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According to the CPSC, the Mueller Austria onion chopper’s locking tab can detach from the rest of the product while you’re using it, which can cause your hands and fingers to slide into the blades. So far, 137 laceration injuries have been reported among the 226 incident reports Mueller Austria has received regarding the tab breaking. Fortunately, the company issued a joint warning with the CPSC back in May to alert consumers against using certain versions of the Onion Chopper Pro before a recall was finalized....

RELATED: If You Smell This in Your Bedroom, You Might Have Bed Bugs. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a popular destination for both families looking for seaside fun and young adults looking to go out after a day in the sun. But that vacation could come at a cost—a lawyer who works with people who have encountered bed bugs says that Myrtle Beach has become South Carolina’s “largest epicenter” of bed bugs....

First, we used WalletHub’s ranking of gambling problems and treatment by state, where 50 is the state where gambling is the least problematic and 1 being the state with the worst gambling addiction. We also included the site’s “lust index,” a look at how much time and money each state spends on adult entertainment websites, again with 1 being the most lustful and 50 being the least. Then, we used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine the percentage of adult smokers in each state....

Interestingly, there’s a huge disparity between the survey respondents (who were generally satisfied with all the companies listed) and the online reviewers (who were generally dissatisfied). This could be because, if you’ve had a customer service experience that affected you enough to talk about it online, it’s probably negative. Conversely, survey respondents may largely have a neutral feeling towards stores, but say they’ve had a “good” experience purely because nothing bad happened....

The first case study to reach this conclusion, which has yet to be peer reviewed, was published in June. It gave an account of a 64-year-old man whose hiccups persisted for over 72 hours before he went to the emergency room for assistance. After a chest X-ray revealed ground glass opacities—a signature of serious lung diseases, including the novel coronavirus—he tested positive for COVID. His hiccups continued for a total of seven days, but he never developed another visible symptom of coronavirus....

On March 29, Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization announced that it had decided to temporarily stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those under 55 after rare cases of blood clots—medically known as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT)—were reported in some European countries. Most of the patients who suffered the life-threatening reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine were women under the age of 55.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “Following population-based analyses of VIPIT assessing risk of COVID-19 disease by age, and considering that alternate products are available (i....

RELATED: This Was the Worst “Dancing With the Stars” Contestant Ever, Pro Says. A year after his firing, Bergeron began to delve into the details with his fellow former America’s Funniest Home Videos host, Bob Saget, during a September episode of the Bob Saget’s Here for You podcast. Bergeron admitted that he felt his time on the show was coming to an end leading up to the firing before the beginning of the 29th season, saying that things had changed since his first days on the job....

Bennett and Gaga’s new concert is coming up very soon, however. Read on to find out more about the surprise show, their new music, and the status of 94-year-old Bennett’s health. RELATED: Tony Bennett’s Wife Reveals the First Sign He Had Alzheimer’s. The New York Post reports that their show will take place in New York City on Friday, July 2 as part of MTV Unplugged. According to the publication, the ticketing website 1iota read, “Come witness a new chapter in Unplugged’s history as Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga grace the Unplugged stage for the first time, performing fresh renditions off their brand new Jazz standards album—and a handful of surprises you definitely won’t want to miss....

RELATED: If You Notice This On Your Scalp, Get Checked for Parkinson’s. According to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, if you experience uncontrolled movement in the mouth or jaw, it could be a symptom of Parkinson’s disease. This condition is known among medical professionals as oromandibular dystonia, or Meige’s Syndrome. This type of dystonia “affects the lower facial and jaw muscles causing involuntary opening, closing, or deviation of the jaw....

RELATED: Delta Will Finally Let You Do This on Flights, as of March 15.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb United Airlines will modify its vaccine mandate by allowing some of its unvaccinated employees to return to work soon, Insider recently reported. According to the news outlet, the airline will bring back more than 2,000 workers who did not get the vaccine in accordance with its mandate but received exemptions from the company, starting March 28....

