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To determine the Worst State Index scores, we looked at data that captured the unpleasantness of a state, including its poverty rate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, and its most recent unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition to those economic indicators, we accounted for factors that affect residents’ health, including air pollution (measured by the amount of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the U....

The recent study, conducted by researchers from Vanderbilt University and published on Aug. 28 in the journal Psychological Science, found that repetition can affect anyone’s ability to weed out misinformation. “When we rely on our initial gut feelings to determine truth, we often use unreliable cues such as repetition,” lead researcher Lisa K. Fazio, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt, said in a statement. “It’s important to instead slow down and think about how we know a statement is true or false....

RELATED: This Is What Scares People Most in Every State. States where this is the top fear: Three If you have a fear of leaving the house or entering unfamiliar outside environments, you may have agoraphobia, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed....

“When the percent of test positivity goes way, way down,” Fauci answered, meaning the percentage of positive tests across the country. He pointed to one of the few U.S. COVID success stories as an example. “I mean you look at New York City right now, it’s less than one percent. That’s what you want the whole country to be,” he said. The percent of test positivity Fauci referred to is the percentage of COVID tests that come back positive....

But, as noted in this recent New York Times piece, while the health benefits of vitamins are unequivocal, there isn’t actually a whole lot of research to support the theory that you need to get from supplements, as opposed to food. In the essay, health writer Liz Szabo notes that explains that while 68 percent of those age 65 and older take vitamins, and 29 percent of them take four or more supplements of any kind, there’s “no conclusive evidence that dietary supplements prevent chronic disease in the average American… And while a handful of vitamin and mineral studies have had positive results, those findings haven’t been strong enough to recommend supplements to the general American public....

For a nation of roughly 127 million citizens to only have 17,000 cases is, by any measure, remarkable. That’s a .01 percent infection rate. The U.S. has over 329 million citizens and has seen 2.1 million cases, a .6 percent rate, 60 times greater than Japan’s. What’s even more remarkable is that Japan has not gone into lockdown throughout the global pandemic. Most businesses have remained open—as are subways—though the Japanese are practicing social distancing....

The study, conducted by Jan Hatzius, Daan Struyven, and Isabella Rosenberg, a team of economists at investment firm Goldman Sachs, reported a baseline estimate that determined a national face mask mandate would increase mask usage by 15 percent and cut the daily growth of new cases by nearly one percent. Currently, only 14 states have official mask requirements: New York, Connecticut, California, North Carolina, Nevada, Washington, Kansas, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Delaware, Illinois, Rhode Island, Maine, and Michigan....

READ THIS NEXT: This Popular Retail Chain Is Closing Stores, Starting Oct. 5. Brick-and-mortar businesses close every day. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was devastating to watch so many small businesses close up shop for good. We’ve since returned to a semblance of normalcy, but we’re not completely out of the woods, and store closures continue to make headlines.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Big-name brands have been forced to close locations, including Bed Bath & Beyond, which announced plans in August to close 150 “lower-producing” stores, and CVS, which is shuttering 900 locations over the next three years....

READ THIS NEXT: Kristen Stewart’s New Movie Is So Gross, Audiences Are Walking Out. In her interview with The Times, Thompson talked about not being offered parts that included sexual intimacy. “I’ve never really been offered sex scenes,” she said (via People). “As my mother said, I’ve basically played a series of ‘good’ women. I do ‘cerebral.’” She explained that this is because of the way people behind the scenes have perceived her....

With poor heart health being such a serious problem in the U.S., we wanted to see where exactly the condition runs most rampant. To do this, we used the CDC and NIH data on the number of residents in each state who have coronary heart disease and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau to calculate cases of coronary heart disease per capita (or, per 100,000 residents in each state)....

Locast, a “not-for-profit service offering users access to broadcast television stations over the internet,” has been suspended effective immediately following a lawsuit. The four biggest broadcast networks in the U.S.—ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox—all filed a lawsuit against Locast on the basis of copyright infringement, insisting the streaming service was stealing their programming, as Deadline reports. Locast had positioned itself as a non-profit that didn’t charge for its streaming service, which would allow low-income people who couldn’t afford cable or other streaming subscriptions to gain access to TV....

