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more than four million cases each year before the vaccine, first developed in the 1960s and ’70s, was implemented. Less than 350,000 chickenpox cases are now recorded per year in the U.S. How Effective Is the Chickenpox Vaccine? The recommended two doses of the chickenpox vaccine reduce your child’s likelihood of contracting the disease by more than 90 percent, creating an important safeguard for your child and for you, given that adults are more likely than children to develop severe symptoms....

Does it mean roads, broadband and other physical structures included in the traditional meaning of infrastructure? Or should it have a broader definition that includes other important parts of the economy, such as workers who care for children, older adults and people with disabilities? President Joe Biden prefers the latter meaning and wants to use nearly one-fifth of the US$2.25 trillion of spending in his jobs and infrastructure plan to expand and strengthen child care and home-based long-term care....

The vote has been a long time coming. Activists on the ground in Colorado worked on a parental leave plan to ensure that the 2.6 million Coloradans who don’t have access to paid medical and family leave could vote on just the measure tomorrow. The Fairness Project, a non-profit that fights for economic and social equality throughout the country by utilizing ballot measures to pass major legislation, has been fighting alongside those activists and hopes for a big victory on November 3rd....

“I’m Joe Forlini,” he says. “I just saw you up there in the Catskills.” “Oh, you went to the casino?” replies Maniscalco, in a sort of sing-song badda-bing-badda-boom cadence with a bit of the High Plains prying open his vowels. “Can I take a picture? My wife loves you,” asks Forlini, solicitous. “Sure thing, Joe,” says Maniscalco, gracious. “You need anything, let me know,” says Forlini. “I’ll do that, Joe, thanks....

July Babies Have a Lower Risk for Psychotic Disorders Individuals born in July are the least likely develop schizophrenia or suffer delusions, paranoia, and hallucinations (and those born in January are the most likely to face such challenges), according to a study of more than 29 million people. And while other research clarifies that seasonality of birth month is certainly not the cause of schizophrenia, there may be something protective about vitamin D exposure in the womb that puts summer babies at lower risk....

Does COVID Cause Erectile Dysfunction? Although COVID is primarily known as a respiratory disease, it can disrupt many other body systems, including the cardiovascular system. “Erectile dysfunction largely stems from issues with blood flow, so it’s no surprise that COVID-related vascular issues may be related to erectile dysfunction,” Christopher Kyle, MD, a urologist and medical health advisor for the sexual wellness company Giddy, told Huffington Post. “Anything that degrades blood vessels or impedes how freely blood flows throughout all parts of the body will almost assuredly have an impact on the ability to achieve an erection....

Bad Words Are Actually Pretty Good Words Take a minute to appreciate the beauty of a bad word. Bergan says curse words are pretty effing great as a form of communication. First, they’re phonetically effective. They’re short and sharp. Their meanings are connected to body parts and/or functions we generally like to keep private (like doing taxes). Bergan finds all this funny because there’s nothing intrinsically bad about them. “It’s an arbitrary social norm,” he says....

According to Google, the definition of a dad bod is “a male physique that is relatively slim but not lean or toned.” And according to a new survey from Planet Fitness which gained insights from men with dad bods “whether they’re lifting weights at the gym or lifting toddlers out of car seats,” the body that defines fatherhood has a lot of benefits — at least for the romantic partners of dads....

Just ask the guy in this viral video. As a precaution against COVID-19, he and his young son sat in the car while his pregnant wife went in for her ultrasound and found out that she was expecting triplets. She decided to film his reaction to the news, capturing a profound and profane moment in their lives. His smile on opening the envelope with the ultrasound images disappears in the blink of an eye when he reads “Baby A” on the photo....

Washington has so perfected the fine art of the deadpan comeback that it’s hard to tell if, or when, he’s actually kidding. Which is clearly the point. Everything in life isn’t one way, meaning when he’s kidding, he’s serious, and when he’s serious, he’s kidding. Maybe. Take, for example, his headlining turn in Macbeth, which actors superstitiously refer to as “the Scottish play.” Not Washington, who looks a bit puzzled when you ask him about it....

