READ THIS NEXT: Never Do This With Your Phone in Public, FBI Warns. Concerns about the job market and layoffs are palpable, as fears of a recession persist and the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in an effort to slow inflation. That being said, the country is in a better place now than it was during the height of the pandemic, when unemployment reached all-time highs. According to the U....
READ THIS NEXT: If a Stranger Asks About This, Make Sure Your Doors Are Locked, Police Warn. Recently, police across the U.S. have issued several warnings about different scam calls, including one related to cryptocurrency. In this instance, people receive random calls from strangers who demand that they take money out of their bank account and put it into a Bitcoin ATM or buy a specific form of cryptocurrency, the Salem Police Department in New Hampshire warned....
RELATED: If You Did This Before Your Pfizer Vaccine, You May Be More Protected. A preprint study conducted by nfrence and the Mayo Clinic found that Pfizer’s effectiveness dropped substantially when up against the Delta variant. The Aug. 8 study concluded that the vaccine was only 42 percent effective against the virus in July when Delta was the dominant variant. This is a significant drop in protection for a vaccine whose efficacy was 95 percent in clinical trials....
RELATED: If You Bought Any of These 7 Foods at Kroger, Get Rid of Them Now, FDA Says. With the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Washington-based company Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt is recalling its mango Greek yogurt 16-ounce cups because the content may contain egg that was not properly declared on the label. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg face the risk of serious or even life-threatening allergic reactions if they eat this yogurt without realizing its true contents....
RELATED: If You Bought This at Kroger, Throw It Away Immediately, FDA Warns. On Sept. 28, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Espi’s Sausage and Tocino Co. is recalling approximately 2,048 pounds of its hot dogs.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The frozen ready-to-eat chicken and pork hot dogs come in 12-oz. vacuum-packed plastic packages labeled “Argentina Mighty Meaty Chicken and Pork Hotdog Jumbo.” The hot dogs affected by the recall are also marked with establishment number EST....
If you’re a Florida Keys resident or plan to visit the spot this summer, prepare to see more mosquitoes than you’re used to. On April 23, Oxitec announced in a statement that they would be releasing genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild in the Florida Keys. Oxitec is a U.K.-based biotechnology company that develops genetically modified insects to assist in insect control. According to the statement, the goal of releasing these modified mosquitoes is to diminish the population of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can carry diseases, including dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and chikungunya....
Researchers from Saudi Arabia conducted a study among 360 cardiac hospital patients, publishing their findings Dec. 2020 in the International Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to the study, more than 40 percent of the participants had vitamin D deficiency and nearly 28 percent had vitamin D insufficiency. In comparison, only 31 percent had normal levels of vitamin D. After adjusting for other factors, the researchers concluded that “vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are associated with ischemic heart disease, hyperglycemia, and hypertriglyceridemia....
A CDC study published on April 28 found that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 94 percent effective at preventing COVID hospitalization in people over 65 who were fully vaccinated. The study examined 417 real-world cases in hospitals across 14 states in the U.S. from January to March 2021. The promising results were consistent with the clinical trials. “These findings are encouraging and welcome news for the two-thirds of people aged 65 and up who are already fully vaccinated,” CDC director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said in a statement....
RELATED: If You Got This Vaccine, You May Never Need a Booster, New Study Says. According to the Associated Press, Hawaii is currently the only state with any kind of vaccination requirement. On June 24, Governor David Ige released a statement saying the state will no longer enforce testing and quarantine requirements for domestic travelers who are fully vaccinated beginning July 8. In order to avoid the testing and quarantine when traveling to Hawaii, you have to upload the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccination card that you received when you got your shot to Hawaii’s Safe Travel Program website....
The reemergence of trillions of cicadas is upon us. After much anticipation, the Brood X cicadas that only come around once every 17 years are beginning to rise from the ground in 15 U.S. states, where they’ll begin a loud mating ritual. “May is going to be a loud month, for sure, for cicadas,” Jessica Ware, PhD, an associate curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, told Reuters....
