Which Arm Should You Choose For The COVID-19 Vaccine?
In several U.S. states, COVID-19 vaccine availability opened up this week to everyone ages 12 and up (via CNN). And according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the sooner we all get vaccinated, the sooner we can return to a more normal…
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A 56-Year-Old Diver Held His Breath Underwater for Almost 25 Minutes
Freediver Budimir Šobat already owned a world record that most people would deem untouchable, having held his breath underwater for 24 minutes and 11 seconds in February of 2018. Last March, however, Šobat went back to the pool determined to…
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How a faster WHO response could have slowed COVID-19’s spread
Urgent global action is needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future threats, according to a new report by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. The panel, co-chaired by former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark…
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International study sheds light on elite athletes’ views on clean sport, cheating and anti-doping efforts
How top athletes from across the world define clean sport—and their views on how cheating affects them—has been explored in an international study that could help develop more effective, targeted anti-doping education. A team of researchers from London’s Kingston University,…
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‘Love thy neighbor, mask up’ resonates among white evangelicals
White evangelicals are best persuaded to mask up through messages that stress the Christian doctrine of “love thy neighbor,” according to a UCR-authored study published Tuesday. The study yielded a second effective way to persuade white evangelicals—but only if they…
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What Made Malia & Sasha Obama Finally Leave Home?
Kids say the darndest things, and 19-year-old Sasha Obama didn’t mince her words when she felt that living with her parents during the pandemic had reached its end. That’s what former first lady Michelle Obama told Stephen Colbert on The…
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Here Are The Colors You Should Use If You’re Decorating A Comforting Space
Ever hear of a “green room” in theater? It’s the room performers wait in before they go on stage, and while some joke it’s called “green” because that’s the color of nauseatingly-nervous actors’ faces, it actually refers to the color…
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Here’s How 30 Days of Calisthenics Training Changed This Guy’s Body
In a recent YouTube video filmed during lockdown while gyms were closed, fitness influencer Mo Samuels spends 30 days throwing himself into calisthenics training for the first time, in order to present himself with a challenge, and to see whether…
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Personality, treatment, and prescriber all influence retention for opioid rehab
A new report from researchers at The National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, has found that a person’s characteristics, their treatment, and the prescriber all have significant influence on retention rates for opioid agonist treatment (OAT). The…
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If You Feel Pelvic Pain During Sex, You’re Not Alone
Nothing ruins a good time in bed like pain and discomfort. Pelvic pain during sex, athough unwanted and disruptive, is more common than you might think. In fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists estimates as many as 75…
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