RELATED: Walmart Is Barring Shoppers From Doing This, Effective Immediately. If you’ve recently pulled up to your local Walmart to find it closed, you’re not alone. A spokesperson for the company told Patch on Dec. 28 that Walmart has been temporarily closing stores in the U.S. to allow more time for increased sanitizing between busier days, especially following the holidays. “Everything we’re doing is for the well-being of our associates and the thousands of customers we serve daily, and in consideration of guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health experts,” a Walmart spokesperson told the news outlet....

RELATED: Half of People Who Got Pfizer Have Lower Antibodies—Here’s Why. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, you are eligible to receive the Pfizer booster if you received your second dose of the vaccine at least six months ago and meet at least one of the following criteria: You are age 65 or older, live in a long-term care facility, are age 18 or older and have an underlying medical condition that could put you at higher risk of severe COVID-19, or are age 18 or older and work in a location that puts you at high risk of exposure to COVID-19....

As you can see, travel has been a big part of my life. I grew up road-tripping with the family across the picturesque Canadian Maritimes and driving south along the coastal highway to the Florida Keys. I then became a frequent flyer for the sheer joy of experiencing distant locales. And yet if I were to name my favorite mode of travel, it would have to be by sea. Read on to find out why I will always choose a cruise over any other vacation....

1 Prince William “Will Never Watch” Harry & Meghan, Sources Agree According to multiple people close to Prince William, he has no interest in hearing what his brother and sister-in-law have to say. “He says he will never watch it, and I know he definitely won’t,” they told The Times. Added another source said this is “correct.” 2 Nor Will King Charles or Queen Camilla: Reports A third source adds that King Charles and Queen Camilla will also pass on the explosive series....

“Our results prove that his second infection is caused by a new virus that he acquired recently rather than prolonged viral shedding,” clinical microbiologist Kelvin Kai-Wang To, MD, told The Times. The man was “diagnosed 4.5 months after the first episode,” according to the statement released by the researchers. He had been traveling in Spain, where he contracted a strain of COVID that matched the COVID strain circulating in Europe at the time....

RELATED: Angela Cartwright Played Penny in Lost in Space. See Her Now at 69. The tensions between Takei and Shatner arose when they were working together on the original Star Trek television series. In a 2015 interview with The New York Times (via ABC News), Takei said, “It’s difficult working with someone who is not a team player. The rest of the cast all understand what makes a scene work—it’s everybody contributing to it....

There are eight cities in Wisconsin that are on The New York Times’ current list of the 20 cities where new coronavirus cases are rising the fastest. The only other two states with more than one city on the list are Tennessee and North Dakota. However, both of these states only have two cities among the top 20 (Cookeville and Tullahoma in Tennessee, and Bismarck and Minot in North Dakota)....

RELATED: The IRS Just Issued a New Warning to All Taxpayers. Taxpayers who had a new member join their family in 2021 could be looking to rake in thousands more from the IRS this tax season, according to USA Today. Last year, the agency doled out advance child tax credit payments—half of the entire credit—to parents and guardians based on their 2020 tax return. For each qualifying child 5 years old or younger, these taxpayers will receive a total of $3,600, and for each qualifying child 6 to 17 years old, they will receive a total of $3,000....

The research, which was published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation in 2019, analyzed 10 previous studies from over the span of 70 years that included data on more than 3.8 million people from United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, New Zealand, and Australia, CNN reports. The authors found that “dog ownership was associated with a 24 percent risk reduction for all-cause mortality as compared to non-ownership,” and showed an even greater benefit to those who had suffered a heart attack or stroke, The Washington Post reports....

It’s understandable if the safety precautions keeping you away from your loved ones are adding to “pandemic fatigue,” but experts warn that simply getting your vaccine does not erase the danger of getting together with older family members, NPR reports. This is especially true of seniors who live in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities. According to the COVID Tracking Project, less than 1 percent of the U.S. population lives in long-term care facilities, but as of Feb....

