READ THIS NEXT: Walmart Just Issued This Urgent Warning for Shoppers at Over 100 Stores. Snack foods are great when you need to grab something quick on the go, but you better make sure they’re safe to consume. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Prairie City Bakery had voluntarily recalled 50,220 units of its beloved Peanut Butter Chip Ooey Gooey Butter Cake.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The pulling of snack cakes was tied to a previous major recall of Jif peanut butter products....

On March 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the voluntary recall of one lot of Pacific Salmon Burgers, sold in 48-oz packages at Costco stores. The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the burgers could be contaminated with pieces of metal that could “pose a choking hazard or other physical injury.” The affected burgers have lot number GC101431 and a best by date of 01/14/2023 printed on the packaging....

In total, the research team screened 25 odorants, ultimately choosing five to use for the experiment that participants were most familiar with: coconut oil, cardamom, fennel, peppermint, and garlic. They then graded the scents based on potency and familiarity, and developed a prototype testing kit, which people could easily recreate at home. Ultimately, they found olfactory deficits in roughly 50 percent of otherwise asymptomatic COVID-positive patients. Of the five scents, peppermint and coconut oil were most frequently misidentified or undetectable to those with coronavirus: 36....

RELATED: Never Ignore Pain in This One Body Part, Experts Warn. If you experience pain, weakness, tingling, or numbness in your thighs, experts say it could actually be coming from a herniated disk—also called a slipped or ruptured disk—in your lower back. Leg pain originating from this region of the back, known as the lumbar spine, is commonly referred to as sciatica. That’s because the sensation travels from the back to the extremities via the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the human body....

The FTC issued a new warning on Oct. 27, informing consumers that scammers are now sending fake IRS emails about the third stimulus check. Per the warning, the email states that you can get a third stimulus payment by clicking on a link that lets you “access the form for your additional information.” Unfortunately, opening this email won’t get you more money from the government. “But the link is a trick,” Cristina Miranda, an official for the IRS’ Division of Consumer and Business Education, writes in the warning....

A 2014 study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found a connection between blood type and dementia. Researchers for the study—which was part of a larger study of more than 30,000 people observed for more than three years—identified 495 participants who developed thinking and memory problems during the study, and compared them to 587 people who experienced no cognitive impairment. They found that people with blood type AB were 82 percent more likely to develop thinking and memory problems that can lead to dementia than those with other blood types....

RELATED: If You Bought This at Walmart, Don’t Eat It, FDA Warns. On Aug. 23, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced that a statewide recall and quarantine order had been issued for raw goat milk from Valley Milk Simply Bottled. The recalled milk is labeled “Valley Milk Simply Bottled Raw Goat Milk,” is sold in 64-oz. plastic jugs, and has an Aug. 28, 2021 expiration date. If you want to keep yourself and the members of your household safe, do not drink the recalled milk....

RELATED: If You Live Here, Prepare for a Mosquito Invasion Like You’ve Never Seen. Residents in parts of New England may want to be on the lookout: Maine and Massachusetts are currently home to an infestation of the poisonous browntail moth caterpillar. Health officials are warning that the invasive species are covered in hairs that can cause painful rashes or breathing problems and that the public should avoid all contact with the bugs....

The dangerously hot temperatures have already smashed previous high records in some cities. And as forecasts expect the mercury to rise even higher, widespread excessive heat advisories from the National Weather Service (NWS) have been put in place that affect more than 48 million people. “This type of heat is unusual for the month of June,” Julie Malingowski, a meteorologist with the NWS, told The Guardian, who added that most heatwaves in the western U....

New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut were once the hottest of hotspots in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, but the number of cases in these three states has gone down dramatically. However, there’s been a surge in cases in many states that reopened early. As a result, visitors from the following nine states are now required to self-quarantine for 14 days when arriving in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut....

