Legendary tennis champion Billie Jean King knows how devastating this year has been—especially for people with chronic health conditions. King, 76, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007, wasn’t able to attend much of the U.S. Open this year due to safety protocols. “Remember, this year more than ever: Champions Adjust,” she wrote […]
I have a confession: I’ve long brushed off free mobile games as a total waste of time. Don’t judge me! For one, I’m a type A Virgo who yields to the pressure of productivity all the time. But even some of the things I do purely for enjoyment, like watching TV or reading, have some […]
Back in January, Arrow star Stephen Amell had a panic attack while discussing how busy his schedule had become on an episode of Inside of You, a podcast hosted by actor Michael Rosenbaum. Now, Amell returned to the podcast to reveal that he recently had COVID-19—and although enduring the physical symptoms of the virus was […]
Living through a pandemic is incredibly unnerving, so it’s only natural to crave a soothing massage to help ease the tension. And now that many parts of the country no longer have COVID-19 restrictions ― even though cases are rising and we’re entering a third wave ― some people may want to act on that […]
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy. Francis again eschewed a protective mask Wednesday even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen at […]
If former Vice President Joe Biden takes up residence in the White House in January, Americans can expect a very different approach to confronting the coronavirus pandemic than they’ve seen from President Donald Trump. One enormous change would simply be the difference in tone and attitude. Biden would be unlikely to deny the severity of the […]
Even Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson isn’t immune to the occasional workout injury. In a new video posted to his Instagram, Johnson showed off a recent bloody wound he sustained while “throwing around” his 50 lb chain weights. “Sometimes, well oftentimes, things get intense here in the iron paradise,” Johnson said in the video, with blood […]
President Donald Trump’s rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, ended around 9 p.m. Tuesday, but hundreds of attendees wouldn’t make their way out of the freezing cold until a few hours later. As Trump jetted back to Washington on Air Force One, his supporters lined up to wait for buses to take them back […]
Long before I knew there was a name for it, I had a mild case of misophonia. Small, repetitive sounds irritated and distracted me. Things like the blinker in my mother’s car that she forgot to turn off after changing lanes, or a kid clicking a ballpoint pen during class—his nervous habit making me nervous. […]
As many as 40 million American adults — or 18% of the population — live with an anxiety disorder. And during the pandemic, those numbers may be even higher; according to the American Psychological Association’s recent Stress in America report, nearly 1 in 5 adults say their mental health is worse than this time last […]
Here’s a question: What do you get when you add together tons of time spent at home and loads of stress induced by a global pandemic? Answer: a very tired, tight body and mind. A body that desperately craves gentle stretching, room to breathe, and stability amidst the madness, if only for a few minutes […]
Congress sprung into action this spring to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, and economists generally agree that the massive $ 2 trillion legislation they passed in March actually worked to keep millions of Americans afloat. But the relief from the CARES Act is gone. Enhanced unemployment payments ended this summer and those $ 1200 relief […]
Progressive groups mounting a last-minute surge in the Nebraska House district that includes Omaha and much of its suburbs are betting that drinking water can help Democrat Kara Eastman unseat Republican Rep. Don Bacon. Cast against eerie black-and-white shots of a kitchen faucet dripping, a new ad running across the 2nd Congressional District accuses Bacon […]
The United States will “in the coming weeks” start to record 100,000 new COVID-19 infections every single day, public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha warned Tuesday. “We’re rising quickly,” the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “If we just go back about six, seven weeks ago to Labor Day we […]