COVID-19

78 Results / Page 6 of 9

Background

Health & Wellness

Tips for safe grocery shopping during coronavirus pandemic

Roughly half of Americans are under stay-at-home orders as coronavirus cases climb, with officials urging the public to only go out for groceries and other essentials. So how can you keep your grocery trips safe and efficient? Carolyn Cannuscio, director of research at the Center for Public Health Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, offers these six tips for food shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.   Plan ahead Don't wait […]

todayApril 9, 2020

Food & Drink

Forget Wine. This Napa Vintner Plans to Produce 4.5 Million Oz. of Hand Sanitizer

Dave Phinney, the man behind the now legendary Prisoner wine brand, is regarded as one of Napa’s most prolific winemakers. He is also considered one of the most creative—putting animated skeletons in your tasting room will have that effect—and, now, the innovative vintner is unshackling his ingenuity even further by turning his whiskey distillery into a makeshift hand sanitizer plant. Savage & Cooke distillery spans 800 acres on Mare Island, […]

todayApril 9, 2020

Home Improvement

Need “Safe” Easter Ideas? How about a “Virtual” Egg Hunt?

The Iowa Egg Council has created a new way to hunt for Easter Eggs this year, virtually. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Easter Egg Hunts in Iowa and across the United States have been canceled. To keep the tradition alive the Council has created a virtual Easter Egg Hunt.   Families can download and print off an Easter egg coloring sheet on their website, https://www.iowaegg.org/. They ask that once […]

todayApril 9, 2020

Health & Wellness

How to stay healthy while taking care of a loved one with COVID-19

Most Americans who test positive for the new coronavirus will ride out the disease at home.  About 80% of COVID-19 patients experience a mild illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), so they’ll rely on family members — not doctors — to get better.  But with a loved one shedding the contagious virus at home, is it inevitable that other members of the household will get […]

todayApril 7, 2020

Food & Drink

In the time of Coronavirus, Happy Hours have gone Virtual

With bars shuttered and stressed-out workers stuck at home, companies and friend groups across the U.S. are holding happy hours over video chat to commiserate and keep spirits high amid the new coronavirus pandemic. In one community, neighbors are toasting to one another every night from the ends of their driveways to unwind — while keeping a safe distance, of course. “Let’s be honest, we could all use a break […]

todayApril 1, 2020

Home Improvement

How to DIY a Home Gym

The global COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just closing your office and favorite restaurants – gyms, spas and recreation centers throughout the U.S. have been shuttered as well as local, state and federal governments try to stifle the spread of the coronavirus.  Even if you don’t consider yourself a gym rat, you may be desperate to get active as cabin fever sets in from self-isolation, social distancing and sheltering in place.  Fortunately, […]

todayApril 1, 2020

Health & Wellness

Dr. Anthony Fauci separates COVID-19 Fact from Fiction with Trevor Noah

Dr. Anthony Fauci — director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — spoke with Trevor Noah about the various misconceptions surrounding the coronavirus and the path forward on The Daily Home Distancing Show Thursday. The interview started with Fauci describing how COVID-19 is different from every other medical emergency he’s worked on, and how it’s exactly the kind of infectious disease he was always most concerned about: […]

todayMarch 31, 2020

Tech Made Simple

Google Bans the Infowars Android app over false Coronavirus claims

Google has banned the Infowars Android app from the Google Play store, the company confirmed to Wired on Friday.   The app was apparently removed because of a video posted by radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that, according to Wired, “disputed the need for social distancing, shelter in place, and quarantine efforts meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.” Before it was removed, the app had more […]

todayMarch 31, 2020

Subscribe

LISTEN WITH YOUR APP

0%