥se, to the patient.

According to prosecutors, when authorities began investigating the inappropriate relationship, Knutson alleged that the patient had s+xually a§§aulted her, claiming she stayed silent out of f£ar that he might h@rm her or her family.

However, text messages later obtained by investigators showed that she initiated the relationship and even vowed to deny everything if they were exposed. She later admitted the a§§ault claim was fabricated in an attempt to avoid the consequences.

Joy William, a US-based Nigerian registered nurse, has claimed that she earns in just two hours what a Nigerian doctor makes in an entire month.

She stated this via X on Monday, February 16, 2026 while addressing Nigerian doctors who “look down on nurses”

“For those of you Nigerian Dr who look down on Nurses just know that as a Registered Nurse, 2 hours is only what it takes me to earn what a Nigerian Doctor will earn in one month, she wrote.

“No long epistle, just a reminder that sometimes your destiny is heavily tied to your location.

“Same hard work. Same intelligence. Completely different reward.

“If life gives you the opportunity to grow, relocate, or level up… take it. Comfort zones rarely change bank accounts.

“Respect to every professional grinding back home, but never apologize for choosing a life that expands you.”

The Winter Olympic Village in Italy has reportedly run out of condoms just three days after the start of the Games, after Athletes use up 10,000 protection.

“The supplies ran out in just three days,” an anonymous athlete told the Italian newspaper, La Stampa. “They promised us more will arrive, but who knows when.”

Organizers typically distribute thousands of free condoms to athletes staying in the Olympic Village as part of a long-standing public health initiative aimed at promoting safe sex during the Games. However, this year’s supply was quickly depleted within 72 hours, according to reports circulating from inside the Village.

The anonymous athlete blamed the Olympic organisers, saying they had not been “particularly generous with the numbers”. “In Paris the athletes received 300,000 condoms – two per day each – but the numbers for these Winter Games were significantly lower: not even 10,000,” La Stampa’s report states.

Last week the governor of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, insisted the topic should not be a cause of embarrassment. “Yes, we provide free condoms to athletes in the Olympic village,” he said in a social media post. “If this seems strange to some, they’re unaware of the established Olympic practice. It began in Seoul 1988 to raise awareness among athletes and young people about sexually transmitted disease prevention— a topic that shouldn’t cause embarrassment.”

Fontana also shared an Instagram post by the Spanish figure skater Olivia Smart, in which she showed her followers condoms stamped with the yellow Lombardy Region logo. “I found them,” she says in the clip, which has gone viral. “They have everything you need.”

This year’s Winter Olympics has around 2,900 athletes from 92 different national committees participating in 116 different events across 16 disciplines. These 2026 games do have the highest percentage of female athletes (47%) in Winter Games history.