Only 5 percent of the 1,160 respondents said they will wear masks during sex (the rest, presumably, were undecided). On top of that, 26 percent of participants said they were concerned about contracting an STI from sex with a new partner, but only 19 percent were worried about sex exposing them to coronavirus. And only 18 percent said they would get tested for COVID-19 after sexual intercourse with a new partner....
RELATED: If You See This Inside Any Business Right Now, Leave Immediately, Experts Say.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The latest research on the matter, published in the journal Physics of Fluids on July 21, comes from the University of Waterloo in Canada. To test their effectiveness, a team of researchers simulated breathing using CPR mannequins in a large, unventilated room while wearing different types of masks, including three-ply cloth masks, surgical masks, N95 masks, and KN95 masks....
RELATED: If You Feel This in Your Throat, Get Checked for Cancer. Most of the tell-tale symptoms of lung cancer are respiratory in nature. For exactly this reason, patients often disregard one little-known symptom that doesn’t fit the standard profile: a persistently hoarse voice. “Hoarseness is a less-known symptom of lung cancer,” explains the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. “If you are experiencing longer episodes of hoarseness, you should contact your GP practice,” the organization’s experts write....
RELATED: Unvaccinated People Will Be Barred From Here Completely, Starting Feb. 21.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Vaccine requirements in Boston are expanding this week. Starting Feb. 15, anyone 12 years of age or older will be required to show proof of full COVID vaccination to enter certain businesses in the city like restaurants, theaters, sporting venues, bars, and clubs, NBC 10 Boston reported. Mayor Michelle Wu first announced this order, B Together, in December, with the first deadline falling on Jan....
RELATED: This One Thing Is Disappearing From 300 Walmart Stores. If you’re looking to redecorate your home in the near future, you may want to leave painting off your to-do list. Experts say it could be hard to find the paint you need. “Some of the most common used paints are out of stock,” Mike Marcewicz, founder of Mike’s Painting and Home Improvements, told Bay News 9. According to Chemical & Engineering News, paint makers are not receiving their full orders of raw materials and having to pay higher prices for the supply they do get, which has led to a fewer paint products hitting store shelves....
READ THIS NEXT: TSA Will Finally Let Travelers Do This, Starting Now. After struggling for years to cope with a lack of passengers, major airlines now find themselves contending with the issue of plenty of travelers but too few employees to fly or crew their planes. Now, some U.S. carriers have resorted to scaling back their schedules to keep operations manageable and reduce the likelihood of delays or cancellations.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb On Aug....
RELATED: Delta Will No Longer Fly to These 3 Cities, Starting Jan. 9. In an effort to manage ongoing disruptions, American Airlines will soon be reducing the number of flights it operates from six major cities, Simple Flying reported. Starting in February, flights from Los Angeles to El Paso will be cut from three a day to just one, while Los Angeles to Denver will be getting its service reduced from up to three daily flights to just six weekly flights....
READ THIS NEXT: If You Shop at Walmart, Get Ready for This “Fantastic” New Change. The annual inflation rate in the U.S. reached a 40-year-high of 9.1 percent in June 2022, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It dropped slightly to 8.5 percent in July, but it’s still significantly higher than normal and it’s clearly affecting shoppers and retailers alike. Walmart recently revealed that high inflation is causing customers to spend more of their money on necessities like food and less on items like clothing and electronics, CNBC reported....
Cohen and Cooper recently hosted CNN New Year’s celebration show for the fifth time together. This put their friendship in the spotlight again—particularly because a tipsy Cohen made headlines for being “overserved” on live TV—and so Cohen was once again asked about the idea of dating Cooper when he appeared on The Howard Stern Show earlier this week. Read on to see what the Bravo star had to say about why he and Cooper have never pursued a relationship....
RELATED: If You’re Charging Your iPhone Like This, Apple Says Stop Immediately. In a support document published on June 25, Apple warned that the magnets used in many of their products could potentially interfere with implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. The company advises that a wide list of their devices should be kept “a safe distance away from your medical device” of more than six inches and more than 12 inches when it’s wirelessly charging....
