READ THIS NEXT: U.S. National Parks Are Getting Rid of This for Visitors, Starting Now. The forces of nature that are on display in many natural parks never rest—and can even affect how you experience them. There are even plenty of examples from just the past few months of hugely popular sites having to limit access to guests due to safety reasons. One of the most notable instances involves Yellowstone National Park, which experienced catastrophic flooding on June 14....

In a Dec. 6 appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Deborah Birx, MD, White House coronavirus task force coordinator, warned that more action from elected officials was necessary to avoid catastrophe. “Every state across this country needs to increase their mitigation and every state needs to be critically informing their state population that the gatherings we saw in Thanksgiving will lead to a surge, it will happen this week and next week,” she said....

RELATED: The CDC Head Just Made This Dire Prediction About Omicron in the U.S. During a Dec. 12 appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, Gottlieb was asked about the recent decision by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reinstate a statewide mask mandate in response to rising cases in certain areas. He explained that cases in certain areas were beginning to see 36 cases per 100,000 people per day—up from about 20 daily cases per capita six weeks ago—and that action would be necessary to keep the spike under control....

In fact, there’s one cleaning tip that’s often repeated, but can actually make things worse if you try it: using cornstarch to get burn marks out of clothing. “It’s a myth that cornstarch can bring fabric to life again, especially fabric that has been burned by an iron,” warns Sean Parry, a cleaning expert at the London-based home cleaning company Neat Services. In fact, it could make your garment look worse in the long run....

In a New York magazine piece last week, Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi uncovered Trump’s favorite movie—one that he says is “one of the greatest of all time” and, Nuzzi reports, watches “again and again and again.” Read on to find out what the movie is, and why it may have a touch of symbolism in terms of where the former president finds himself now. 1 Trump’s Favorite Movie In the piece on how Trump spends his days these days, after losing his bid for a second presidential term, Nuzzi reports that one thing the former president loves to do is watch his favorite movie: Sunset Boulevard....

READ THIS NEXT: 6 Red Flags That Spell Cheating, Therapists Warn. Unlike cheating that involves physical intimacy, affairs that are strictly emotional can be harder to define. “An emotional affair is more tricky to pinpoint,” David Tzall, PsyD, a licensed psychologist based in Brooklyn, tells Best Life. “It doesn’t have the same parameters as a traditional affair where someone has crossed a line into physical contact. An emotional affair is more when you are seeking out your emotional needs through someone else....

RELATED: This Is How Long Your Omicron Symptoms Will Last, Doctors Say. There is no one standard for how long you could be spreading the virus, but some people can remain contagious for more than a week. COVID patients are “potentially infectious” two days before their symptoms arise and up to ten days after, Gary McLean, PhD, a professor of molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University, told Insider. The U....

Best Life pored over multiple sources in order to determine the highly venomous spiders in every U.S. state, using SpiderIdentifications.com as our main resource for the following list, and verifying the information with at least one other credible source wherever possible, including those from each state’s health department. However, it is important to keep in mind that nearly all spiders are technically venomous to some degree, but we only included species that are widely considered to be the biggest threats....

Instead of tackling your ends first and then washing your scalp, “apply shampoo evenly throughout the scalp, because rubbing or roughing up the more fragile ends can create knots and breakage,” explains L.A.-based hairstylist Bradley Leake, who has worked with TV stars from Lili Reinhart to Stassi Schroeder.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb While it may seem as though only shampooing your scalp would not be sufficient when it comes to getting your hair clean, Leake assures that this isn’t the case....

To see how the nine biggest streaming platforms resonate with consumers, we evaluated them based on five key metrics. First, we looked at the most recent data available on the number of subscribers to see which platform cast the widest net, as well as the starting price point each service charges for a subscription. Then, we consulted the U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best on-demand streaming services of 2021, which scored each brand using a five-star scale based on a comprehensive analysis of the quality and quantity of programs offered by each platform, as well as consumer reviews....

