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Fauci explained that public health principles and reopening the country are “synergistic” with one another, and that it’s essential for public health officials to make that better understood among citizens. “One is not the enemy of the other,” he explained. “One is a gateway to get to the other.” That said, Fauci made it clear that he’s not unaware of how polarizing the virus and the public health response to it has been in the U....

Inviting Fauci to make his case for the vaccine, Cuomo relayed a question he said he’s heard repeatedly from those who have yet to commit to vaccination. “Here’s one of the big things that I get from people: ‘Why should I get this vaccine? What’s in it for me?’ It’s getting transactional,” said Cuomo. “Well I think what you’re going to start seeing really soon—we’ve had some serious discussions with our colleagues at the CDC—is what happens when you’ve got two vaccinated people,” Fauci began....

READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Warns Boosted People Will Need to Do This to “Keep Protection Up.” While older Americans have always been some of the most vulnerable to COVID, the situation has recently gotten more concerning for this group. A new report from The New York Times found that the death rate among people 65 years and older increased during the Omicron wave. According to the newspaper, the same number of Americans this age died in the four months of Omicron’s reign as in the six months of the Delta wave—even though the Delta variant reportedly causes more severe illness than the Omicron variant....

RELATED: Not Doing This Before Bed Could Be Hurting Your Heart, Experts Warn. Low-risk drinking, or moderate drinking, has been defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as having no more than two drinks per day for men and one for women. While the agency states that “drinking less is better for health than drinking more,” findings from a new genetic study may make you reconsider pouring that glass of wine at all....

In a June 2020 study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, researchers found that individuals who drink within the government’s guidelines experienced more deaths and cancers than those who abstain from alcohol. And according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020, moderate drinking is considered to be up to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men....

RELATED: If You Notice This in the Morning, It May Be an Early Sign of Parkinson’s. A 2013 study from the University of Washington (UW) linked peppers to a reduced risk of Parkinson’s disease. The study, which was published in the Annals of Neurology journal, analyzed 490 newly diagnosed Parkinson’s patients from the UW Neurology Clinic and 644 people with no link to the disease. The researchers found that eating peppers two to four times a week was associated with a 30 percent reduced risk of developing Parkinson’s disease....

But in a new interview about Halston—his upcoming Netflix series about the titular 1970s fashion designer—McGregor said there was a change that made the sex scenes much better. Read on to find out what it was, and for another actor’s least favorite intimate scene, Dakota Johnson Said This Was the Sex Scene That “Shocked” Her the Most. As the 50-year-old Scottish actor spoke with The New York Times about his most recent sex scenes, he explained how incorporating an intimacy coordinator into filming makes the process much better, especially for young actors....

“Following an incredible 11 years since its initial launch back in 2009, we are officially announcing the closure of the original FarmVille game on Facebook,” the game’s developer Zynga wrote on the FarmVille Facebook Help page recently. The developers revealed that they had made this choice based on Adobe’s decision to stop updating Flash Player for all web browsers. The decision is forcing Facebook to stop supporting Flash games on the platform completely starting at the beginning of 2021....

In their report, Fauci and medical historian David Morens, MD, both of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, note that COVID-19 “is but the latest example of an unexpected, novel, and devastating pandemic disease. One can conclude from this recent experience that we have entered a pandemic era.” As for what’s behind this surge of pandemics, Fauci and Morens say: “Land-management practices have been associated with re-emergences of Eastern equine encephalitis; deforestation with emergences of Zika and Hendra viruses; road-building and environmental degradation with the spread of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever and HIV (infections spread by truckers and truck stop prostitution); and poverty, crowding, and poor sanitation with re-emergences of many diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera....

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said someone called 911 from a home in Poinciana, about 35 miles south of Orlando, but didn’t say anything. Read on to find out what happened next, what the police said about it, and what’s in store for the captured couple. 1 Man’s Second Robbery of Day After receiving the call, police officers went to check on the home. They found a man and woman inside....

