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Virologist and medical researcher Jonas Salk developed a successful polio vaccine that was approved in 1955, helping the world all but eradicate the disease.

In the last few days alone, 28 new anti-abortion measures were signed into law in seven states, accounting for nearly half of the anti-abortion restrictions passed in 2021 so far and the most passed in a single week in a decade. Guttmacher reports that this week’s count includes “a near-total ban on abortion in…

On her talk show this week, Drew Barrymore interviewed her inspiration Oprah Winfrey and held an unruly chicken. Thus, Barrymore lived out both sides of what it means to be wind beneath wings right in front of our very eyes. Elsewhere, Barrymore seemed as surprised by her body’s abilities as a child learning to walk.…

In February, Ryan Fischer was shot in the chest while out walking Lady Gaga’s two french bulldogs, Koji and Gustav. The dogs, each worth several thousand dollars because of their expensive breed, were dognapped, prompting Gaga to offer a $500,000 reward for their return. The New York Times is now reporting that five…

Unlike the several Republican-led states who have passed bills targeting and banning trans girls from girls’ sports this year, North Carolina has decided not to move ahead on its similar bill. The stated reason? It’s not an actual problem that legislators need to address, and a total waste of time. Congratulations to…

Girl, I can tell you’ve been crying and you needing somebody to talk to is probably exactly what Beyoncé was saying when she dialed into the Zoom chat in January to watch Kelly Rowland give birth to her son Noah. Also on the call were Mama Tina and Michelle Williams, likely running through breathing exercises but…

Thrift store gentrification describes the phenomenon of affluent shoppers who voluntarily buy merchandise from second-hand clothing stores.

'I Am Not a Respected Source of Information' Says Joe Rogan, As If the Rest of Us Didn't Already Know That

A month after news broke that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was under federal investigation for allegedly having a relationship with a minor, a confession letter written by Rep. Matt Gaetz’s associate Joel Greenberg claims that both Greenberg and Gaetz were “involved in sexual activities” with a girl who was only 17 years…

Noel Clarke, an English actor, screenwriter, and director best known for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who, is being accused of using his position in the entertainment industry to sexually assault and verbally abuse a number of women. The allegations against Clarke come from 20 different women and date back to 2004,…

The great Adam Sandler IHOP kerfuffle of 2021 can finally put be put to rest, after dominating TikTok for much of the week. It all started when IHOP employee Dayanna Rodas posted camera footage of herself turning away the famous comic from a restaurant location in Long Island.

The future is bright for the current and upcoming crop of AAA releases. Reviews for Returnal are positive. I’m gassed as hell to have Lady Dimitrescu chase me around in Resident Evil Village before I let her snap me in half. Rift Apart looks so sharp on the PS5 that it might become my first Ratchet and Clank…

Throughout the pandemic, US jobs reports centered around the hundreds of thousands of Americans who filed for unemployment as a result of covid making some jobs, and swaths of industries, temporarily obsolete. Oxfam International released a report examining this issue globally and found that women were most harshly…

On Wednesday night, as President Biden delivered his first speech before a joint session of Congress, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn was busy tweeting. “Biden’s plan is a total government takeover,” read one tweet. “American Jobs Plan... In socialist countries they call it central planning,” read another. But the …

If required to look at Twitter every day for professional purposes, it is important to pepper the feed with some nice to temper the bad. For me, that includes the account of beloved children’s book author Dick King-Smith, who died in 2011, but lives on through his family, who runs a very pleasant feed full of cute…

For the past several years the use of intimacy coordinators, liaisons who make sure actors are comfortable while filming scenes involving nudity or sex, has become increasingly normalized on movie and televisions sets following allegations of sexual abuse and harassment across the entertainment industry. Now, in an…