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How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone
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NEW YORK — You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus.
You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live for two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends cleaning all “high-touch” surfaces daily, including phones, keyboards and tablet computers.
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The Steamie Awards honor the best – and mock the worst – in fast food
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TV comedy writer Bill Oakley knows a thing or two about fast food. Best known for his work on The Simpsons during the show’s 1990s golden era, Oakley’s classic “steamed hams” sequence, involving show characters Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers, was a highlight of the 1996 envelope-pushing episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” and has been the subject of countless internet memes in recent years.
Oakley says his favorite hobby is reviewing new fast food and snack items for his Instagram feed and has just announced his picks for the best and worst fast food items of the past year in his latest edition of the Steamie Awards.
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Changing counts reveal inexact science of calorie labels
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NEW YORK — Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less.
Calorie counting can be a simple way to help maintain a healthy weight — don’t eat and drink more than you burn. And the calorie labels on food packaging seem like an immutable guide to help you track what you eat.
But the shifting numbers for almonds show how the figures printed on nutrition labels may not be as precise as they seem.
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FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy
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WASHINGTON — The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market, a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies -- but still a long way from a cure.
Friday’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration promises to bring some relief to families who’ve lived in fear of an accidental bite of peanuts at birthday parties and play dates, school cafeterias and restaurants. Named Palforzia, it was developed by Aimmune Therapeutics.
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‘Magic’ gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again
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SAO PAULO — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gift he’d received in years: a new pair of bionic gloves that are letting the 79-year-old play with both hands for the first time in more than two decades.
Considered one of the great interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music, the Brazilian classical pianist and conductor had retired last March after 24 surgeries trying to stop pains from a degenerative disease and a series of accidents. His limitations had forced him to work mostly as a conductor since the early 2000s.
But since the closing days of 2019, friends have been returning to Martins’ downtown penthouse to hear him bring Frédéric Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his favorite Bach back to life at his Petrof piano.
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