RELATED: Unvaccinated People Will Be Fired From Here by Jan. 31. A vaccine mandate from the White House will require that health care workers in 25 states and Washington, D.C., be vaccinated. On Jan. 13, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate on large private companies but allowed the mandate for some health care workers to stand, CNBC reported. Under the court’s ruling, employees at medical facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid payments can still be required to get vaccinated, which will affect an estimated 20 million health care workers, per NBC News....

READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Making These Major Changes to Your Deliveries, Starting Jan. 22. The USPS offers customers the option to secure their personal or small business mail through a Post Office (PO) Box. With this service, you can reserve a locked mailbox at one of the agency’s thousands of facilities across the U.S. Of course, this comes at a cost—and that cost is now climbing.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb On Jan. 8, EcommerceBytes reported that the Postal Service is raising its rental fee for a PO Box this month....

READ THIS NEXT: Eating This One Thing Can Cut Your Cancer Risk in Half, New Study Says. With an expanding population of seniors, falls and hip fractures are a growing problem that affects one in three women and one in 12 men over the course of their lifetime. Eighty-six percent of all hip fractures occur in people aged 65 years and older, says a 2010 study published in the journal Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation....

“Moments after the video I shared in my last post I saw a shark bumping some floating plastic so I rushed in and this was my greeting,” Ramsey says. Here’s what video footage shows—and why Ramsey wasn’t afraid of the shark. 1 “Queen Nikki” Ramsey is an old hand when it comes to swimming with sharks, and seemed completely unfazed by the incident. The shark in question is actually one Ramsey is familiar with—she previously said the shark, named Queen Nikki, or Ali’i Nikole, is one of her favorites....

1 Revenge Of the Alligator? The first attack occurred when local man Eugene Janssen was rowing along Oyster Creek and accidentally hit an alligator with his oar. “The next day, an alligator came up under his boat and bit the boat,” Connors says. Janssen heard a crunching sound before water started flooding into his boat. He raced to shore and discovered a giant bite mark on the boat, a first in all his years of rowing on the creek....

1 Chicken Trespassers Deputies Turner and Jarvis were responding to what they thought was a fairly straightforward squatter call. When they arrived at the property in South Hill, they discovered a flock of chickens had also taken up residence in the house—and didn’t seem to want to leave. “Our job is always different every day,” says sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Darren Moss. “Even though you go to 100 squatter calls all the time, this one is clearly different than the other ones....

RELATED: Virus Experts Just Gave This New Warning to Fully Vaccinated People. Vaccine manufacturers have been working on Omicron-targeted boosters since the variant first emerged. But if you’re waiting on this formula in order to get an additional dose, experts are advising you not to. Plans for an Omicron booster have been recently delayed, and some experts are now saying it might not even be necessary. Leana Wen, MD, an emergency physician and professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, told CNN that fully vaccinated people should not hold off on getting their booster in hopes of receiving an Omicron-specific one instead....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Get Meds From CVS or Walgreens, Be Prepared for This Shortage. Drugstores in the U.S. are focused on evolving health care technology right now, Coresight Research reported on Nov. 28. Per the firm’s report, the pharmaceutical industry was undergoing a digital transformation before the COVID pandemic hit, but that has accelerated significantly since then.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “The global pandemic has provided additional motivation for patients to use digital technologies to manage their health,” Coresight explained....

READ THIS NEXT: Walgreens and CVS Are Closing Pharmacies and Cutting Back on Hours. Retail chains across the U.S. have been battling the surge in shoplifting through new security measures, including locking up products within stores. During The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit last month, Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer confirmed that the company has been locking up more products and working with other retailers on ways to combat organized theft rings....

RELATED: These Are All the Walmart Locations Closing Forever by the End of May. Walmart offers a number of services through its pharmacies. You can get your COVID vaccines, have an eye exam, or even get your teeth cleaned at some of this retailer’s locations. But one of its most used services is filling prescriptions, especially since the creation of its $4 generic savings program in 2006. Besides Walgreens and CVS, Walmart had the highest ranking market share for prescriptions out of any retailer in the U....