The new study out of the University of Wisconsin, which was published as a pre-print on Jan. 6 and has not yet been peer-reviewed, analyzed blood tests from 113 patients infected with coronavirus five weeks after recovering from their illness and then again three months after their sickness. The researchers set out to determine the concentration level of antibodies circulating in their systems at both intervals. The findings corroborated other studies’ results that patients who are seniors, male, and/or those who fell severely ill saw higher concentrations of antibodies, which is a key indicator of immunity....

Interestingly enough, bacterial growth was more pronounced when the researchers checked a keyboard belonging to a younger couple as opposed to an older family. According to the findings, the most likely germs found on your computer or laptop keyboard are staphylococci, streptococci, and some airborne bacteria such as micrococci. These can lead to anything from relatively benign skin infections and a scratchy throat to more serious ailments like pneumonia and meningitis....

The recall affects 914,430 Crock-Pot 6-Quart Express Crock Multi-Cookers sold in the U.S. and an additional 28,330 units sold in Canada. The product’s manufacturer, Sunbeam Products, has received 119 reports of the Crock-Pot’s lid detaching; as of the Nov. 24 recall notice, there had been 99 reports of detached lids causing burns, including some third-degree burns. This Crock-Pot is just one of many popular products to be pulled from shelves recently; read on to discover if any of your household staples have been recalled....

The glaring goof takes place in the fourth episode of Season 2, “Chapter 12: The Siege,” which premiered on the streaming service on Friday. Mando (Pedro Pascal) has teamed back up with former allies Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) and Cara Dune (Gina Carano) to ambush an old Imperial base. As they draw their blasters against some Empire lackeys, you can see something that definitely doesn’t belong behind Greef. It’s a crew member, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and wearing a watch....

But the sunfish became a real and unwitting contestant in the boat race. Read on to find out what happened and why at least one analyst considered it to be “floating garbage” and “the world’s dumbest fish.” 1 Sunfish Interrupts Race Ryckmans was competing in the annual Sydney-to-Hobart race when his boat experienced a collision. “We had an impact where my immediate thought was we hit a reef; it was that powerful,” he said....

Sneaky Pete star Giovanni Ribisi grew up as a Scientologist thanks to his parents being dedicated members of the church, and he still practices today. During a 2017 interview on the Jim and Sam Show, Ribisi said of his faith, “It’s a personal thing, it’s something that works for me, and I think it’s that simple.” For more defenses of the religion, check out The Most Outspoken Celebrity Scientologists. “My parents definitely are Scientologists, approached parenting from a Scientology viewpoint,” Parenthood actor Erika Christensen said on an episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast (as reported by People)....

READ THIS NEXT: This Is How Long It’s Safe to Drink Milk Past Its Expiration Date. Raise your hand if you’ve thrown out uncooked white rice as soon as it reached its expiration date. Now you know better: “Uncooked white rice is a highly processed and refined ingredient, and can last up to six months after its expiry date if stored in an air-tight container,” Ruiz Asri of Honest Food Talks and an expert on Asian home cuisine tells Best Life....

“I had an experience, actually,” Miley Cyrus revealed to Interview magazine on Oct. 19. “I was driving through San Bernardino with my friend, and I got chased down by some sort of UFO.” The pop singer described the UFO as a “flying snowplow”: “It had this big plow in the front of it and was glowing yellow.” Cyrus said her friend also saw the UFO, and she’s confident about what she saw—though she did admit to also being under the influence of “weed wax....

Myth: Coronavirus only kills elderly people with underlying conditions. If, like many woefully wrong spring breakers, you think you’re immune to coronavirus because you’re young and healthy, think again. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in Italy, between 10 and 15 percent of coronavirus patients in critical care are under the age of 50. In a recent news briefing, Maria Van Kerkhove, MD, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, warned, “There are individuals who are in their 30s … who are in ICU and who have died....

Talk about this 2021 psychological thriller series is probably all over your Twitter timeline already, so why not take this weekend to find out why? The series is about a young woman who finds herself in a bizarre and dangerous love triangle when she falls for her boss and befriends his wife. And it’s full of twists and turns, none of which you’ll see coming. For more on its lead actor, check out Bono’s Daughter, Eve Hewson, Is the Latest Netflix Breakout Star....