Posts

The Brown School of Public Health’s COVID Risk Levels color-coded map uses the most recent figures to show how much cases are spreading in each state across the U.S. A rate of less than 1 case per 100,000 people is green, meaning “on track for containment.” But right now, there are no green states on the map. The other risk levels are yellow (which indicates “community spread”) for 1 to 9 cases per 100,000 people; orange (which points to “accelerated spread”) for 10 to 24 cases per 100,000 people; and red (which connotes the “tipping point”) for 25 or more cases per 100,000 people....

The findings of the new research, conducted by a team at the university’s Cancer Epidemiology Unit, were presented this week at the virtual European and International Conference on Obesity. What they found was that it wasn’t just overall fat (“total adiposity”) that led to a greater risk of prostate cancer deaths. It was the belly fat, specifically. “We found a significant association between concentration of body fat around the belly and waist and the risk of prostate cancer death, but no clear association between total body fat and risk of prostate cancer death,” said the study’s lead author Aurora Pérez-Cornago, MD, a senior nutritional epidemiologist and Cancer Research U....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Warns That Vaccinated People “Need to Realize” This Now. The goal of any vaccine is to elicit the greatest possible immune response with the fewest possible adverse effects. Some vaccine manufacturers have achieved great results by adding adjuvants, additional ingredients which are used to provide better protection to the vaccinated person. However, while these are safe and effective in triggering a more potent immune response, the CDC points out that “adjuvanted vaccines can cause more local reactions (such as redness, swelling, and pain at the injection site) and more systemic reactions (such as fever, chills and body aches) than non-adjuvanted vaccines....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Warns Vaccinated People Not to Gather Before Doing This. Over the past couple weeks, it’s become clear that booster shots are necessary in the face of the Omicron variant. Research has shown that while two doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not particularly effective against Omicron, a booster shot ramps up antibodies and may be able to stave off symptomatic infection. One recent study found that while the two-dose Moderna vaccine was 50 times less effective against the new variant, combined with the booster it was about as effective as the two-dose vaccine is against Delta....

According to a report from NPR, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) previously stated in 2009 that employers are legally allowed to enforce flu vaccine requirements for staff—which would mean that COVID vaccines will likely follow that precedent. However, employees also retain the right to refuse any required vaccination on religious or medical exemptions, which are protected under strict federal anti-discrimination laws. “Employment in the United States is generally ‘at will,’ which means that your employer can set working conditions,” Dorit Reiss, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings, who specializes in legal and policy issues related to vaccines, told AARP in September....

“The man who built this mansion was very accomplished, graduating from one of the nation’s finest medical schools. He became a surgeon, a father-of-four, and even a recreational pilot,” says Abbott, who goes by JeremyXplores. Here’s what they found in the house and why the place has been left abandoned. 1 Dream Home Abbott does not reveal where exactly the house is to protect the privacy of the original owners....

1 Sheba Was 600 Miles From Home Mysteriously, Sheba wasn’t found a few neighborhoods away—she was spotted more than 600 miles away in Borger, Texas, a town in the state’s Panhandle. An animal control officer saw the dog on the street and noticed she was acting differently. “Her behavior just showed me this isn’t the normal dog running loose,” said Jared Harper, who doesn’t know who had Sheba, or how she ended up so far away from home....

Mondrian created the work, titled “New York City I,” in 1941. It features a grid of red, yellow, black, and blue stripes of varying widths. First exhibited at MoMA in 1945, the painting has hung in a German museum in Düsseldorf since 1980. The painting’s current orientation shows lines growing thicker at the bottom. But when curator Susanne Meyer-Büser started researching Mondrian’s work for the museum’s new show, she determined something was off....

RELATED: If You’re Vaccinated, This Is How Likely You Are to Get COVID, New Data Shows. While appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Oct. 3, host Margaret Brennan asked Fauci about how the Delta variant’s increased transmissibility could affect gatherings as winter approaches and the holiday season begins. “When you are in a situation where you have a dynamic of virus in the community, where there’s clearly a lot of spread, even if you are vaccinated and you are in an indoor setting, a congregate setting, it just makes sense to wear a mask and to avoid high-risk situations,” he said when addressing whether or not it was safe for unvaccinated children to attend indoor parties....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Warns Vaccinated People It’s “Absolutely Critical” to Do This Now. In an April 6 appearance on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power podcast, top White House COVID advisor Anthony Fauci, MD, spoke with host David Westin about the current state of the pandemic and what to prepare for next. Fauci began by talking about the issue of “background immunity,” which refers to the large number of people who have some protection against COVID from vaccination or prior infection, and what that means for the possibility of another surge....