RELATED: Taking Too Much of This Supplement Makes Your Cancer Risk Soar, Study Says. Breakthrough bleeding between periods, or metrorrhagia, is common and therefore easy to dismiss. Though it most often doesn’t signal a serious underlying condition, it can be among the first signs of cervical cancer.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Though everyone’s body is different, an average menstrual cycle lasts between 25 and 30 days, and most women will menstruate for between two and seven days within that cycle....
READ THIS NEXT: The Worst Meryl Streep Movie of All Time, According to Critics. Cooper is not only playing Bernstein, he’s also directing Maestro and co-wrote the movie with Josh Singer. The A Star Is Born filmmaker was originally asked about playing the West Side Story composer when Steven Spielberg was interested in helming the movie; he later passed off directing duties to Cooper. During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in January, Cooper said that Spielberg told him he should direct the movie after Cooper shared some footage with him from his directorial debut....
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) put out an Aug. 21 COVID-19 alert encouraging residents of Danbury to stay home due to the significant spike in cases in the area. According to a statement from the DPH, “Between August 2 to 20, Danbury recorded at least 178 new COVID-19 cases, a sharp increase over the previous two-week period when only 40 new cases were recorded.” This represents a 345 percent rise in new cases....
According to the study, published in Social Science Research Network, couples who dated for one to two years before their engagement were 20 percent less likely to divorce than couples who dated under a year. This number shoots up to 39 percent when you tack on another year of dating.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb This finding should be a warning to all those eager to jump into marriage moments after meeting each other. The years preceding your marriage are when you get to really know someone....
RELATED: Ranking Every James Bond Movie, From Worst Reviewed to Best. According to the Daily Mail, in the interview now published in Candis magazine, Craig said, “‘Isn’t there an old adage that if you die a rich person, you’ve failed?” the actor said. “I think Andrew Carnegie [an American industrialist] gave away what in today’s money would be about 11 billion dollars, which shows how rich he was because I’ll bet he kept some of it, too....
RELATED: 71 Percent of Women Notice This a Month Before a Heart Attack, Study Says. Peter Bailey, MD, a family practice physician and expert contributor for Test Prep Insight, says that difficulty breathing while walking could be a clear indicator that you may experience a heart attack soon. “If you feel short of breath, or your body starts to naturally breathe in short shallow breaths, almost like you’re gasping for air after being underwater, it could definitely be the early signs of a heart attack,” he explains....
According to a Dec. 2020 study published in PLOS One, trained dogs can actually detect coronavirus in humans by sniffing sweat from their armpits. In the study, 177 individuals—95 of whom had symptomatic cases of COVID-19 and 82 of whom neither tested positive for COVID-19 nor had symptoms of the virus—had their underarm sweat tested by a group of six dogs trained in scent-based detection. Three of the dogs involved in the study had been trained to sniff out explosives, two were trained in colon cancer detection, and one had been trained as a search and rescue dog....
As millions hit the road and skies to celebrate with their loved ones, some experts are ringing the alarm on the potential surge that such behavior could create—especially since we’re not through feeling the effects of the last holiday. “The virus transmission that took place during the Thanksgiving period has brought many health systems across this country to the brink of failure and we are still not yet finished seeing that impact,” John Brownstein, MD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, told ABC News....
READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Warns All Vaccinated People “It Is So Important” to Do This Now. During a May 18 interview with NHK, top White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, said the pandemic has inflicted more trouble on the U.S. than even pessimistic health officials were anticipating. President Joe Biden just announced on May 12 that the country was approaching a tragic milestone of one million COVID deaths....
He followed up that statement by telling the show’s host, Kate Linebaugh, that “each state is different” and it’s “not for me to say” which ones should shut down, but he referenced the success New York had stopping the spread with its commitment to lockdown.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Earlier in the interview, Fauci said, “We’ve got to just tighten things up,” giving a general recommendation for coronavirus hotspots to “close the bars,” ensure that indoor restaurants have “very good seating,” and require patrons to wear masks and abide by social distancing guidelines....
