insert_link Health & Wellness How to Keep your Dry January Healthy Habits Going All Year Long Dry January, the annual no-alcohol challenge, offers a reprieve, a reset, a chance to reflect on the influence alcohol has on our lives. People vow to trade the haze of a hangover for 31 days of mental clarity. As USA Today reports, the popular trend can have a range of health benefits, including feeling more alert and well rested, along with other perks. “That’s a lot of the reasons why […] todayJanuary 26, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness Should You Shower Every Day? To shower or not to shower, that is the question. Because in 2021, the second year of a deadly global pandemic, the people, the celebrities and the internet is mulling over proper bathing habits. Earlier this month, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis caused quite a stir when they came on Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast and revealed they don't shower every day... at least not with soap. "I don't wash my body with soap every day," Kunis said, clarifying she […] todayAugust 11, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Canada opens borders to Fully Vaccinated Americans American tourists can now visit Canada for the first time since the pandemic. USA Today reports that Canada opened its borders to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The moment couldn't arrive any sooner for loved ones who've been apart for more than a year, and many Canadian business owners are excited for vaccinated American visitors. “Let’s get this thing going,” said Joel Villanueva, owner […] todayAugust 10, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Facebook will help you find and book a COVID-19 vaccination Facebook has announced that it's launching a tool that will show "when and where you can get vaccinated" for COVID-19, and provide a link to help you make an appointment. The new feature will show in its COVID-19 Information Center and is arriving when the US and other countries are starting to vaccinate adults. The aim is "to help bring 50 million people a step closer to getting COVID-19 vaccines," […] todayMarch 16, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness COVID baby boom? No, 2020 triggered a baby bust – and that will have lasting impacts Early in the pandemic, there were jokes about quarantines prompting a baby boom, but roughly nine months since COVID-19 triggered a national emergency in the U.S., experts are reporting a baby bust. Whether social distancing urged romantic partners to meet less, or financial strain and child care uncertainty caused families to hit pause on having kids, the coronavirus pandemic has led to a decline in both planned and unplanned pregnancies, experts […] todayDecember 23, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness When a COVID-19 Vaccine is finally ready, who will get it and how will it be distributed? While we don't really know when a COVID-19 vaccine will arrive, but we’re starting to know how it will be distributed. USA Today conducted interviews with logistics experts, immunization professionals and pharmaceutical distribution specialists, together with recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planning documents, to get a clearer picture of how coronavirus vaccines will get from manufacturers into the arms of millions of Americans. Here's what they found […] todaySeptember 8, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Is Hair Loss the Latest Side Effect of COVID-19? Patients recovering from COVID-19 may be susceptible to losing their hair, USA Today reported last week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't list hair loss as a consequence of COVID-19, but more than 27% of 1,100 people who responded to a Survivor Corps Facebook poll said they lost hair. Dr. Michele Green, a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, has seen an influx of […] todayAugust 11, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Facebook and Google let employees work from home through 2021, and Twitter says, maybe forever? First Facebook and Google said they will let employees continue working from home for the rest of the year, announcing plans to reopen their offices soon but allowing more home working flexibility. Google's Sundar Pichai originally stated the tech giant would keep its work from home policy until 1 June, but is extending it for seven more months. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg said the company would reopen its offices on 6 […] todayMay 15, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink Will Meat be the next thing we can’t find on Grocery Store shelves? The U.S. is in danger of a meat shortage following closures amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the CEO of a major pork processing company said this week. Smithfield Foods CEO Kenneth Sullivan issued a statement confirming that the company's Sioux Falls, SD, facility will be closed until further notice. This comes after USA Today reported that 238 cases of coronavirus were linked to the plant. Sullivan warned that closures such […] todayApril 14, 2020
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