New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes
[ad_1] A competitor smokes a cigarette on a break during the 2018 Methven Rodeo on October 21, 2018 in Methven, New Zealand. Kai Schwoerer/Getty More...
The British Library brings over 100 lost mysteries back into print | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Evocative vintage cover artwork for The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly (Image: ) Traditional detective novels set during Christmas and with titles like Crimson Snow or Mystery In White are enjoying a More...
Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach hospitalized in critical condition
[ad_1] Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, according to an announcement by the school. One day earlier, the university said in a statement that Leach More...
Elon Musk targets Dr. Anthony Fauci in viral tweet, drawing backlash
[ad_1] As Dr. Anthony Fauci prepares to step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, the leading immunologist faced derision on social media over More...
The unsavory stigma surrounding MSG
[ad_1] Americans LOVE Chinese food; at one point on election night in 2020, Google searches to find some outnumbered searches for who had won the Presidency. But you’ll still see signs around reading “No More...
Hospital financial decisions play a role in the critical shortage of pediatric beds for RSV patients: “It really has to do with dollars”
[ad_1] The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which More...
China’s strict zero-COVID policy may be gone, but it has been replaced by chaos, confusion and risk.
[ad_1] Beijing — China may be pivoting away from its strict zero-COVID measures, but you’d never know it in Beijing. Everyone in the capital is confused. The city of more than 21 million people doesn’t More...
Paxlovid, a drug to treat COVID-19, has been free so far. Next year, patients will have to pay the cost.
[ad_1] Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and More...
Winds of Winter release: George RR Martin confesses how many pages he has left to write | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] After hearing of the 11 year delay, Patterson said: “I’ve heard of writers’ block, this is more like writers’ constipation. I actually have the opposite problem, I suffered from writers’ diarrhoea.” He More...
What is stiff-person syndrome, the disorder impacting Céline Dion’s ability to sing?
[ad_1] Céline Dion revealed in an emotional and tear-filled announcement on Thursday that she had to postpone her upcoming European tour after being diagnosed with a “very rare neurological disorder”: More...
