Let’s get one thing straight: Costco is undefeated when it comes to its bakery section. From their array of muffin assortments to their seemingly endless breakfast treat options, they haven’t missed yet. Not only did the warehouse giant recently introduce cinnamon churro crisps — otherwise known as buñuelos —to their impressive lineup of snacks, but now they’ve released another tasty […]
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Every year, the Social Security Administration releases a list of the most popular baby names for the year prior. Although they have yet to publish the 2020 version, heavily-trafficked sites like BabyNames.com and Nameberry.com tabulate their own results based on which pages receive the most visits. “Our popularity lists tend to predict the U.S. Social Security baby names popularity lists […]
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As pubs and bars reopen across England, many are excited about the opportunity to enjoy a drink with friends and family. While some evidence suggests alcohol consumption increased during lockdown, other reports suggest that over one in three adults drank less—or stopped altogether. But though we may be excited to get back to the pub, our tolerance may be lower […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not seen a link between heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccines, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday. “We have not seen a signal and we’ve actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses we’ve given,” Walensky said in a press briefing. She said […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly straight-forward decision: Cases were down dramatically, and it didn’t bother local officials that their move flouted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Those federal […]
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As of April 2021, more than 3 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, researchers developed accurate diagnostic tests and identified health conditions that correlated with worse outcomes. However, a clinical predictor of who faces the highest risk of being hospitalized, put on a ventilator or dying from the disease has remained largely out of reach. […]
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing a new COVID-19 test that can be administered at home using saliva, aiming to deliver a positive or negative result in less than 20 minutes. It’s a possible solution to the current delays in receiving test results and a much more pleasant option for those requiring frequent tests, researchers said. They hope […]
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Fox News Flash top headlines for April 28 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, public health officials have warned of the possible side effects following vaccination, such as pain at the injection site, fever, or muscle aches, among others. But a new study suggests that some […]
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(HealthDay)—Cannabis abuse appears to be associated with worse spine surgery outcomes, according to a study published online March 23 in Spine. Ryan G. Chiu, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues used data from the 2012 to 2015 Nationwide Inpatient Sample to identify patients undergoing common elective spine surgery procedures. Concurrent diagnosis of cannabis use disorder was investigated, […]
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Researchers from the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that difficulties in diagnosing toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be due to the dynamic nature of the disorder during child development. Children with clinical characteristics that put them on the diagnostic border of autism have an increased susceptibility to gaining or losing that […]
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