According to Mashable, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of a new COVID-19 data portal which includes wastewater surveillance. Yes, they’re tracking poop because it has some interesting data about the spread of COVID-19. If a person has COVID-19, the virus’s RNA shows up in that person’s poop, but not all the time. The CDC explained this happens in 40-80 percent of people infected with COVID....
Nameberry, one of the leading baby name websites, sifted through all of the 2021 baby name data and put together a list of names that peaked in popularity in 2021 — the “eclectic mix” of names are the highest ranked now than they ever have before. “What they have in common is that they’re all climbing the charts, as more and more parents discover and fall in love with them,” Nameberry explains....
Implementation of the former is relatively straightforward, as it happens in-house at the Department of the Treasury. Unemployment insurance, on the other hand, is a program run jointly by federal and state governments, which means it will be implemented differently in every state. Each will have its own timeline, creating a situation that’s understandably confusing for the folks in line to receive this money. When will unemployed workers start to receive the extra funds?...
He didn’t stop because the deaths stopped. He stopped because he became a father and because he gave up. Meanwhile, the anti-vaxxer movement gained momentum and Jenny McCarthy suffered no repercussions for providing debunked and discredited scientists with a massive platform. McCarthy continued to tell the world that her son Evan’s autism was caused by vaccines laced with dangerous chemicals. How did McCarthy reach her scientific conclusion? She told Oprah it was “mommy instinct....
According to NBC News, the coronavirus has negatively impacted all kids in some way. But those that live in the Southern states, states that historically are more hostile to social safety nets, welfare, or protecting poor families, have been harder hit. A new report from Save the Children calculated each state’s COVID Child Protection Ranking to quantify which states did more to protect the youngest during this health crisis. The Child Protection Ranking looked at three factors the organization deemed important to kids, specifically during the coronavirus pandemic....
Made by the Scandinavian brand Stokke, the Flexi Bath is 24 inches long, seven-inches wide, and 13-inches tall. It weighs 3.5 pounds and is made from a BPA-free silicone that is flexible but still quite sturdy. There’s grippy rubber on the bottom to helps it stay in place and reinforced to not leak. It can accommodate infants to 4 year olds and, as such, comes with an ergonomic infant support that, once connected, keeps infants comfortable and above water when its suds time....
But there’s also a small but problematic community within the online video game, virtual strip clubs where avatars meet for less savory activities. It’s a persistent presence despite attempts to eradicate them from the platform. Here’s what parents need to know. Here’s How the Roblox Strip Clubs Work The rooms are advertised on TikTok and Discord servers outside of the platform and out of its control. They are given innocuous names and often deleted within a matter of hours to avoid being found by Roblox moderators....
At some point, Giuliani, who may have been sweating under the weight of various falsehoods about voting (a convoluted plot about Venezuela hacking into voting machines and changing votes “after everyone went to sleep” is a major part of the Giuliani accusations), had a dark brown liquid dripping down the side of his face. And yes, you guessed it, it’s most likely hair dye. The photos are yes, cringeworthy, and honestly, to focus on this in the face of a major political party brazenly discrediting one of the most secure and smoothly-run elections in years, and seeing how much they can get away with in the interim, probably seems like small potatoes....
Dear every other parent in school pick-up lines on Monday, I know that school is an exciting time for you and for your small child. But please, please, pretty fucking please, stay in your line. I know it’s tough…I’m sympathetic to your pain. I’m in line too. RELATED: I Camped Outside For 16 Days To Enroll My Kid In A Good School Thing is, we’re all in line. So get your ass where it needs to be and inch forward like everyone else....
My kids are bored and being little monsters. I can’t give them activities all the time and keep turning on the TV to give myself time. It’s bad parenting. It’s too much screen time. It’s maybe all I’ve got though? I don’t even want to think about the long-term damage I’m doing. What do I do? Tubed Out in Tallahassee I hereby declare a moratorium on screen time guilt which shall last until such time as the pandemic ends or children return to school full-time....
