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Twitter removed a false tweet by Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani touting one of the president’s favorite, untested, drugs to battle COVID-19. Giuliani quoted parts of another tweet from a right-wing conspiracy theorist falsely claiming that the drug hydroxychloroquine proved to have a “100% effective rate treating COVID-19, according to a screenshot of the deleted tweet in Mediaite. […]
Twitter deleted reckless tweets about coronavirus on Monday that were posted by conservative former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. Clarke then claimed he was leaving the social media platform because of its “conservative speech control.” Twitter removed at least three of Clarke’s messages because they violated the company’s policies against messages encouraging self-harm, The Washington […]
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“I just booked my first-ever smear test. It’s taken years of building up the courage. I’m 29 years old. I’m a sexual abuse survivor. “Today something clicked and I managed to book the appointment. “Group hug?” With more than 3,000 comments, 1,000 retweets and close to 55,000 “likes”, Anneli Roberts soon discovered her request on […]
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Clif Bar vs. Kind Bar: Which One Is Healthier? – Health Top Navigation Close Explore Health Profile Menu Follow us Close Share options Close View image Clif Bar Started a Hilarious Twitter Feud With Kind Bar—but Which Is Really Healthier? this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. […]
Social media is a curious beast when it comes to mental health. On the one hand, it contributes to anxiety and other mental health issues. On the other, it can help us feel less alone when coping with those same things. Allure digital wellness editor Rosemary Donahue demonstrated the latter last week when she posed […]
To the delight of many viewers, a film about menstruation and period taboos won an Oscar on Sunday night. “I can’t believe a movie about menstruation just won an Oscar!” Rayka Zehtabchi, director of “Period. End Of Sentence,” cried while accepting the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Producer Melissa Berton added: “A period should […]
Riverdale star Lili Reinhart recently announced she would be taking time away from Twitter and now she's explaining more about why. In a series of Instagram Stories, per Cosmopolitan, Reinhart described how the constant onslaught of strangers' opinions was taking a toll on her mental health. "Re: the Twitter situation," Reinhart wrote yesterday. "Unless you're […]
Gwyneth Paltrow is many things ― Oscar-winner, wellness guru and mom ― but she might have overestimated her influence just a touch when she suggested that she is behind yoga’s popularity. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday, the Goop founder said: “I remember when I started doing yoga and people were like, ‘What […]
No one can seriously call french fries are “healthy” and keep a straight face, but one Harvard researcher has managed to depress the world by revealing just how bad they are for you. Last year, Eric Rimm, a Harvard Epidemiology and Nutrition professor, co-authored a study for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the […]
Twitter users were appalled on Wednesday when an official with the Department of Health and Human Services decided to celebrate Halloween by tweeting an insensitive joke about Medicare. Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which falls under HHS, joked on Twitter that the “scariest Halloween costume” would be a […]
Chrissy Teigen’s ensemble was undeniably a standout look at the 2018 Emmy Awards. But while countless fans fawned over her stunning silver dress on social media, one troll chimed in with something that’s just not acceptable. “I’m asking this with the utmost respectful [sic], but is @chrissyteigenpregnant again?” the user wrote. We all know Teigen isn’t […]
A viral Twitter thread is seriously resonating with moms who have experienced the joy (yes, that is sarcasm) of taking public transit while pregnant. Last week, U.K.-based writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy tweeted about an experience she had on a London bus journey. Well it finally happened in my 8th month of pregnancy, I just sat on a man’s […]
Depression is more than just feeling extremely sad. It can be an excruciating, all-consuming condition that can affect every part of your life. One of the more challenging symptoms? Feeling like even the smallest of tasks ― making your bed, doing laundry or going to the grocery store ― are completely insurmountable. Author M. Molly […]