Brushing and flossing your teeth may save you extra sessions in the dentist’s chair each year, but the benefits of dental hygiene do not end with pearly whites. In fact, there’s a direct correlation between oral hygiene and overall health.

Cancer does not discriminate based on age, gender, identity, or ethnicity. A disease marked by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells, cancer can affect any part of the body, including one of its most vital organs: the liver.

Just like humans, animals can develop and spread illnesses. People who welcome pets into their homes may be concerned about transmission from pets to people as well as other animals to pets. To alleviate some fears, here’s some information about disease transmission among pets, people and other animals.

(AP) —A Middle Eastern and North African category could be added to U.S. federal surveys and censuses, and changes could be made to how Hispanics are able to self-identify, under preliminary recommendations released Friday by the Biden administration in what would be the first update to race and ethnicity standards in a quarter century.

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