Bay Area coronavirus cases and other metrics such as case rates and hospitalizations are still falling , but the rate of decline has slowed and wastewater samples aren’t giving an entirely rosy picture. Still, the state and federal governments are moving forward with plans to lift their public health emergency declarations, which will mean no more free tests . We explore other implications of the change for Californians in a useful summary. Latest updates: Infection raises risk of high cholesterol, studies find People with a confirmed COVID-19 infection may experience a 24% increased risk for high cholesterol levels for up to a year after infection, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology . “These are people who never had cholesterol problems before,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, an author of the study and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, told NBC News . “Now, all of a sudden, they started having … [Read more...] about COVID in California: Infection raises risk of high cholesterol, studies find
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Pamela Anderson’s Redemption: We Should Be Ashamed of How She Was Treated
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by editor Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. There were certain things we always watched as a family when I was growing up: VHS tapes of Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, on a constant loop; new episodes of 7th Heaven every Monday night; and Baywatch . Looking back, it is inexplicable that this fell into the tightly defined category of wholesome, family-friendly viewing that dictated my pop-culture diet when I was a kid. But at the time, I was riveted. The whole family was. Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that we were such Baywatch enthusiasts. It was, after all, the most popular TV show in the world . And, despite frequent suspicions that various members of us clearly hailed from another planet, what were we Fallons, if not a part of the world? People snickered at the show, with its slow-motion shots of the … [Read more...] about Pamela Anderson’s Redemption: We Should Be Ashamed of How She Was Treated