READ THIS NEXT: Never Take This Popular OTC Drug for Longer Than 2 Days, FDA Warns. Just like any dietary supplements you see for sale in the U.S., skincare products are subject to scrutiny from federal agencies like the FDA to ensure they’re safe to use. However, this also means the items you see on the shelf aren’t required to get any “premarket preapproval” before they go on sale and can only be regulated for violating a list of rules set by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)....

Armed police entered Taronga Zoo, where people were sleeping in tents for a camping event hosted by the zoo. “Get out of your tent; leave your belongings behind,” the campers were told. Here is what the zoo thinks happened—and what happened to the lions. 1 What Happened? Taronga Zoo in Sydney was hosting a popular overnight camping event called “roar and snore,” where families stayed at the zoo in tents....

1 Mom’s Night An Annual Tradition Peoria’s Washington High Panthers hosted the annual Mom’s Night practice, in which mothers donned shoulder pads and helmets and attempted to tackle their sons onto a big rubber mat. The intention was to encourage moms to learn more about the game. Washington TV Sports director Kurt Pegler tweeted, “Favorite night at preseason football practice? Mom’s night at Washington. Players’ moms learn about equipment, rules, plays… and did we mention they get to tackle their sons?...

Now, Cave is still an actor, and also a writer, podcaster, artist, and comedic performer. She opened up about her experience with Harry Potter and her career afterwards in a new interview with The Guardian. Read on to see why she’s now “terrified” of costume fittings and to get her insight on how she’s viewed in the entertainment industry. RELATED: This Is What All the Kids From Harry Potter Look Like Now....

New research indicates that the coronavirus attacks essentially all of your major organs, especially the brain, and can saddle your body with an incredibly long and arduous recovery—assuming, of course, that you actually recover at all. Oxford University’s Helen Salisbury, MD, wrote in the British Medical Journal on June 23 that though COVID-19 symptoms usually last around two to three weeks, upwards of 10 percent of patients will experience symptoms that persist for much, much longer—perhaps indefinitely....

With just over 5,000 stores around the world in operation, the forthcoming closures would represent a loss of five percent of H&M’s current retail footprint, CNN reports. The fast-fashion company has yet to announce exactly which stores it will be closing over the next year. In a statement, a spokesperson for H&M acknowledged the already-changing business landscape that has been accelerated by the spread of the novel coronavirus, saying “more and more customers started shopping online during the pandemic....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Do This During The Day, Your Stroke Risk Soars, New Study Says. Established research has already shown that your blood type and stroke risk are linked, but the association appeared to be minimal. Now, a new study published in the Aug. 2022 issue of the journal Neurology says the association is strongest when you look at blood type and early strokes—those occurring before age 60—in particular....

READ THIS NEXT: See ’90s Teen Idol Devon Sawa Now at 43. Hurst had already appeared in some big-budget movies prior to Remember the Titans. His earlier credits include The Postman and Saving Private Ryan. He’d also done a lot of TV, playing teen characters in shows like Saved by the Bell: The New Class and Beverly Hills, 90210. Post-Titans, he stayed active on both the big and small screens....

RELATED: Holly Madison Says Anyone Moving into the Playboy Mansion Had to Do This. “I think I was drawn to try to be in spotlight because I felt like, if I could be famous, that could be a shortcut to feeling a connection with people. Because we feel connected to celebrities,” she said in Secrets of Playboy (via People). She said she was inspired by Anna Nicole Smith, Jenny McCarthy, and Pamela Anderson, who were all major mainstream stars at the time....

Lansbury told the story herself in a 2014 interview with the Daily Mail. Read on to see what she had to say about Shaw’s association with Manson and why it worried her so much. READ THIS NEXT: See Elizabeth Taylor’s Lookalike Granddaughter, Who’s Carrying on Her Legacy. In the 1950s, Lansbury welcomed two children, Deidre and Anthony Shaw, with her husband, Peter Shaw. As Lansbury explained to the Daily Mail, the family lived in Malibu, California....