RELATED: If You See This Bug, Call Local Officials Immediately, Experts Warn. If you see a giant hogweed growing in your yard, it’s not a flower you want to stop and smell. As the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) explains, giant hogweed is technically an herb, but it is most recognizable by its white flower blooms. The white flowers are typically clustered into an umbrella shape that stretches two and a half feet tall....
Researchers from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Forsyth Institute came together to create a study looking at how gum disease plays a part in major cardiovascular events, like heart attacks. Their study, which was published Jan. 29 in the Journal of Periodontology, used PET and CT scans from 304 participants to measure the inflammation in the arteries and gums of each patient. After following up with each patient four years later, the researchers found that 13 individuals developed major adverse cardiovascular events, like a heart attack....
READ THIS NEXT: If You Shop at Walmart, Get Ready for This “Fantastic” New Change. We’ve all shifted our shopping tendencies, especially after becoming accustomed to shopping online throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Walmart is staying on top of these changing customer preferences, introducing new policies and features that help make virtual shopping that much more enjoyable. In July, Walmart announced that it would allow customers to bundle its Walmart+ membership with InHome Delivery Service....
RELATED: You Should Never Clean Your Toilet With This, Experts Warn. If you notice the scent of rotten eggs wafting throughout your home, but there’s no sign of a carton past its expiration date in your fridge or trash, it’s time to clear out of your house immediately. This scent can be an indication of a natural gas leak that could put you at risk of serious injury or death, says Lee Devlin, managing director at Homecure Plumbers, a London-based gas, water, and heating maintenance and repair company....
RELATED: This Is When You Should Take Tylenol Instead of Advil, Doctors Say. More than 1 in 10 people in the U.S. have diabetes, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While there are many lifestyle changes recommended for those with the common condition, plenty of people with type 2 diabetes take a type of medication called biguanides to control high blood sugar....
READ THIS NEXT: Never Take This Popular OTC Drug for Longer Than 2 Days, FDA Warns. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 70 million Americans have chronic sleep problems, ranging from not being able to sleep at all (insomnia), to not being able to stay awake (narcolepsy). Snoring is one of the most common sleep habits, with Johns Hopkins Medicine estimating that up to 45 percent of adults snore on occasion, while 25 percent snore regularly....
RELATED: Doing This in the Shower Is Making You Lose Your Hair, Experts Warn. If you’ve ever wondered how has Fonda managed to have such smooth, hydrated skin, the mystery is solved: It’s her serum. Fonda, a L’Oreal ambassador, told Grazia the L’Oréal Paris [Age Perfect Cell Renewal] Midnight Serum ($35) is a staple of her nighttime routine. “It has a lot of antioxidants and good things to hydrate the skin and comes in recyclable glass,” she said....
READ THIS NEXT: This Popular Clothing Chain Just Announced It’s Closing 240 Stores. Trends in the retail space have changed significantly over the last few years. Shoppers have moved away from large indoor shopping malls and have instead shifted their focus to smaller suburban centers, like grocery-anchored shopping hubs and strip mills, The Wall Street Journal reported. Brandon Isner, head of Americas retail thought leadership at CBRE Group Inc., told the newspaper that these centers have become the “backbone of retail over the last five to 10 years....
1 Young Mars May Have Had Atmosphere Friendly to Life Researchers from the University of Arizona aren’t positive there was once life on Mars (in a news release, they call it a “big if”), but they’ve determined that conditions on the young planet could have supported it. In their study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the researchers note that today Mars is dry and freezing cold, seemingly uninhabitable. But four billion years ago, the planet had an atmosphere that was conducive to life—rich in carbon dioxide and hydrogen, which would have allowed water to flow and microbes to flourish....
1 Ordinary Kayak Trip Turns Spectacular A 45-year-old Canadian man named Ryan was kayaking with his 19-year-old son, Aidan, and their Australian Shepherd, Shelby, in Desolation Sound in the Discovery Islands when they heard the distinctive sound of a humpback whale. Ryan pulled out his camera and started filming, hoping to catch a glimpse of the animal if it made itself apparent. But what surfaced was likely beyond his imagination....
