A cootie catcher is full of carefully-folded dichotomies. It’s centuries-old origami performed by kids (usually), many of whom live far away from the device’s country of origin. Delicate in its ...

Children ages 12 to 15 have been approved to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Pierce Freelon, a children's musician, hopes to encourage more kidsto get vaccinated with a new song: "Cootie Shot." This week, the ...

Of all the germs kids are exposed to on the playground, there’s one they freak out about more than any other: cooties. The word first appeared during World War I as soldiers’ slang for the painful ...

Throughout his years with Ellington, and on many occasions under his own name, Cootie consistently displayed a vigorous command of his instrument. Whether playing the muted colourful compositions of ...

Boots Riley’s explosive and profound series I’m a Virgo concludes with an epic superhero smackdown that refuses to leave a single stone unturned, while also setting up exciting things to come. Played ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Facebook post and a local restaurant chain are at the center of a defamation lawsuit filed in Washington County court last month. The lawsuit centers on a post by a ...

A sudden and mysterious outbreak of communicable disease began recently in my apartment building in Manhattan. Three 7-year-olds, a boy and two girls, were sharing the elevator one day with a ...

If there’s one piece of advice that we can pass along to you on this blisteringly cold Valentine’s Day weekend, it’s this: Whoever you are snuggling up with, make sure not to forget to use protection.

Sure, Cootie (Jharrel Jerome) is 13 feet tall. But he’s a lot more than just his height: He’s a Virgo (which means he loves adventure), simultaneously naïve and wise, and he really, really loves bass.

A piece of notebook paper once told me who I would marry. Actually this happened many times, revealing many different grooms, but my faith in the fortune-telling powers of cootie-catchers was never ...

Julia is a Senior News and Resource writer for Collider who graduated from Hofstra University in 2018 with a BA in Film Studies and Production. Since joining the Collider team in 2022, Julia enjoys ...

Do you ever wish you could conjure up all that unshackled energy you had as a kid and experience life as an adult through that wide-eyed perspective? cootie catcher are doing just that, and we should ...