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Cloth masks, by themselves, were never the best option for everybody to wear during a pandemic; they were, instead, just the best way to get...

I love my protein shaker. (I’ve even been known to mix cocktails in it.) It’s a staple in my meathead life because I find protein shakes hel...

Viruses mutate; so does everything, really. But experts are now concerned about a few of the thousands of coronavirus variants that have tur...

Working out at home has been a big change for many of us. Even if you’ve had a home gym for years, pandemic fitness is just different. Not l...

It appears there’s some confusion about what to do when you’re wearing a mask and you need to sneeze. As Matt Karolian noted on Twitter, a m...

Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest unknowns about the coronavirus has been how long people are immune after they catch it and recov...

If you’ve found it hard to keep track of whose turn it is to get the COVID vaccine, there’s good news and bad news. The White House is recom...

Just about every commercial gym has a giant wall of mirrors, whether surrounding the whole space or lining the portion of the gym with the d...

By now we all know that new year “detoxes” and “resets” don’t detox or reset anything. Depending on which you choose, they are either unsust...

While our Capitol was being overrun by insurrectionists yesterday, I went for a walk. A few hours later, after having been glued to Twitter...

Less than a month after the first vaccine against COVID-19 was authorized for use in the US, the CDC reports that we have distributed 17 mil...

As children, one of the first things we learn about oral health is that if we eat too much candy and/or don’t brush our teeth, we’ll develop...

Sore head this morning? What about a fuzzy mouth, waves of nausea, and/or gnawing anxiety over what you said or did last night? As we’ve lea...

The U.S. government releases dietary guidelines every five years, and the 2020 edition just came out yesterday. There aren’t any huge change...

If you have been sexually assaulted, you may know that you can go to a hospital emergency room for a forensic examination, sometimes known a...

Sometimes, it just happens. You’re eating something delicious—maybe something you don’t get very often—and even though both your brain and s...

Amid last week’s jubilant news segments featuring frontline healthcare workers getting their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine came re...

You probably spent a lot of thought on choosing your running shoes, but what about your socks? They go through just as many miles and footst...

Last week we did a little test to see how many reps you could do (whether of push-ups or your favorite exercise) and how long you could hold...

Home Depot recently had to pay a settlement for using contractors for home renovations that were not certified to properly deal with old lea...

The FDA announced late Thursday that it would issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna’s COVID vaccine, bringing our immunizat...

It’s hard to see someone you care about in pain. We’ve all experienced pain in some capacity, so when we have a loved one having a hard time...

The first COVID vaccine to be rolled out in the U.S., the one from Pfizer and BioNTech, is an mRNA vaccine. The second one probably will be...

Apple Fitness+ launches today, and if you have an Apple Watch Series 3 or newer, you can try it out. The service will cost $9.99/month (or $...

Vaccine development takes time. Earlier this spring, we learned that the previous record for vaccine development was four years from sample...