Coronavirus outbreak 2020

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Health & Wellness

You’re not ‘too busy’ to stay Active during Quarantine

With stay-at-home orders still in place to combat the spread of coronavirus, many people are working from home and spending long hours streaming their favorite TV shows and movies.  And that's got health officials concerned. Researchers have continuously found that sitting for long periods is bad for your health. It can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, even result in death, according to a report by the […]

todayApril 21, 2020

Food & Drink

OpenTable Now Lets You Reserve A Time To Go Grocery Shopping

OpenTable is pivoting its services as restaurants everywhere are operating only through takeout orders. The app known for helping you reserve a table at popular restaurants is now making it possible to reserve a time to pick up your to-go orders and go grocery shopping.   While people are taking proper social distancing precautions, it can cause extra long lines in supermarkets which is partially why OpenTable made this switch. […]

todayApril 17, 2020

Fashion

Condé Nast to Cut Pay, Furlough Some Staffers

Condé Nast is the latest publisher to turn to cuts due to the coronavirus.  To counter the plunge in advertising that is plaguing the industry, the publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and Glamour told staffers Monday that it is cutting salaries of those making more than $100,000 by between 10 percent and 20 percent, effective May 1. The reductions will be in place for five months across all markets. […]

todayApril 16, 2020

Tech Made Simple

What is Contact Tracing?

Friday, Google and Apple joined together for an ambitious emergency project, laying out a new protocol for tracking the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. It’s an urgent, complex project, with huge implications for privacy and public health. Similar projects have been successful in Singapore and other countries, but it remains to be seen whether US public health agencies would be able to manage such a project — even with the biggest tech […]

todayApril 15, 2020

Health & Wellness

Allergy medicines containing steroids may hamper the body’s response to COVID-19

A research scientist who studies viruses says there are concerns, as allergy season begins, that common allergy medications could hamper the body's reaction to the novel coronavirus. "We are quite worried about the fact that if you take steroids at a significant enough level it's going to interfere with your ability to control the viral replication during the first week," said Columbia University associate research scientist Daniel Griffin on the science-focused […]

todayApril 14, 2020

Tech Made Simple

‘Reimagined’ E3 2021 scheduled for next June

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has notified partners that E3 2021 will be held June 15th to 17th, 2021, according to GamesIndustry.biz. The ESA canceled E3 2020 last month due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak but is reportedly working on a “reimagined” event for 2021.   There’s still no word on whether North America’s biggest annual gaming conference, held annually since 1995, will return in some other form in […]

todayApril 14, 2020

Food & Drink

Will Meat be the next thing we can’t find on Grocery Store shelves?

The U.S. is in danger of a meat shortage following closures amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the CEO of a major pork processing company said this week.  Smithfield Foods CEO Kenneth Sullivan issued a statement confirming that the company's Sioux Falls, SD, facility will be closed until further notice. This comes after USA Today reported that 238 cases of coronavirus were linked to the plant.   Sullivan warned that closures such […]

todayApril 14, 2020

Fashion

Lululemon Execs Take Salary Cuts to Help Keep Employees Paid During Coronavirus Crisis

Lululemon’s top executives are pitching in to help employees facing coronavirus-related hardships.  In a release yesterday, the athletic apparel retailer announced that members of its senior leadership team will see 20% reductions in their salaries for the next three months, while board directors will also forgo their retainers. This cash reservoir, it shared, would go to the company’s new “We Stand Together” Fund to assist workers who might have been […]

todayApril 10, 2020

Health & Wellness

Love in the time of Coronavirus: Is it safe to have sex during COVID-19 self-isolation?

These are not exactly the sexiest of times. A notice about sex and coronavirus from New York City’s public health department went viral last weekend, as it outlined specifically how to enjoy sex while preventing the spread of COVID-19.  “The virus can spread through direct contact with their saliva or mucus,” the notice states. NYC health recommends having sex only with a partner that you live with and no one […]

todayApril 10, 2020

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