South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus last week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. It’s unclear where the new variant actually arose, but it was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has now been seen in travelers […]
The Food and Drug Administration has just opened booster shots for the Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to all adults, expanding eligibility outside of the initial, vulnerable groups they were cleared for earlier this fall. Just over 16 percent of people in the United States who had an initial vaccine series have already received a booster shot. This expanded eligibility should […]
Your mind, like your physical body, is always capable of change for better or for worse. And the degree and nature of that change has less to do with age and more to do with action. Exercise is the single most important thing anyone can do to improve brain function and resiliency to disease, according […]
Eating too much fat can raise cholesterol, clog arteries, and contribute to the risk of stroke and other forms of heart disease — not to mention obesity, diabetes, cancer and a host of other conditions. However, as CNN reports, it’s the type of fat, not the amount, that appears to be the culprit when it […]
So, let’s face it, Facebook is having a really bad week. Three major players – Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – in the Social Media’sphere all had major outages that lasted for about 6 hours on Monday, which felt like an eternity to devotees. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and […]
CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner laid into influential podcast host and comedian Joe Rogan on the Don Lemon Tonight CNN program last week. In an Instagram post earlier in the day, Rogan revealed that he is currently fighting COVID-19, and went on to list the multiple unproven or disproven drugs he took in an […]
It’s been just three years since we lost a giant of the food, travel and journalism world in Anthony Bourdain, who died in 2018 at the age of 61. But this summer we’ll be getting yet another glimpse into his life when a documentary called Roadrunner is released in theaters and streaming, reports The Chicago […]
Over the last decade, hundreds of newspapers have disappeared largely due to Big Tech’s disruption of the ad market. Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on much when it comes to tech reform, whether it be content moderation or spinning off acquisitions, but they do seem to agree that local journalism needs saving. On Friday, a […]
The nation is inching closer to herd immunity almost two months into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as more than 1 million Americans get vaccinated per day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a large portion of the population waits to get vaccinated and questions arise around asymptomatic spread, immunized Americans wonder: Is […]
Anyone flying into the United States from the United Kingdom will have to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last Thursday. The agency cited concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus as the reason for the rule, which goes into effect Monday. […]