Santa Clara County resident Jenale Nielsen is behind the lawsuit, as she is one of many who purchased membership into the “Magic Key” program. Meant to replace annual passes, the $1,399 Dream Key pass was created to give high-paying visitors the opportunity to visit the Happiest Place on Earth frequently. But when she tried to actually reserve dates to go to Disneyland, she found that several days were blocked off....

After the audience is caught up on events outside of the Hundred Acre Wood — here’s Robin with his boyhood friends, attending boarding school, mourning his father, picking up a woman on a bus, having a daughter, fighting in a war — the movie gets rolling as Robin, now a mid-level functionary at Winslow Luggage, is asked to trim his budget, jeopardizing his weekend plans with his patient daughter Madeline (Bronte Carmichael) and his over-it wife Evelyn (Hayley Atwell)....

According to Los Angeles Times, Disneyland and California Adventure Parks are set to re-open at the end of April. Ticket reservations will open up next week, but there’s only a small subgroup of people who will be able to snag the first dates. The publication reports admission to the parks will be available only to people who live in California and are holding unused tickets from before the shutdown in March 2020....

Here’s the deal: Disney vacations, like everything it seems, have become way more expensive over time. But the people who want to go to Disney the most (middle-class people and families) haven’t gotten richer alongside them. In fact, people who make less than $75,000 per year are self-reported to be the most interested in going to Disney, but those people definitely don’t make enough money to go to Disney, considering how per the website’s own estimates, it would take about three years of saving $200 a month to save for the cheapest version of a Disney vacation for a family of four....

That’s why decided to put together a sexy guide for those fighting against one of the most common symptoms of aging: back pain. Back pain strikes all of us at some point. But just because you can’t entertain all the acrobatics in bed you used to enjoy doesn’t mean you can’t have great sex, still. Check out our list of suggested sex positions below. Doggy Style In 2014, a group of researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada asked a group of couples to have sex in five different positions, you know, for science....

While short on details, the Rock explained the situation as such: “This past Saturday night, something happened to me and my family that I would never want to happen to any of you, but, of course, emergencies do happen. We were up all night with something scary that happened with our little baby girl Jasmine, who is okay now.” Fortunately, the medical professionals did a fantastic job taking care of Jasmine and Johnson was so impressed by their hard work and kindness that he had to give a shout-out....

“I put a picture in his mind that was not me and his dad having sex. Very much whales having sex. And then I sort of let him extrapolate from there what that meant. He got there on his own: So the penis has to go in the vagina,” says the gloriously candid actress. Her kid (and his younger brother Magnus, 8) inspired her podcast, My Body, My Podcast. It’s about — Masturbation....

Emily Madonia and her family live in Texas. Like every other family with kids, her daughter was obsessed with the Disney movie Frozen. She shares that in 2013, her daughter received a toy Elsa doll that says the famous phrases from the hit movie. This doll would also sing lyrics from “Let It Go” when a button was pressed. It was well-loved but two years later, the doll went a little weird....

It fucks. Literally. One of the reasons Marvel movies are so successful is that parents want to watch the movies with their kids, and kids want to watch them with their parents. The stories and visuals work for all generations. We get the nostalgia of seeing our favorite superheroes brought to life. And we get to geek out over the fantastic visuals. Our kids get a cool story with a lot of action and probably some popcorn too....

Viewers can expect to see and hear longtime SpongeBob regulars Tom Kenny (as SpongeBob), Rodger Bumpass (as Squidward), Carolyn Lawrence (as Sandy), Clancy Brown (as Mr. Krabs), and Mr. Lawrence (as Plankton). Among the newcomers are Tom Wilson – better known as the hiss-worthy Biff Tannen from the Back to the Future film trilogy — as Cecil Star, Patrick’s fun-loving, family-first dad; Cree Summer (Susie Carmichael from Rugrats and the just-launched Rugrats reboot) as Bunny Star, Patrick’s loving, sweetly oddball mom, AND also as Grandma Tentacles, Squidward’s grandmother; Jill Talley (who voices Karen, the sentient computer, on SpongeBob) as Squidina, Patrick’s 8-year-old sister, who drinks coffee from a sippy cup; and Dana Snyder (The Penguins of Madagascar) as GrandPat, Patrick’s super-smart grandpa....