It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and as new cases continue to soar across multiple states, international health authorities from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) say they will meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation it has held for 25 years. As […]
The TikTok deal is done, and users across the country breathed a big sigh of relief to know that their favorite social media app was saved. But that feeling of relief has quickly turned to worry. As PCMag reports, TikTok now has a new privacy policy that’s already been put into effect, and users are […]
More than 1 million Americans were without power Sunday afternoon as a historic winter storm barreled across large portions of the U.S. As Fox Weather reports, as of 11:30PM EST, Tennessee was the hardest-hit state, with over 256,000 customers experiencing outages. Mississippi followed with over 157,000 outages, while Louisiana reported over 123,000, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Significant outages […]
While there’s a “food holiday” for just about everything you love to eat, it turns out there are actually two separate days every year when people come together to celebrate pie: National Pie Day on January 23 and Pi Day on March 14. As you can imagine, it’s easy to confuse the two occasions when there’s, say, free pie […]
When people say opposites attract, they’re really talking about Levi’s latest campaign. As Hypebae reports, centered around combining both preppy and edgy pieces that are made to clash, the brand turned to someone who instinctively lives in the space between polish and grit to bring the campaign to life. Enter: Dev Hynes. The true style innovator, musician/producer/composer/songwriter, took the […]
On January 22nd, it’s National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day. It’s not a joke! There is in fact a day dedicated to trying to decipher what our feline friends are trying to ask us. Although speech bubbles are unfortunately not provided, it is a day to really listen to our cat’s every meow and try […]
It’s that time of year when temperatures drop to near or below the freezing mark, wind, snow and blizzard-like conditions become more frequent across the U.S. On average, weather-related vehicle crashes kill more than 6,200 people and injure more than 480,000 per year across the nation. To make sure you get to your destination safely, […]
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States. It is a condition in which elevated eye pressure may damage the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain. There are many different types of glaucoma, but the most common type in the United […]
You just bought some shrubs at your home and garden center. Can you plant them now, or try to keep them healthy in the pots until Spring? Danny Lipford of Today’s Homeowner says to go ahead and plant them. Even though it’s late in the season, your shrubs will be happier in the ground than […]
The data centers that power the artificial intelligence revolution are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon, according to energy experts. As CNBC reports, residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according to the most recent data from the Energy Information Administration. […]