Tingling in your hands or fingers, also known as paresthesia, is not a common side effect after getting the COVID vaccination but some could end up experiencing it for various reasons, warns Sandra El Hajj, NMD, a health professional specializing in Preventive Global Health. Hajj says the tingling would most likely be the temporary result of your nerves reacting to your vaccination. “In most cases, it is an immediate reaction to the needle injection itself and not what you are being injected with....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Bought This at Home Depot or Lowe’s, Stop Using It Now, Officials Warn. Even as lingering supply chain issues have made customers less confident about finding specific items on the shelf, most shoppers rest assured that the products they pick up at the store are safe to consume. After all, strict requirements and regulations for manufacturers help keep the public out of harm’s way. But in some cases, it may only be after certain items are distributed and sold that major health agencies can sound the alarm on a potential problem....

Hanks opened up about his resume in a lengthy new interview with The New York Times. And in talking about one of his most famous movies from the ’90s, the actor admitted that the part wouldn’t be his if the film was made today—and for good reason. Read on to see which major Hanks role wouldn’t have happened in 2022.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb READ THIS NEXT: The Worst Tom Hanks Movie of All Time, According to Critics....

READ THIS NEXT: 5 Surprising Items TSA May Flag You for at Airport Security. According to a Dec. 19 press release, TSA is expecting an increased number of travelers at U.S. airports—nearing those elusive “pre-pandemic levels.” The agency anticipates Thursday, Dec. 22, and Friday, Dec. 30, will be the two busiest days of the season, falling in line with the uptick observed over the Thanksgiving holiday. “During the Thanksgiving travel period, we saw the highest throughput volume since 2019, and we expect that trend to continue over the upcoming holiday travel period,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in the release....

READ THIS NEXT: ​USPS Is Making This Unprecedented Change to Service, Starting Today. The USPS deals with millions of people’s mail every single day, so it’s no surprise that they are quick to send out alerts to customers across the U.S. over any number of issues. In May, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy warned the millions that use the postal system that they should prepare to start seeing postage prices increase at an “uncomfortable” rate over the next few years, as the USPS will continue to push for price hikes until it’s more “self-sustaining....

READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Getting Rid of This, Postmaster General Says. The Postal Service’s financial struggles have resulted in the agency making several changes already this year. Back in April, the USPS introduced two new shipping surcharges for nonstandard packages. That was followed by another price hike soon after, when the agency raised First-Class Mail prices by 6.5 percent on July 10.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The Postal Service also slowed the delivery timeframe for almost one-third of its small, lightweight packages by introducing new service standards for its First-Class Packages in May—after the agency had already slowed down shipping speeds in Oct....

1 Mugging Draws Instant Response On Aug. 1, a surveillance video captured a man punching an elderly patron who was dining outside of Rafallo’s Pizza on Hollywood Boulevard, then nabbing the man’s wallet and phone. Within seconds, the attacker was being chased by Tim Ratcliff, owner of the neighboring restaurant Hollywood Shin. It wasn’t long before Ratcliff collared the mugger and pinned him to the ground at the corner of La Brea....

On Friday, Sept. 24, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Ready Pac Foods, Inc. is recalling 222,915 pounds of ready-to-eat salad products because of the dressing. The affected salad products were sold under the manufacturer’s name, Ready Pac, but also as store brand names at major grocery chains, including Walmart, Kroger, Aldi, Albertsons, and Safeway.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb At Walmart, the salad affected by the recall was sold as Ready Pac Bistro Chef Salad (which has been pulled from the website, too)....

RELATED: Walmart Is Getting Rid of This, Effective Immediately. Walmart is looking to up its delivery game. The retailer is planning to build a bigger, more flexible delivery system that could even be sold as a service to smaller retailers, Walmart executives told The Wall Street Journal. Srini Venkatesan, head of Walmart’s omni-channel tech efforts, said executives have been mapping out plans to revamp the retailer’s back end technology to enable delivery growth....