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A magic, wild, meaty treat. I am not an animal, a plant, or a mineral. Take a minute to get your head around what a crafty 20 Questions choice that makes me, infuriating little brothers and sisters on car rides everywhere. “What is it?” they shout, to which their torturer finally answers: I, mushroom, am […]
Paul Biris via Getty ImagesIt’s incredibly important to inform people when you’ve been infected with the virus. If you test positive for COVID-19, there are guidelines you should follow to protect your health and the health of others. One important step is to notify anyone you may have exposed to the coronavirus about your test […]
Almonds are the healthy nut (only not). If you’ve never seen a harvest machine shake my tree, sending almond fruits spraying into the sky like an explosion of glinting confetti, I recommend googling it for a small thrill. Then, next time you encounter a farmer who calls his wares “ammonds,” you’ll understand the joke when […]
Weeks of social distancing at home and concern about the pandemic bringing you down? You’re not alone. A group of researchers from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Harvard Medical School released results from a survey they conducted in the second half of May, and 55% of people said they were more stressed than […]
To get a good strength-training workout, you don’t necessarily need to push heavy weights. Or even move anything at all. And it’s all thanks to isometric exercises, or strength training moves that challenge your muscles without putting them through the normal range of motion you’d expect. (A strength-training workout where you can stay put in […]
(Reuters) – TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. Social media users on platforms including the popular video-sharing app have said they completed the free online registration for […]
The story of tomatoes is somewhat of an American love story. You know me as pure warm-weather joy. You know that when you eat me whole like a fruit (that’s what I am!), I’ll burst all over your shirt if you don’t slurp carefully. What you might not know is that while I feel like […]
New York public schools should start preparing plans to reopen this fall, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday it’s too early to know for sure whether that will happen. The state will issue guidelines to schools at the beginning of June detailing what they need to do to reopen, and schools will be required to […]
Students eat their lunch on desks with plastic partitions as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus at Dajia Elementary School in Taipei, Taiwan on April 29, 2020. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images Several Asian economies appear to have contained the spread of the coronavirus within their borders, with the […]
May 10, 2020 When it comes to sex, it’s not uncommon for people to wonder what others are doing. What happens behind closed doors? How often do people have sex? What activities have they tried? A similar case could be made for pornography. Just how much porn do men and women consume? What types of […]
Hospitals across the U.S. have begun to plan how they will reopen for elective procedures. Several states, including Florida, Georgia, and Oregon, have already lifted restrictions on nonessential medical procedures. According to a report released by accounting firm Crowe LLP, hospitals saw patient volumes decrease by 56% between March 1 and April 15, translating to […]
Although they only live 15 minutes away from each another, Cheryl Norton and her daughter Kelsey Kerr had not touched one another in a month — and that was tough for them. “We’ve always been big huggers,” Kerr, 28, explained to Good Morning America on Wednesday. “And it’s been pretty unusual.” The mother and daughter have […]
Despite repeated advice from the medical community that naming diseases after their place of origin has no benefit and actually causes harm, President Donald Trump and some conservative media figures continue to use the phrase “Chinese Virus” to describe the new coronavirus. In 2015, the World Health Organization issued new guidelines for naming new infectious diseases […]
Roughly half of working Americans say they’ve gone to work sick within the past 12 months, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. Forty-seven percent of Americans who work part- or full-time say they’ve gone to work sick in the last year because they couldn’t take time off or because they felt they shouldn’t do so, according […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That’s the conclusion of Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the […]