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Read on to see what the former teen idols shared about their early relationship and why they decided to talk about it now. READ THIS NEXT: See ’90s Teen Idol Mark-Paul Gosselaar Now at 48. Hey Dude ran for five seasons over three years. At the time that the show started airing, Taylor and Lascher were both 17. Taylor played Melody Hansen, who was a dance teacher and lifeguard at the ranch, and Lascher played Ted McGriff, another staff member....

READ THIS NEXT: 126 Christmas Jokes That’ll Make You Fa-La-La-Laugh Out Loud. 164 Best Christmas Puns for the Holiday Season Be sure to reserve a little Christmas spirit this holiday season. If you’re having a hard time getting there on your own, just refer to the funny Christmas puns below. We’ve even sprinkled a few jokes in there to help turn things around. Funny Christmas Puns for All Ages READ THIS NEXT: 65 Fun Christmas Facts to Get You in the Holiday Spirit....

On Sept. 14, the Boston Globe reported that Clarks could be closing up to a quarter of the brand’s U.S. retail stores by the end of 2021, knocking the number of stateside locations down from 214 to “somewhere in the mid-100s,” according to Clarks Americas president Gary Champion. “We overextended our brick-and-mortar portfolio,” he explained. (Company representatives say that number of store closures is not definitive.) This isn’t the first setback for the brand in recent months, however....

A Japanese study, which was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on Oct. 3, set out to determine how long the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) could survive on different surfaces such as stainless steel, glass, plastic, and human skin compared to a common strain of the flu, influenza A virus. The researchers found that the novel coronavirus remains active for longer on all surfaces, including human skin. In comparison to the more than nine hours COVID can live on your epidermis, the flu virus only survives for 1....

“In the same way we know that masks can serve to decrease transmission, I want to use tests to decrease transmission,” Michael Mina, MD, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology and a faculty member in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in a call with press on Aug. 7. “The way to do that, is to use cheap tests that are highly accurate to detect someone at the moment they are transmitting....

READ THIS NEXT: The 7 Best Dogs for Beginners, Vets Say. Americans love their dogs—and that’s an understatement. According to a report from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), they are by far the most owned pet in the U.S., with nearly 50 million homes across the country having at least one dog. But pooches are more than just pets to many of us. In 2019, a survey conducted by SpotOn found that 98 percent of all dogs owners nationwide consider their dogs to be members of the family....

RELATED: Walmart Just Made This Major Announcement for All Shoppers. The days of $1 products at Dollar Tree might be over soon. In a quarterly earnings report released Nov. 23, the company announced that it will be raising the prices on the majority of its products to $1.25 by the first quarter of 2022. “For 35 years, Dollar Tree has managed through inflationary periods to maintain the everything-for-one-dollar philosophy that distinguished Dollar Tree and made it one of the most successful retail concepts for three decades,” the discount chain said in its announcement....

READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Just Sent This Major Warning to All Americans—Even the Vaccinated. There has been several forms of the coronavirus over the last two years. Some of the most notable have been the Delta variant, which hit over summer 2021, and the Omicron variant, which surged this past winter. But neither of those versions of the virus are dominant in the U.S. anymore. For the past month or so, BA....

Fauci expressed concern that while we may not have witnessed the full severity of the expected Thanksgiving surge yet, we could experience an even worse increase as a result of Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter holidays. Read on to see why the top infectious disease doctor thinks we’re in for a hard winter, and for more on his thoughts on keeping the novel coronavirus in check, consider Dr. Fauci Says This Is When You “Don’t Have Any Choice” But to Lock Down....

The country is “right in the middle of the first wave,” Fauci said in a livestreamed interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association. Currently, the U.S. is experiencing between 50,000 and 60,000 new coronavirus cases every day. “If we don’t get them down, then we’re going to have a really bad situation in the fall,” he said.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter....