RELATED: Unvaccinated People Are Banned From This as of Oct. 1, Homeland Security Says. As of Oct. 7, new protocols will go into effect in Los Angeles County that will require any visitors to theme parks to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test from within the previous 72 hours to be allowed entry. Children under the age of 12 who are ineligible to receive vaccines are exempt from the ban....

Certain kinds of birth control can increase a person’s risk of developing a blood clot by two to four times, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Many birth controls utilize the hormone estrogen, in addition to progestin, to prevent pregnancy by halting a woman’s ovulation. While an increase in estrogen helps keep you from getting pregnant, increased estrogen levels promote the formation of blood clots, the Cleveland Clinic explains.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “When we talk about blood clot risk in relation to birth control, we’re only talking about birth control that contains estrogen, which includes combination birth control pills [i....

READ THIS NEXT: Security Experts Just Issued This Urgent Warning to All Gmail Users. Large and influential tech companies regularly reassess their portfolios and consider which of their products are still worth maintaining. In Google’s case, the tech giant has seen unmatched growth in everything from hardware to online tools that have become indispensable to people worldwide. But, over time, even some of the company’s flashiest apps have been axed after they became obsolete, got replaced, or simply failed to take off....

Chase updated their website on March 12 to let customers know that they “expect” stimulus payments to be available to most Chase customers as soon as March 17. “When we receive the money from the IRS on Wednesday, we will immediately deposit it into our customers’ accounts,” Amy Bonitatibus, the chief communications officer for Chase, told Insider. And for more reasons your payment might be held up, If You’ve Done This in the Past Year, Your Stimulus Check Could Be Delayed....

RELATED: 96 Percent of People With Parkinson’s Have This in Common, Study Says. A recent study published in JAMA Neurology used data from Danish health care databases that included 10,231 men and women diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease between 2000 and 2016. Researchers then carefully analyzed each patient’s information against 51,196 control patients by matching them by age and sex while also tracking flu infections dating back all the way to 1977 through referencing hospital records, The New York Times reports....

RELATED: See Kate Winslet’s 20-Year-Old Daughter, Who’s Taking Over Hollywood. On May 13, Ireland posted two risqué photos on her Instagram, where she can been seen wearing not much more than over-the-knee boots. She censored herself with a black bar, as Instagram has a policy against nudity “with some exceptions, like photos of post-mastectomy scarring and women actively breastfeeding.” Ireland captioned the two photos, “the type uh girl you take home 2 mother....

During an interview on The Howard Stern Show in 2019, Aniston discussed an offer she received from Lorne Michaels, co-creator and producer of SNL, to be a part of the cast. When Michaels asked Aniston to be on the show because of how funny he thought she was, she was a little thrown. “Well, you were thrown because you said, ‘Wait a second, I’m a fing serious actress. I’m not a comedian’… It was insulting to you,” host Howard Stern said....

In light of the updated version of the Open Book being released, Simpson also spoke with People about being on the receiving end of such hate from the media, how it made her “feel like a failure,” and why she believes that the world is now a better place when it comes to body image. Read on to see what Simpson had to say. And for more on the fashion designer, check out Jessica Simpson Admits She Was Drunk in That 2017 “Ellen” Interview....

RELATED: Delta Will No Longer Fly to These 3 Cities, Starting Jan. 9. Another U.S. airline is gearing up to drop flights. A spokesperson for JetBlue Airways told Reuters that the airline will cut around 1,280 flights from its schedule starting Dec. 30. The airline will continue to reduce its lineup by dropping flights through Jan. 13, but it has not confirmed which planned flights are being clipped.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb FlightAware data indicates that JetBlue has already canceled 175 flights by midday on Dec....

Johnson & Johnson released a statement on April 9, stating that the company is “aware” that there have been cases of blood clotting, also known as thromboembolic events, “reported with all COVID-19 vaccines,” as well as its own, CNN reported. However, the company says there has been no relationship established between its specific vaccine and these blood clots. “Our close tracking of side effects has revealed a small number of very rare events following vaccination,” the statement said....