Quarantinis. Zoom happy hours. Easy front-door liquor delivery. The boredom of staying home and the intense anxiety produced by the pandemic has caused a spike in alcohol sales and Twitter jokes about drinking before noon. But addiction experts say they are worried it could also trigger more serious drinking problems and even create new ones
Influenza germs have been part of the human landscape since we arrived on the scene. Now, public policies crafted by a handful of either headstrong-and-ignorant or evil-and-cunning politicians, led by international health authorities, are pummeling the message through the mainstream media that we are waging “total war on an unseen enemy.” If there were a
Latin America has become the new epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak, as the region has seen more than 2.4 million cases and more than 143,000 deaths, a health official announced Tuesday. Carissa F. Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), said in a press briefing in Washington, D.C., that her researchers “are particularly
First came the soymilk trend, then almond milk became popular, and now oat milk is all the roar. Rice and soy milk have also gained increased popularity amongst the plant-based milks. The steady trajectory is consistent in one thing – all of these “milks” are dairy-free. In today’s cancel culture it seems that one thing
A deadly virus is spreading quickly among wild rabbits in southwestern North America, threatening populations and possibly endangered species. Last week the virus, which causes a hemorrhagic disease, reached Southern California. “The outlook right now is so unbelievably bleak,” says Hayley Lanier, a mammologist at the University of Oklahoma. “We’re simply left to watch the
With more than 6,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, New Mexico officials are now seeing the start of another infectious disease in the state: West Nile virus. The New Mexico Department of Health in a news release on Thursday announced the state’s first human case of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in a man in
In late May 2020, social media users circulated a graphic purportedly containing recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for reopening schools amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The graphic, containing a blue background and the words “Here we go,” went viral on Facebook. A slightly different version of the graphic was
Americans are finally starting to get outside again, and it’s a huge mental release after being under stay-at-home orders for many weeks. But public health officials are here with a warning: We could go under lockdown again, and it could be terrible for mental health. Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, the assistant secretary for mental health and
You’ll know you’ve arrived as a runner when you get your first lecture on how you’re going to destroy your knees. This “advice” is usually based on the idea that running increases your risk of developing osteoarthritis in your knees. But the truth is, it doesn’t. Below we’ll look at the evidence and explanation for
The firm BlakBear can integrate its paper-based gas sensors into scannable tags – which measures food spoilage, offering an alternative to expiration date labels. “Use by.” “Best by.” “Best if used by.” “Enjoy by.” Food companies in the US began dating their products with this patchwork of labels during the 1970s—often with little, if any,
