Last week, mere weeks after the surgeon general discouraged Americans from buying masks to protect from COVID-19 transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started recommending that Americans wear masks to help slow the […]
The Best CBD For Anxiety
Forget the meditation cushions and the mindfulness apps — if the coronavirus has got you feeling anxious these days, it may be time to consider adding some CBD to your self-care routine. As cases of […]
Celebs Are Bored: Reese Witherspoon Sells Dad's Car to Offset
As much of America continues to self-quarantine, the propensity to go stir crazy increases with each passing day. Celebrities are no different: bored out of their minds while sitting at home indefinitely. Maybe they are […]
Thanks to Trump, There's a Hydroxychloroquine Shortage for People Who Need It
Peter Morley was outraged. Last weekend, President Trump had once again touted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, despite the protestations of medical professionals urging caution. “It’s not going to hurt people,” […]
As Job Losses Grow, Newly Unemployed Embrace Sex Work by Camming for Cash
At the start of last month, Buffy Montgomery, 35, was a massage therapist by day, and a professional mermaid (officially, an “underwater performer”) by night. By the end of the month, thanks to the COVID-19 […]
On the Eve of Extinction
In 1996, a biologist named Camille Parmesan observed that an obscure breed of butterfly living in the Western mountain ranges of the U.S. — the Edith’s checkerspot — had shifted its migratory range about 60 […]
Kobe Bryant Posthumously Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, in his first year of eligibility, will be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the NBA announced Saturday. “He was one of the greatest competitors […]
The Disappearance of Kristin Smart: Could a Podcast Help Solve a 24-Year-Old Mystery?
Chris Lambert has spent most of his life in Central California haunted by a billboard. The sun-bleached sign features a photo of smiling Cal Poly student Kristin Smart — and the promise of a $75,000 […]
Should You Wear a Mask to Fight Coronavirus? A Top Doctor Weighs In, Angry It Has Come to This
Update: The CDC is now recommending that all Americans wear non-medical cloth masks in public. President Trump says he will not. Should you wear a mask in public in the age of coronavirus? The […]
Penske Media Corporation Launches Sports Media Site Sportico
Penske Media Corporation, Rolling Stone‘s parent company, is launching a new website, Sportico, this summer dedicated to covering sports industry news, data, information, strategies, leadership, insight and live media. Long-time sports and entertainment executive, Dick […]
FDA Makes It Easier for Queer Men to Donate Blood During COVID-19
For years, men who have sex with men have protested against FDA guidelines preventing them from donating blood, arguing that the policy is discriminatory. In the midst of a blood shortage brought about by the […]