Humanetics(NEW YORK) — Crash-test dummies are undergoing a makeover to reflect the thicker waistlines and larger rear ends of Americans. “Studies show that obese drivers are 78 percent more likely to die in a car crash,” said Chris O’Connor, CEO of Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the scariest things about Halloween is the high rate of mishaps. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported more than 3,500 Halloween-related injuries in October and November last year. The statistics aren’t meant to Read More
ABC News(AUGUSTA, Maine) — Maine officials are scrambling to figure out what to do about returning Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox, who has vowed to disobey its quarantine rules. The governor and other officials are seeking legal authority to enforce what started out as a Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The New York doctor who tested positive for Ebola wasn’t required to quarantine himself when he returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in Guinea. Instead, Dr. Craig Allen Spencer went about his life, hitting a popular Read More
Evenflo(NEW YORK) — Evenflo is recalling over 200,000 child car seats. The buckles in the Embrace and AmSafe models can reportedly become difficult to unlatch, especially after a child has been eating or drinking in the seat. The buckle can allegedly get sticky if Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — There are 846 doctors and dentists in 43 states who have been named by the U.S. Department of Education on a public list in a desperate effort to get them to repay their defaulted student loans. And because the loans were federally Read More
Craig Spencer/LinkedIn(NEW YORK) — There’s a reason Dr. Craig Allen Spencer, who has tested positive for Ebola, didn’t quarantine himself when he returned to New York after treating Ebola patients in Guinea. He didn’t have to. According to Doctors Read More
Office of the Mayor NYC(NEW YORK) — The mayor of New York City on Friday assured a city alarmed over the presence of an Ebola patient that the patient “poses no threat to others.” “We are fully prepared to handle Ebola,” Mayor Bill de Blasio Read More
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Workout enthusiasts have likely seen it offered in some form at their local gym — the trampoline workout. But the demand for this type of fitness is so high, one fitness instructor has opened an entire studio dedicated to the Read More
Brad Barket/Getty Images for NYCWFF(NEW YORK) — There’s a reason why Sunny Anderson isn’t keen on eating vegetables and it has nothing to do with personal taste. The Food Network star revealed that for the past 20 years, she’s suffered from Read More
