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It was December 2004 when I saw my mother’s coarse, wavy, Filipino hair turn sleek and straight after undergoing a “rebonding” treatment. Hair rebonding, which is a similar process to hair relaxing, is a treatment that chemically alters wavy hair into straight hair. I remember wanting my hair to be as sleek and straight as […]

PARIS — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that took months to prepare: On ice, too. The travel ban announced by U.S. President Donald Trump to try to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus threw Europeans’ best-laid plans — family

Image copyright EPA “It just gets into my head – is it better not to go because you don’t know if you are bringing germs?” Caroline, from south-east England, is one of many people who are concerned about visiting elderly relatives in the midst of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. Until now Caroline, who has asked

As news of the coronavirus outbreak escalates, more and more people have been either self-quarantined or urged to work from home, sparking a flurry of panicked shopping for staples like toilet paper, pasta, canned goods, hand sanitizer and soap. If you’re one of the many people worried about what you can possibly cook with pantry

WASHINGTON — Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump sharply restricted passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moved to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Trump, in a rare Oval Office address to the nation Wednesday night,

Image copyright Family photo Image caption Glenn Boocock’s aunt described him as a “very kind, considerate, sensitive guy” The family of a man who died days after being knocked out during a fight said his “horrendous” head injury should have rung alarm bells with clinicians. Glenn Boocock, 37, died from a brain injury at his

If you’re self-quarantined because of the coronavirus outbreak, one of the first things you should do is stock up on all the proper groceries and pantry staples that’ll get you through your long stay at home. The only trouble is, when most of us are faced with shelves full of canned tuna, dried pasta and

The European Union is evaluating President Donald Trump’s decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States amid deep concern over the economic impact of the move with markets already heavily hit by coronavirus By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN March 12, 2020, 10:06 AM 4 min read BRUSSELS — The European Union on

Image copyright Getty Images Four hundred and sixty cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK, with the biggest rise in a single day since the outbreak began. Almost 27,476 people in the UK have been tested for the virus so far, with 460 found to be positive for the respiratory infection. Six

HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Prices and availability subject to change. HuffPostDoes PhoneSoap’s so-called phone sanitizer actually work? We tried it out for ourselves. Are you reading this on your phone right now? My phone touches everything I do. I historically don’t clean my phone as often