RELATED: If You Got Moderna or J&J, Dr. Fauci Says Here’s When You Can Get a Booster. White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, discussed booster shots and FDA panel recommendations on Oct. 17 during an interview on ABC’s This Week with co-anchor Martha Raddatz. When asked about recent booster recommendations for the 15 million recipients of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the advisor said that the data presented showed that “very likely, this should have been a two-dose vaccine to begin with....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Drink Your Coffee Like This, Your Cancer Risk Could Skyrocket, Study Says. Earlier this year, data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session found that drinking coffee—two to three cups each day in particular—actually lowers your risk of heart disease and dangerous heart rhythms. Researchers suggested that coffee is a beneficial addition to your diet, as coffee beans have over 100 biologically active compounds....

1 Gigantic, Terrifying Waves A drone sent by NOAA and Saildrone Inc. to gather data from the heart of Hurricane Fiona shows massive 50 ft waves and dramatic 100 mph winds. Fiona has left 470,000 people without power, in what is being called the strongest storm in Canadian history. “It’s shocking the damage that we’re seeing,” Premier Houston says. “We’re seeing devastating images come out of Port aux Basques,” says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau....

RELATED: Eating This Once a Week Slashes Risk of Alzheimer’s by 34 Percent, Study Says. A study published on June 7 in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia set out to better understand the connection between foods high in refined carbohydrates and the long-term risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers analyzed data from the Three-City Study to test their hypothesis, narrowing down 9,294 participants from France aged 65 and older. The pool was then reduced to a subsample of 2,777 and given food questionnaires that covered all daily meals and the snacks in between them, recording everything from activity levels and total calorie intake to how closely a person followed a Mediterranean-like diet and type-2 diabetes status, Eating Well reports....

1 Musk Says He Lives Modestly, Close to Work Musk—who is estimated to have a net worth of $268 billion—said Thursday on the Full Send podcast that his primary residence is a three-bedroom house in Boca Chica, Texas, which he purchased for its proximity to SpaceX headquarters. “It cost like $45,000 or something,” Musk said on the podcast. “It’s very small.” The home is within walking distance of the facility where SpaceX is working on building “a giant rocket,” said Musk....

The CDC recently published a case study about this occurrence, which took place in Heilongjiang Province in China. Though the area hadn’t recorded any new cases of coronavirus since mid-March, on April 9, there were suddenly four new confirmed cases. It only took until April 22 to reach a peak of 71 new cases in the area. After testing the viral genomes of all of those infected, the Chinese CDC concluded that all of these cases originated from a single carrier....

RELATED: Vaccinated People Who Get the Delta Variant Have This in Common, WHO Says. On July 27, CDC officials held a press briefing where they announced the agency’s updated mask guidance and discussed the virus’ spread with the now-dominant Delta variant. According to the CDC’s data, 8 in 10 sequenced COVID cases are infected with Delta, as of right now—and that’s concerning, because the variant has notable differences compared to previously dominant strains....

Many experts agree you’ll see the most sustainable results by making smaller, more measurable commitments. Ryan Haddon, a life coach and head of programming at Sage + Sound’s The Study says the first step is to acknowledge what’s already working for you and build from there. “The new year is a great time to simply tweak what’s off-center and realign what’s already well underway,” she tells Best Life. “Take an honest look at what’s working and what’s out of balance by doing a personal inventory, and then outline decisive action around small ways to create big wins for yourself....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Just Urged Vaccinated People Not to Do This. In a Nov. 12 interview on The New York Times’ podcast The Daily, Fauci spoke to host Michael Barbaro about the current state of COVID in the U.S., and what happens next as we head into the winter, a time when the virus tends to surge. As Fauci put it, the COVID situation is a “mixed bag” right now, with the country headed in the right direction, but with some clear signs of trouble....

Read on to find out more about Shatner and Takei’s rocky relationship and to see what else Takei had to say in his new interview. READ THIS NEXT: William Shatner & This Star Trek Co-Star Have Been Feuding For 50 Years. Shatner and Takei both starred on the original Star Trek TV series, which premiered in 1966. Shatner played Captain Kirk while Takei portrayed Hikaru Sulu. The show ended in 1969, and the actors went on to appear in several Star Trek spinoff movies....