READ THIS NEXT: Former Teen Show Star Says Creator Was “Misogynistic and Creepy.” The Fall of the House of Usher comes from The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass creator Mike Flanagan and adapts a handful of Edgar Allan Poe stories, including that of the title. Langella was set to star as Roderick Usher, one of the only surviving members of a formerly illustrious family. Other actors in the cast include Mary McDonnell, Carla Gugino, Mark Hamill, Zach Gilford, and Kate Siegel....

RELATED: Sloane From Ferris Bueller Quit Hollywood a Decade Ago. See Her Now. During his career, Hackman starred in many films that are classics today. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1971 film The French Connection and the award for Best Supporting Actor for 1992’s Unforgiven. He also appeared in the films Bonnie and Clyde, Mississippi Burning, the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, Hoosiers, and The Royal Tenenbaums....

Clooney stars in and directs the upcoming Netflix movie, based on the novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. It follows a scientist (Clooney) who survives a global catastrophe and must reach an astronaut (Felicity Jones) to let her know what has happened. In the narrative, the movie flashes back to a young version of Clooney’s character. As Clooney explained in a new interview with Deadline, he talked to Netflix about using de-aging technology for The Midnight Sky, but decided against using it because he thought it would “become a topic then that people will talk about....

Even though the idea of creating a nice cross breeze in your home may not sound like breakthrough information, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “it may be one of the cheapest and most effective ways,” according to The Guardian. Recently, the German government updated their health guidelines to reflect the importance of keeping a window open. They added a few letters to their COVID public health acronym “AHA,” which stands for maintaining adequate distance of at least 1....

RELATED: If You Got Moderna, Dr. Fauci Warns Against Doing This. In the Oct. 1 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency documented the responses of 212,191 participants who used the agency’s v-safe smartphone surveillance system to report their side effects after getting a booster shot of any of the three vaccines between Aug. 12 and Sept. 19. Of those participants, 10,453 got three doses of Moderna....

Berry celebrated her daughter entering her teenage years by sharing an adorable picture of the two of them laughing. “No matter how many times I tell her I love her, I love her more than that,” she captioned the photo. “Happy 13th Birthday Nahla Boo.” Berry also shared a glimpse into the cozy celebration on her Instagram stories, posting a photo of a delicious-looking cake. “I love you Nahla Boo,” Berry wrote across a snap of the white-frosted cake with colorful candles and sprinkles....

READ THIS NEXT: Drinking This Daily Can Slash Your Risk of Heart Failure, New Study Says. The latest insight on coffee’s potential health effects comes from a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) on Dec. 21. To gather data, a team of researchers used 6,574 men and 12,035 women taking part in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk. All participants in the group were between the ages of 40 and 79 when they signed up for the study between 1988 and 1990....

A recent poll from NPR and Marist found that 91 percent of Americans who shop online say they “only rarely” or “never” return things they buy from a website. And many say that the reason is because they don’t want to deal with everything returning online purchases entails, like packaging items back up, shipping them, and waiting for the funds to arrive in their bank account. Fortunately, there’s a new way to make the return process for online orders much easier and soon, you may be able to instantly get money back after making a return....

“As a CEO and Founder of ACMA, a company that works with pharmaceutical manufacturers all day long, I have a keen sense of what medications are probably most important to keep in my medicine cabinet,” says Soliman. Read on to find out which four items he keeps on hand, and why you may want to do the same. READ THIS NEXT: 4 Medications Doctors Will Never Prescribe Again. The life of a CEO can be fast-paced and demanding: One day you’re sitting in a string of back-to-back meetings, and the next you’re hopping on an international flight....

RELATED: If You Bought This at Costco, Get Rid of It Immediately, FDA Says. For the latest recall news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter! The toys were pulled from the market after it was discovered that the rollers on the bottom of the set’s dinosaur figures contained levels of lead higher than those allowed by the U.S. government. While no injuries or other adverse effects had been reported at the time the recall notice was issued, if you are in possession of the affected toys, the CPSC recommends that you “immediately take the recalled toys away from children....