Claire Maldarelli, assistant editor at Popular Science, discusses the 2017-2018 flu season that scientists have named as one of the worst in the last decade.
She notes that it is always good to get your flu shot, no matter how late in the season it is. The vaccination helps reduce the severity of the virus and makes it harder for it to spread. Maldarelli talks about how the body fights the flu and notes aches and pains stem from your immune system trying to fight off the virus.
Andrea Miller, founder and CEO of Your Tango, discusses why the world is in a global relationship crisis and a loneliness epidemic that has accelerated dramatically, especially since the pandemic. "More people are working from home and so they're not getting in-person connection," she said.
The era of free Covid tests has officially come to an end, raising concerns about potential scams. Dan Geltrude, managing partner with Geltrude & Co., joined Cheddar News to explain the most affordable way to get tests and how to avoid fake and illegitimate tests.
A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers.
About 16 tornadoes hit America's heartland including Colorado, Kansas and Louisiana with no injuries reported, and the worst damage was registered in Oklahoma.
New blood donations rules will allow sexually active gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to give in the FDA guidelines ease decades-old restrictions put in place to protect the blood supply from HIV.