The Axios Harris Poll 100, based on an annual survey of 42,935 Americans, uses a two-step process to rank the reputations of some of biggest brands in the U.S. First, the survey determined the public’s “top-of-mind awareness of companies that either excel or falter in society,” deeming them the 100 “most visible companies.” These companies were then rated by a second group of Americans using seven key dimensions of reputation—affinity, ethics, growth, products/service, citizenship, vision, and culture....

According to the YouGov poll, Prince William edged out his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, to be crowned the most popular of the U.K. royals. The Duke of Cambridge received a 74 percent approval rating, followed by the Queen with a 72 percent rating and Duchess Catherine coming in third at 67 percent. The seismic events that caused chaos in the Palace–and are playing out on television—have clearly shaped the current rankings....

For our list of coffee chains in the U.S., we started with the 20 chains that have at least 25 or more locations either within a state or in different parts of the country. Then, we gathered the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) ratings of the different coffee chains across the U.S. (Scores were available for 18 of them.) The BBB uses public data, as well as information provided by companies themselves, to assess how well a business serves and interacts with its customers, such as the volume of complaints received from customers, whether or not those complaints went unanswered or unresolved, and if there is evidence of a pattern of failure to address complaints....

The key, experts say, is recognizing the warning signs and checking in with your doctor if you think something is amiss—no matter how subtle the symptom may be. Read on to learn the number one liver cancer symptom people ignore, as well as other symptoms which may tip you off to this serious form of cancer. READ THIS NEXT: This Popular Party Snack May Cause Colon Cancer, Experts Say. Liver cancer can cause a wide range of detectable symptoms, or none at all, experts say....

Before approaching your significant other about the issue giving you pause, you first have to decide whether or not the conversation is worth having. Some red flags are signaling a larger, more significant issue, while others are a bit more frivolous. “If it’s a difference in core values (someone who believes in monogamy vs. non-monogamy), there isn’t any point in moving forward. If it’s a personality quirk, like one partner being more tidy than the other, there’s a better chance that it isn’t something that will end the relationship,” says Alisha Powell, PhD, LCSW....

“A full shutdown would mean that everyone in the entire country stays at home for four to six weeks,” writes Leana S. Wen, MD, in an opinion piece for The Washington Post. This isn’t the only option, Wen says, but rather one of three ways forward—and easily the most aggressive. In this scenario, she continues, “Those already infected would spread the virus only to their immediate households. If no one has additional contacts, we collectively starve the virus and stop transmission....

RELATED: This Home Necessity Is Disappearing From Store Shelves. If you’re looking to have fireworks for any summer celebrations like July 4, you might be disappointed. According to a statement posted by Brooklyn Fireworks on May 5, the fireworks industry is facing a “massive product shortage.” In fact, the company says that more than 60 percent of the fireworks ordered by companies in the U.S. for 2021 will not actually arrive this year because of the shortage....

According to the company’s earnings report released on Apr. 20, Netflix added just under 4 million more worldwide subscribers from January through March of 2020. But while that may seem like an impressive bit of growth, it actually marks the smallest gain during that three-month period in four years, CNBC reports. The lag in new subscribers also marks a huge drop-off from the same time last year, which saw a record-breaking 15....

The updated PPE, which was developed by engineers and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, are silicon-based masks called Injection Molded Autoclavable, Scalable, Conformable—or iMASC, for short. The easily-sanitized devices use small filtration holes covered with N95 fabric, drastically reducing the amount of material needed to provide protection. Since they can also be safely cleaned and reused, these masks could prevent healthcare workers from having to reuse the same N95 mask—which can only be sanitized once a day and 20 times overall before becoming ineffective....

While traveling to Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia over the few days, Birx has pleaded with local officials in those states, where coronavirus numbers are increasing, to limit social gatherings. In the White House’s leaked document about “red zone” states, the coronavirus task force note that states that are seeing more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents per week need to “ask citizens to limit ALL social gatherings to fewer than 10 people....