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No one can be faulted for wanting to savor every minute sitting down at your favorite restaurant, especially after it’s likely been a while since the last time you were able to enjoy a meal out. But according to experts, one of the safest things you can do is keep your visit as quick as possible. “If you’re going to be in very close proximity to other people and there are lots of diners packed together, that’s when I would try to limit the time as much as possible,” Leana Wen, MD, an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, told CNN....

In an interview with CNN on Dec. 21, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director signaled that he would oppose halting U.S.-bound flights from the U.K. if the topic were to come up at a White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting. Read on to see why he’s against the new measures and what others think should be done. And for more on the new strain, check out Will the New COVID Strain Make the Vaccine Useless?...

READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Warns All Americans “Need to Pay Attention” to This Now. A new Omicron subvariant has just become the dominant COVID variant in the U.S. During a July 12 White House press briefing on the pandemic, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said it is estimated that the BA.5 subvariant now accounts for 65 percent of new coronavirus infections in the nation, per Reuters. This fast-spreading variant overtook the previously dominant Omicron subvariant BA....

“This is a real phenomenon. I, myself, personally, am dealing and helping a number of people who have a post-acute COVID-19 syndrome,” Fauci continued in his Jan. 22 appearance. “They are virologically okay. The virus is no longer identified in them, but they have persistence of symptoms that can be debilitating. … It can be really quite disturbing.” Fauci told Maddow that the National Institutes of Health, where he’s director of the Department of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is making “a major investment in research dollars to try and find out the full extent of this, any hints towards what the underlying mechanisms are, what we can do to treat it”—and he also revealed the most concerning long COVID symptoms....

During an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America on Sept. 28, Fauci candidly discussed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decision to allow bars and restaurants to welcome back patrons at full capacity across the state on Sept. 25. “That is very concerning to me,” Fauci warned on GMA. “That is something we really need to be careful about because when you are dealing with community spread and you have the kind of congregate setting where people get together, particularly without wearing masks, you’re really asking for trouble....

READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Warns It’s “Critically Important” to Do This Now—Vaccinated or Not. After avoiding COVID for over two years, the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed that Fauci tested positive on a rapid antigen test on June 15. At the time, the infectious disease expert was “experiencing mild symptoms,” per an NIH press release, which added that the COVID adviser is “fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice....

Fauci began his Face the Nation interview with a question about the likelihood of a fourth wave of coronavirus cases hitting the U.S. He explained that certain conditions that preceded previous surges and recent developments worldwide have him concerned that another spike could be on the horizon. “Historically, if you look back at the different surges we’ve had, when they come down and then start to plateau at a very high level… plateauing at a level of 60 to 70,000 new cases per day is not an acceptable level....

During an interview with Business Insider, Fauci explained that we can likely expect at least another full year of donning PPE, saying, “A combination of an effective vaccine and adherence to certain public-health principles will get us to the point where we want to be, by the end of 2021.“ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb He noted that the emphasis on developing and distributing an effective vaccine was being misunderstood as a kind of silver bullet solution....

RELATED: If You Notice This at Night, It May Be an Early Alzheimer’s Sign, Study Says. The latest findings come from a study published in November in the journal Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy. A team of researchers from Yonsei University College of Medicine in South Korea analyzed the medical records of 247,149 participants diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) between 2005 and 2009 and an average age between 64 and 69 to test the likelihood that the patients would develop Alzheimer’s disease....

RELATED: If You Notice This With Your Eyes, Have Your Lungs Checked, Experts Warn. Swelling of the face, also known as facial edema, occurs when fluid builds up in the facial tissue, causing inflammation and puffiness. While it can have benign (non-cancerous) causes, it can sometimes be a symptom of lung cancer or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This is because lung tumors can obstruct blood flow in an important vein in the upper body known as the superior vena cava....

1 Catch a Cobra By the Tail In the Instagram post, Holston is seen crouching behind a swaying king cobra, which seems focused on the person behind the camera. Holston slowly reaches out and lifts the cobra, before letting it drop to the ground. His second attempt to lift the snake is more successful—until it turns around and lunges at him. The video ends with him clearly attempting to pick up the snake one more time....

1 Witness Accounts The Patel family were reportedly on a trip north to San Francisco when the incident occurred. Witnesses say they saw the car do a U-Turn and drive up onto the dirt area before veering right off the side of the cliff. The car then flipped several times before landing upright, with all four family members, including wife Neha, 41, and the kids aged four and seven, miraculously escaping serious injury....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Says “Herd Immunity” Is No Longer the Goal With COVID—This Is. When asked if face masks would fully become a thing of the past or stay in use, Fauci explained that some might see the benefits of breaking out PPE at certain times to help avoid passing along other contagious viruses that spread annually. “It is conceivable that as we go on a year or two or more from now that during certain seasonal periods when you have respiratory-borne viruses like the flu, people might actually elect to wear masks to diminish the likelihood that you’ll spread these respiratory borne diseases,” Fauci predicted....

READ THIS NEXT: FDA Says to Avoid These OTC Antacids in New Warning. Respiratory threats are surging across the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying that the levels of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza (flu) are “higher than usual for this time of the year, especially among children.” Meanwhile, COVID remains an active threat. As a result, over-the-counter (OTC) cold and flu medications are flying off shelves, and prescriptions are also taking longer to fill....

READ THIS NEXT: UPS Says It Will Toss Your Package If You Do This. FedEx uses a network of 6,000 independent businesses to make deliveries with its Ground division, according to CNN. These FedEx Ground drivers delivering packages to Americans’ doorsteps are actually employed by that network of contractors, not by FedEx itself. For months now, the contractors have been sounding the alarm on major financial concerns. An estimate from Deutsche Bank indicates that higher costs for fuel, trucks, and driver pay amid inflation have roughly 30 percent of the FedEx contractors losing money, per CNN....

READ THIS NEXT: Doing This at Night May Help You Ward Off Dementia, Study Says. Right now in the U.S., roughly 5.8 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And while early signs of dementia often go unrecognized, sometimes dementia-like symptoms are caused by other underlying factors. Thomas C. Hammond, MD, neurologist at Baptist Health’s Marcus Neuroscience Institute in Florida, spoke to Best Life about some of the alternative explanations for changes in one’s cognitive health....

1 Holiday Mayhem The work Christmas party took place at the Hotel Indigo in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday night (Dec. 3). According to reports, two men in their 30s—the Grinch and the reindeer—got into what is being called an alcohol-fuelled fight. Things took a turn when the Grinch allegedly punched the reindeer, and police were called to the party. The Grinch was arrested for assaulting the reindeer, and is probably on Santa’s naughty list now....

In early July, a source told me the publication of the book had the Royal family “bracing for the worst” and it appears that’s exactly what they got. In the excerpts released thus far, Finding Freedom authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand depict Harry and Meghan as victims of the Palace caste system that could not handle their superstardom and did everything in their power to marginalize them within the family....

“Theadora, my car broke down on your street and your dad’s friend kindly let me wait at your house with a cup of tea,” the letter began. “I’m devastated that we missed each other. Looking forward to meeting you soon.” Styles closed out the letter writing, “Treat people with kindness,” the title of a song on his most recent album, Fine Line. “All my love, Harry. P.S. I fed the fish,” Styles signed the letter....

One of Styles’ biggest critics was Candace Owens, a conservative author and commentator. In a series of tweets on Nov. 14 after the Vogue photos were released, Owens said that Styles’ outfit was part of “the steady feminization of our men.” “There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the West, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence....