Facebook delays January office deadline for workers with Omicron concerns
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Facebook employees will not be summoned back to their company's offices come January 31 as was previously planned, following concerns over the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Instead, employees may continue to work from home until the pandemic meaningfully subsides.
Meta, the recently renamed parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other subsidiaries, on Tuesday announced changes to the company's return-to-office plans, including its "office deferral program."
On May 7, health influencer Paul Saladino, M.D.. posted a video to his X account that promoted feeding "raw dairy" to infants. The post received over 90,000 views and sparked strong backlash before it was removed the following day. Saladino regularly advocates for "animal-based" diets featuring raw milk, including on his TikTok channel where he has over half a million followers.
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New research is adding to the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to health concerns. The study tracked people's habits over 30 years and found those who reported eating more of certain ultra-processed foods had a slightly higher risk of death — with four categories of foods found to be the biggest culprits.