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Count Orlok Is 2024’s Sexiest Man

Count Orlok Is 2024’s Sexiest Man

Health and Mediacal
HE'S SIX FOOT 4, with an oval contoured face, deep-hued eyes, and looks that might eliminate-- and often do. He's 2024's sexiest male alive. No, not inveterate goof John Krasinski, who won Individuals's title this year, The shambling, imposing, blood-sucking bad guy in Robert Eggers' NosferatuCount Orlok. (Although whether "alive" uses here might depend on the eye of the beholder.)Scary fiction, on both the page and screen, widely identifies vampires as irresistibly appealing. Twilight's sparkly mopes, to Interview with the Vampire's terrible fops, to The Vampire Diariesbrooding, feuding brother or sister hunks, Blade's naughty vampire god wannabes (or Blade himself, if pale goth guys do not get you percolated). No matter the variations, vampires are primed to stir our thirst, so they ca...
Ghosts, Ghouls, and Ghastly Drug Prices in Winning Halloween Haikus

Ghosts, Ghouls, and Ghastly Drug Prices in Winning Halloween Haikus

Health and Mediacal
If you attempt, feast your eyes on this year's winners of KFF Health News' 6th yearly Halloween Haiku contest. We got more than 4 lots scary submissions however just a few bubbled to the top of the cauldron. Here's the winner and the leading runners-up, highlighted by Oona Zenda. The judges' favorites were motivated by blood lacks, high healthcare expenses, and the eye-gouging cost of prescription drugs. Watch on KFF Health News' social networks accounts (X; Instagram; and Facebook) for more of our favorites. Delight in! First Place (Illustration: Oona Zenda/KFF Health News; Haiku: Crystal Decker) Vampires do not terrify me. Empty blood racks, now that's worry. Roll up, conserve a life. -- Crystal Decker Second Place (Illustrat...