Whether or not a dad handles the sex drought and the alone time it often mandates gracefully, may be determined in part by the degree to which he empathizes with his wife’s situation. So, in an effort to explain what precisely that situation is, we spoke to several mothers about the first weeks post-baby, their physical recoveries, and the return to sex. Sex With a Partner Felt Like an Interruption When you have your first baby, you have such an earth-shattering experience....
Liz and Austin Alvarez from Atlanta are parents to 21-month-old Canaan. They talked constantly about bringing their kid into their existing family, not the other way around. After Liz had an unplanned c-section, she leaned on Austin in a way she never thought she would, and that immediate need for teamwork made the rest of their early-baby-dom much easier. Here, Liz and Austin talk about finding time for each other, their sex lives after baby, and how tired they were in the newborn phase....
Fatherly spoke to Martin about what authentic sexuality looks like in women and how men can help them find their own special shade. A lot of Untrue is about adultery. Why was it important for you to look into how women function in relationship to non-monogamy? Infidelity is really a great test case for how we actually feel about gender parity. We have people who believe women should make the same amount men do....
Just how little, sometimes, dads physically and intimately understand about the physical experiences of pregnancy. For the most part, they can only empathize, and that’s totally fair! But it’s also why former Olympian and GOAT-level gymnast Shawn Johnson’s viral TikTok series with her husband is so, so funny. To help her husband, Andrew East, an NFL football player, understand what it’s really like to be carrying a growing baby, the two devised a simulation plan so that he could understand at least some of the physical sensations of pregnancy....
At the end of the day, farts are sometimes just the GI system’s way of saying “I love you” — and everyone benefits from backing off and letting nature take its course. But is farting good for you? Here’s what you need to know about farts and your health. Holding in Farts Will Give You Bad Breath Although holding in farts won’t send you to the emergency room, it might be the reason why your conversations are briefly cut short....
In late June, Asics launched a somewhat under-the-radar dual collaboration with famed Japanese design house Atmos and Simon Wood, the editor and publisher of Sneaker Freaker, a beloved Australian sneaker zine. The canvas for this shoe is the Gel-Lyte III OG, The Gel-Lyte first launched in 1990 and is constructed in a manner that lends itself to radical color-blocking. The “story” this shoe tells is about the stray cats living in the alleyways of Tokyo and Melbourne....
Arguably, it’s more memorable and interesting than some of the more forgettable Marvel entries. Films like Age of Ultron, the various Ant-Mans, some of the Thors, and most of the post-2011 X-Mens. Saying Zack Snyder’s Justice League is better than some middle-of-the-road or off-brand Marvel films might seem like a backhanded compliment, but it’s really not. The DC movies have always been in competition with Marvel in the eyes of the moviegoing public, but now that we’ve had a year of not going to a movie theater, it’s easier to assess the “real” Justice League honestly....
What Is E-Verify? The E-Verify system allows employers to confirm work eligibility using information taken from employees’ I-9 forms, a standard form completed during the onboarding process for new employees. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SSA extended the timeframe for employers to address issues like social security number mismatches due to the closure of SSA offices and a shortage of employees. Social security numbers are necessary so taxes can be accurately filed and recorded with the IRS....
At New York Comic Con, on October 10, 2021, a new clip of the upcoming show Star Trek: Prodigy was shared, according to TrekMovie. The animated TV show, developed by Paramount+ and Nickelodeon Animation, will have some familiar characters. Some characters confirmed include a hologram version of Voyager Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and First Office Chakotay (Robert Beltran), now Captain Chakotay. On the panel at New York Comic Con, more details were released about the show, including some new voice actors joining the cast....
A personal finance website site, MagnifyMoney, collected data from the American Community Survey microdata hosted on IPUMS and the U.S. Census Bureau. Using the information, they calculated the percentage of two-parent homes where at least one parent is home with the kids and isn’t a part of the labor force. MagnifyMoney then compared pre-COVID data from 2019 and 2021 data, mid-COVID, and calculated the percentage of differences. And what was found is striking....
