In response to the rapidly growing number of reported cases erupting around the country and the world, last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that he was declaring the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). The declaration signals an […]
As Food Safety News reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets certain lots of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products raw cat food after samples from these lots tested positive for Salmonella. The FDA recommended that Arrow Reliance Inc. voluntarily recall these products and notify the public, but […]
YouTube is testing a new mobile app feature with its premium subscribers that allows them to zoom in on any video. As noted by 9to5Google, the latest opt-in experimental feature enables a pinch-to-zoom gesture for videos — and it works both in portrait and full-screen landscape view. According to the company, the zoom feature will remain in […]
H&M wants the world to Move, and it has brought in heavy hitters Jane Fonda and JaQuel Knight to help them do it. As AdWeek reports, the retailer has set its sights on “democratizing sportswear” with the launch of a new brand, H&M Move that “aims to equip the world with stylish and functionable ‘movewear’ […]
Sometimes celebrity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza. Back in September 2020, the iconic item seemed washed up, when the chain announced plans to pull their spin on a pizza off the menu by November. But as Food & Wine reported, a groundswell of support emerged, including a grassroots petition […]
As AccuWeather reports, heavy thunderstorms on Friday dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain over the Death Valley National Park in just three hours, resulting in flash flooding that damaged dozens of vehicles, closed roads throughout the park and trapped roughly 1,000 visitors and staff, officials said. “Rain this weekend was a historic event,” the […]
An argument could be made that Top Chef was running low on new locations. The competitive cooking show started out in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami but more recently found itself in lovely, but less high-profile food destinations like Charleston, Colorado, and Kentucky. And so, for Season 20, Top Chef has decided to break new ground in two respects: basing the show […]
The final supermoon of 2022 will rise just as the dog days of summer come to a close, but it could have a negative effect on a separate hotly anticipated astronomical event. The conclusion of the dog days of summer will kick off a flurry of astronomical events in the night sky, including two highly-anticipated […]
If we’re to believe the headlines (and there are many of them), long shorts — Bermudas, jorts, culottes, capris, or whatever you want to call them — are BACK, and they’re the preferred bottoms for the summer. As Fashionista pointed out, the writing’s been on the wall, arguably, since that Miu Miu collection (the micro mini wasn’t the only breakout): It may have been a slower burn, but […]
On Sunday, Senate Democrats managed to pass a sweeping healthcare, tax and climate change bill that will allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug costs — a significant political win as the party tries to send a message before the midterm election that it is delivering on its promises. The drug-price plan is the centerpiece of […]