This month marks the 20th annual GFSI Conference and for the first time ever the event is scheduled to be a virtual gathering. The interactive three-day forum will see hundreds of experts from 60 countries meet online to share food safety best practices. Attendees of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Conference are set to…
If you live in 2021, you likely know that staring at your phone right before bed can mess with your sleep. In fact, experts recommend that you keep your phone far from your bed, which may be tough if you use a phone app to wake you in the morning. The solution might seem obvious:…
Preparing for an appointment with your rheumatoid arthritis doctor is necessary for getting the best possible treatment. Without proper care, the condition can make it difficult for you to get out of bed, perform household chores, or go to work.Rheumatoid arthritis causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in your joints, particularly in the hands and wrists,…
Jolissa E., a hairstylist in Chicago’s south suburbs, was the healthiest she had ever been for much of the time she carried her fraternal twins. She got pregnant when she was at a weight that was healthy for her, and she ran, practiced prenatal yoga, and walked three times a week.Because her twin pregnancy was…
A man who was sickened in South Africa’s Listeria outbreak has described how his life fell apart after getting ill. Joseph Kadango, who lives in Johannesburg, spent months in hospital after becoming infected, lost his job and couldn’t support his family. He used to buy meat such as Russians, Viennas, chicken and polony for breakfast…
“Essential employees” kept the economy from totally tanking during the past year, often leaving the impression that the coronavirus made these jobs among the most dangerous. Meat and poultry production plant work, especially in spring of 2020, was seen as among the most dangerous as localized outbreaks caused temporary closures because of high rates…
Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, is reflecting on the pandemic one year in. Dr. Fauci said on Thursday’s Today show that, in hindsight, the U.S. could have done “a lot of things” better when responding to COVID-19. And one key factor was the politicization of face masks…
It takes work to manage mental health, even—or especially—for presidents. And former president Barack Obama gave a few new details about the things that helped him while in office in a recent interview with TheSkimm as part of its Minute to Skimm It digital series.“In jobs of great stress, like the presidency, mental health has…
All products featured on SELF are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Remember that hot sauce commercial with the grandma that says, “I put that shit on everything”? That’s me, only instead of hot sauce, it’s sprouted buckwheat seeds. I love to…
Zoe Saldana is one of the millions of Americans whose lives have been touched by colorectal cancer. She has a very personal connection to the issue, “with my family being touched by its devastating effects,” she tells SELF via email, “as well as losing my dear friend and Avengers costar Chadwick Boseman last year.” Colorectal…