Health
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According to the BBC News website China has put a time limit and how long children can play video games. Children under the age 18 will only be allowed to play games for one hour everyday between 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gaming companies are being instructed to help out by putting restriction on children […]
I love this post and this individual for her courage and her strength on and off the tennis court. She is the change. There are so many things that I want to say but I’ll keep it short. Speaking from my own experience as Naomi I struggle (I believe we all do). Yes, I am […]
According to Century Foundation, about 7.5 million workers on pandemic-era unemployment benefits will be cut off when extra benefits expire on September 6th. Critics of pandemic aid have say the benefits, have kept people from accepting new jobs that would jumpstart the economy. But, research also shows that financial assistance hasn’t kept people from taking […]
Having trouble with medical bills, because of being infected with COVID-19? You are not alone! More than a third of insured adults and half of uninsured adults said they had an issue paying for a medical bill. The national survey conducted by the Commonwealth Fund between March and June 2021 asked 5,450 working-age adults about how […]
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. Murthy wrote in a 22-page advisory, that bogus claims have led people to reject vaccines and public health advice on masks and social distancing. Calling it a “urgent threat” to public health. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other Social […]
Would you like to have extra day-off this weekend? What about every weekend? Yep, cutting the 5 day work week down to 4 days? Researchers in Iceland have found that a four-day work week, without a pay cut, improved workers’ well-being and productivity. For four years, researchers tracked 2,500 employees whoreduced their workweek to 35 […]
The Food and Drug Administration might make the move to ban menthol cigarettes. The court-ordered deadline to respond to the 2013 citizens’ petition is this Thursday. When the petition was first sent to the FDA asking them to ban flavored cigarettes the agency failed to act. After that, the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council […]
Some food for thought, we can agree to disagree and that is absolutely okay. A lot has happened in the last past year and a half that has been difficult for all of us. We faced and are still facing a pandemic, the death of George Floyd, and the trial of Derrick Chauvin who murdered […]
As we usher in the new Spring season and begin the month of April let’s take a moment to check in with ourselves. Check in to see how we are doing internally and externally. Mentally are we okay? Emotionally are we okay? Physically are we okay? The reason I say this is because we are […]
We close out another week and get one step closer to spring which is literally one month away yay! Our days are a little longer as we gain more daylight and that is always a plus because it helps us with our Vitamin D. Living life in a healthy way doesn’t just include your body […]