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5 Things to Do to Secure Your Facebook Account From Hackers

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  Some time back, a Facebook account was irrelevant to hackers. There was no reason to hack anyone’s account since there was no reason for hacking an account in the first place. Ever since it has grown to billions of users, Facebook contains enough data for hackers to use for either monetary gain or blackmail. A celebrity’s account, for example, can be hacked in order for a person to advertise a page or brand. The hacker can also post embarrassing or discriminating posts that will leave the celeb’s fans furious. Your account is also prone to hacking even if you aren’t a celebrity. You obviously have to protect your  Facebook account from malicious hackers . It is not that hard to protect your account. Just follow these guidelines, and you’ll be good to go: 1) AVOID SAVING PASSWORDS ON PUBLIC DEVICES Cybercafés are awesome alternatives when you do not have any data on your device. They are also reserves for passwords since most people just click on ‘yes’ on the save password di...
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14 Tips for Winter Holidays during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  Jennifer Katzenstein, Ph.D. As we near the end of a long, challenging year, the coronavirus pandemic continues, with the largest surge of cases to date. At the same time, the winter holiday season is upon us, and after months of cancellations, masks and hand sanitizer, many of us could use some comfort and joy. Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Dongzhi and other celebrations offer inspiring stories, songs and ideas for fun, new traditions you can bring into your home. Psychologists  Carisa Parrish, Ph.D. , and  Jennifer Katzenstein, Ph.D. , each specialize in treating children and adolescents – Dr. Parrish at  Johns Hopkins Children’s Center  and Dr. Katzenstein at  Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital . They have insights for people of all ages who celebrate holidays in the winter months, and offer suggestions on how to enjoy the magic of the season, stay safe and healthy, and await the new year with some hope as a  COVID-19 vaccine  becomes a rea...
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Myth Versus Fact

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  Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized vaccines for COVID-19, and their distribution has begun,  Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H. , senior director of infection prevention, and  Gabor Kelen, M.D. , director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, review some common myths circulating about the vaccine and clear up confusion with reliable facts. MYTH: The COVID-19 vaccine can affect women’s fertility. FACT:  The COVID-19 vaccine will not affect fertility. The truth is that the COVID-19 vaccine encourages the body to create copies of the spike protein found on the coronavirus’s surface. This “teaches” the body’s immune system to fight the virus that has that specific spike protein on it. Confusion arose when a false report surfaced on social media, saying that the spike protein on this coronavirus was the same as another spike protein called syncitin-1 that is involved in the growth and attachment of the placenta dur...
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Summary on COVID-19 vaccine intake

  Summary A record number of people were vaccinated in the UK on Saturday - 598,389 received their first dose Public Health England's Dr Susan Hopkins expects to start seeing the impact of vaccinations in the next two weeks Relaxing restrictions will need to be done "very cautiously", Dr Hopkins says The World Health Organization has called on richer nations to commit to donating any excess vaccine supplies UK ministers say it is too soon to talk about donating some of its vaccines to other countries UK-EU relations are being "reset" after the EU triggered a provision in the Brexit deal to control Covid vaccine exports Israel says it is transferring 5,000 doses of Covid vaccine to immunise frontline Palestinian health workers
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Covid-19: How the vaccine will reach your arm

  An unprecedented global scientific effort has led to the development of a number of coronavirus vaccines, which promise to help protect the world's most vulnerable from the devastating disease Covid-19. Scroll down to find out how those vaccines got from the science lab to people's arms in record time. Vaccines begin life in the lab Vaccines begin life in the lab Scientists began the quest to find a vaccine against the new coronavirus when its genetic sequence was released in January 2020.
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14 Tips for Winter Holidays during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  Jennifer Katzenstein, Ph.D. As we near the end of a long, challenging year, the coronavirus pandemic continues, with the largest surge of cases to date. At the same time, the winter holiday season is upon us, and after months of cancellations, masks and hand sanitizer, many of us could use some comfort and joy. Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Dongzhi and other celebrations offer inspiring stories, songs and ideas for fun, new traditions you can bring into your home. Psychologists  Carisa Parrish, Ph.D. , and  Jennifer Katzenstein, Ph.D. , each specialize in treating children and adolescents – Dr. Parrish at  Johns Hopkins Children’s Center  and Dr. Katzenstein at  Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital . They have insights for people of all ages who celebrate holidays in the winter months, and offer suggestions on how to enjoy the magic of the season, stay safe and healthy, and await the new year with some hope as a  COVID-19 vaccine  becomes a rea...
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Myth Versus Fact

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  Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized vaccines for COVID-19, and their distribution has begun,  Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H. , senior director of infection prevention, and  Gabor Kelen, M.D. , director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, review some common myths circulating about the vaccine and clear up confusion with reliable facts. MYTH: The COVID-19 vaccine can affect women’s fertility. FACT:  The COVID-19 vaccine will not affect fertility. The truth is that the COVID-19 vaccine encourages the body to create copies of the spike protein found on the coronavirus’s surface. This “teaches” the body’s immune system to fight the virus that has that specific spike protein on it. Confusion arose when a false report surfaced on social media, saying that the spike protein on this coronavirus was the same as another spike protein called syncitin-1 that is involved in the growth and attachment of the placenta dur...
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5 Things to Do to Secure Your Facebook Account From Hackers

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  Some time back, a Facebook account was irrelevant to hackers. There was no reason to hack anyone’s account since there was no reason for hacking an account in the first place. Ever since it has grown to billions of users, Facebook contains enough data for hackers to use for either monetary gain or blackmail. A celebrity’s account, for example, can be hacked in order for a person to advertise a page or brand. The hacker can also post embarrassing or discriminating posts that will leave the celeb’s fans furious. Your account is also prone to hacking even if you aren’t a celebrity. You obviously have to protect your  Facebook account from malicious hackers . It is not that hard to protect your account. Just follow these guidelines, and you’ll be good to go: 1) AVOID SAVING PASSWORDS ON PUBLIC DEVICES Cybercafés are awesome alternatives when you do not have any data on your device. They are also reserves for passwords since most people just click on ‘yes’ on the save password di...
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