June 27 is Sunglasses Day, National HIV testing Day, Orange Blossom Day, birthday of “Happy Birthday” song:

Sunglasses Day

Sunglasses at night. Cheap sunglasses. It feels like the ’80s are back. But wait, it’s just Sunglasses Day.

The ancient Inuit were the first to create and wear protective eyewear, “carving slits into ivory to make simple sun shades to ward off snow blindness,” according to TheHistoryof. “Early sunglasses first appeared in the 12th century where judges in Chinese courts used flat planes of smoky quartz [...]

FDA: Santizers don’t kill Superbug

They’re still not a good a thorough and frequent hand washing, says the FDA and CDC.

SILVER SPRING, Md. • Some hand sanitizer producers are making fraudulent claims and the U.S. Food and Drug Aministration has warned them to stop. The claims violate federal law, the FDA says.

The claims in question say that hand sanitizers prevent MRSA infections, or resistant staph infections. The bacteria from MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) [...]