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It’s truly a birthday to remember for Stormi Webster… but it also comes right smack dab in the middle of a pandemic! These KarJenner women seriously can’t stop traveling even during a worldwide global emergency, can they?! Just because you’re able to get out and about doesn’t mean you should, ladies! Just saying! Related: ‘KUWTK’ Fans […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bosca78) Mediacom, a cable company with about 1.4 million Internet customers across 22 states, is telling heavy uploaders to reduce their data usage—even when those users are well below their monthly data caps. Mediacom’s fastest Internet plan offers gigabit download speeds and 50Mbps upload speeds with a monthly data cap […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) Johnson & Johnson’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 72 percent effective at preventing moderate and severe disease in the United States and 85 percent effective at preventing severe disease globally. But the one-shot vaccine struggled to fight off emerging virus variants in other countries, lowering its overall efficacy to 66 […]
Enlarge / Coronaviruses (credit: Getty | BSIP) Ever since the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began jumping from human to human, it’s been mutating. The molecular machinery the virus uses to read and make copies of its genetic code isn’t great at proofreading; minor typos made in the copying process can go uncorrected. Each time the virus […]
Mature enough to look back, smart enough to know where she’s been, and thoughtful enough to plan where she’s headed! That’s Kaitlyn Bristowe in a nut shell right now, y’all. The 35-year-old former Bachelorette has been through some very trying times in her life up to this point, and it’s given her remarkable perspective. With that comes […]
Enlarge / Masks and distancing work in the classrooms, too. (credit: MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) Can schools be kept open safely even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues largely unchecked? So far, the data has been mixed. Studies of spread in schools seem to suggest they’re not a major source of infections. But when […]
Enlarge / President Donald Trump listens as Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKlines vaccines division, speaks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Moncef Slaoui, the former head scientist for the Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed, […]
Vanessa Hudgens is the latest in a long line of celebs to get an earful on Twitter this week due to her pandemic travel schedule! The 32-year-old former High School Musical star is trending on the social media site as of Monday evening, and it’s all because she simply can’t stop posting pics while working in […]
Enlarge / During the pandemic, several airlines have switched boarding procedures to create more distance between passengers. (credit: Nicholas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Jason Steffen studies planets in other solar systems. His most famous work—OK, second-most famous work—was with NASA’s Kepler Mission, a survey of planetary systems. But you’re more likely to have […]
Clare Crawley isn’t holding back. On Thursday, the Sacramento native opened up about her gut-wrenching split from Dale Moss about 36 hours after he first confirmed the breakup. Based on Clare’s response, it appears things were far from the mutual split Dale tried to sell to the world. And insider allegations are popping up, now, […]