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According to a media watchdog site, videos that have warned viewers about the breathing dangers of wearing a mask are going viral and have received a combined total of at least 700,000 views on YouTube. The videos have also been shared on Facebook, getting a combined total of more than 400,000 engagements as of July 6. But, according to numerous medical organizations, that notion is false. “There’s been some speculation on social media that wearing a mask can cause you to rebreathe the carbon dioxide you exhale and make you sick,” the Cleveland Clinic makes clear....

Pet food brand I And Love And You conducted a survey of 2,000 American online dating users and found that two in five have “swiped right,” or expressed interest in another user just because they had a dog featured in their picture. The respondents admitted that they often “wanted to meet the dog” in people’s profile pictures more than they actually wanted to meet the person. Most of the respondents (63 percent) said that having a cute dog in their online profile picture has actually helped them find success with online dating, as well....

RELATED: This Former The View Star Just Said She’d Never Co-Host Again. Full House alum Candace Cameron-Bure grew up on TV, along with her famous brother Kirk Cameron. Both Camerons have espoused conservative values, and that actually became a major sticking point for Cameron Bure during her View stint. During an interview on ABC’s Behind the Table podcast, Cameron Bure admitted that she felt a lot of pressure to represent conservative viewpoints on the show, People reported....

Ekland was 25 when she appeared in The Man With the Golden Gun as Bond girl Mary Goodnight. “Being a Bond girl has, in many ways, been the gift which never stops giving,” the actor told Platinum (via The Daily Mail). “It has offered me nothing but joy.” However, the pressure to keep up her appearance in Hollywood brought her anything but.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb She said she had plastic surgery when she was in her 50s, and described her lip augmentation specifically as the “biggest mistake of [her] life....

Over the last year, similar department store chains including Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, and Lord & Taylor have all filed for bankruptcy, a sign of how tough conditions have been. For the full story of Belk’s problems and what this means for the brand, read on. And for another store that’s sadly going away, check out This Beloved Store Is Closing All Its U.S. Locations. Belk was founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk using a $750 investment and $500 loan to open his first store in Monroe, North Carolina....

But that doesn’t mean that Fauci doesn’t have a few of his own regrets. Yes, he typically focuses on the concrete measures we can all take to stay safe, but every so often the immunologist treats us to a more reflective side. In a recent interview with PIX11 News, host Dan Mannarino asked Fauci to describe his “one regret about the handling of COVID-19,” and the doctor was characteristically candid....

Eye health may sometimes take a backseat to your other health concerns, but it’s worth considering as a key part of your everyday wellness: Approximately 93 million adults in the United States are at risk of serious vision loss, but only half have seen an eye doctor in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Improve your eye health by nixing these habits that are silently hurting your eyes and vision....

Using data from their 2017 General Social Survey, the IFS found that 20 percent of men and 13 percent of women say they’ve had sex with someone other than their spouse. But later, among those aged 50 to 69, about 24 percent of men cheat, compared to 16 percent of women. After that, during ages 70 to 79, 13 percent of women cheat, while 26 percent of men cheat. Interestingly enough, the number remains relatively high for men in their later years, too: 24 percent of men 80 years or older report cheating while only 6 percent of women say the same....

Editor’s note: Net worth is defined as the value of assets you have in the bank and any properties you own minus outstanding debt (otherwise known as liabilities). The median household net worth in the U.S. is $121,700. Median is the middle point where half the households have more and half have less. ** A household in the U.S. has an average net worth of $692,100. Average includes all households, including extremely high net worth individuals, which is why that figure is always going to be high....

According to Finder’s Black Friday Shopping Report, 64 percent of Americans said they’d regretted buying a sale item. And while big-ticket electronics may have a greater effect on your bank account, the individuals polled said that clothing and shoes topped their list of purchasing regrets. The average cost of a regretful wardrobe addition? $72.02. However, while many folks may find themselves wondering what they were thinking when looking over their Black Friday clothing haul, that’s not the only purchase shoppers came to regret....

According to The Daily Beast, a phony bulletin with the official CDC letterhead Photoshopped onto it claims that N95 masks should not be used as protection against COVID-19 and that face masks can actually hurt your health. The latter statement is a myth that’s been debunked numerous times by medical experts. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not recommend that the general public wear N95 respirator masks to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including coronavirus (COVID-19),” the doctored document reads....

The analytics and advisory company recently set out to discover which job is the most untrustworthy of them all in the eyes of Americans. At the end of 2020, Gallup conducted telephone interviews with 1,018 randomly selected U.S. adults. They were given a list of different industries and asked how they would rate these workers’ honesty and ethics standards, either as “very high,” “high,” “average,” “low,” or “very low.” From there, the survey conductors ranked the professions based on the percent of respondents who gave them above-average ratings of “high” or “very high....

While other states across the country have begun expanding access to vaccines for citizens, Rhode Island is the only one that remains in its first phase of the rollout, strictly limiting access to frontline healthcare workers and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities, The New York Times reports. Local officials say the slow transition into larger groups is the result of a strategy to get the right people inoculated early on....

RELATED: If You’re Offered This on a Plane, Just Say No, Flight Attendants Warn. If you’ve gotten a seat in the back of the plane, you’re likely to have a stressful time. According to flight experts, this is the worst place to sit if you want a calm and relaxing flight. Phil Dengler, a flight expert and co-owner of The Vacationer, says this area is likely to provide a bumpier ride because it’s farthest away from the wings....

The key is having several lines of the defense, experts say. “Don’t count on your mask to be a total blockade,” Michael Osterholm, PhD, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory group and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told The New York Times. Sure, masks help, but they’re not 100 percent effective. According to Osterholm, “The time of exposure is really important....

Read on to find out what products are in this nutritionist’s medicine cabinet, and whether they might be a good addition to yours. (Just be sure to speak with your healthcare provider before starting any new health regimen.) READ THIS NEXT: I’m a CEO, and This Is What’s in My Medicine Cabinet. Probiotics are living microorganisms that are incredibly healthy for you, particularly when it comes to your gut health....

Harry and Meghan’s daughter could have shared a title and name with the grandmother she’ll never know. If Lilibet had been named “Diana” and did take on the title of “Lady”—just like Lady Louise Windsor did as the daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth—she would have been “Lady Diana.” According to royal law, when Archie (who is known as Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor) and Miss Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor go from great-grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth to grandchildren of the reigning monarch when Prince Charles becomes king, Archie automatically becomes a prince and his sister, a princess....

RELATED: This Is Why You Never Hear From Bridget Fonda Anymore. After coming to fame in the late ’70s with her role in the miniseries From Here to Eternity, Basinger continued acting regularly, usually putting out at least one movie per year. These include Never Say Never Again, in which she played Bond girl Domino Petachi, 9 1/2 Weeks, Ready to Wear, Batman, L.A. Confidential, and 8 Mile. For L....

In an interview with Closer, Burrell, who has known Harry since he was three years old and spent a decade working for Diana, said: “Harry now feels split in two. Meghan will believe that what they’ve done is right—but Harry will be feeling totally torn and so things will now have to change.” Therein lies the problem. A royal insider told Best Life, “Harry still feels a great deal of anger towards the Royal Family, but coming back to the U....

READ THIS NEXT: This Iconic Retailer Is Closing More Than 70 Locations, Starting Now. Companies all across the U.S. are still feeling the effects of the COVID pandemic, and rising inflation is only exacerbating their financial hardships. As a result, several retailers have either already started closing stores or have announced upcoming plans for closures. Walmart closed a number of locations throughout April and May, while CVS and Family Dollar are gearing up to start shuttering stores in mid-June....