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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

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

Health & Wellness

WHO declares Coronavirus a Pandemic — here’s what that means

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, clarifying weeks of confusion over whether or not it constituted one. "We expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries, climb, even higher,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, told reporters during a press conference. "And we're deeply concerned — most by the alarming levels of spread […]

todayMarch 12, 2020

Tech Made Simple

China’s Coronavirus Outbreak is Impacting the Tech Industry

The Verge reports that the tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies closing offices, stores, and factories in China as well as restricting employees from nonessential travels to the country. The closures, which were initially expected to last through the Lunar New Year holiday week in late January, have now extended to February 10th, though it is still unclear whether most companies will be back […]

todayFebruary 10, 2020

Tech Made Simple

Pinterest Now Surfaces Verified, Science-Based Information for All Vaccine-Related Searches

Pinterest will now give visitors accurate information about vaccines and their safety when they type in a relevant search term. In an update today, the company says it will now surface reliable information sourced from various scientific organizations whenever someone searches for vaccine-related terms, like “measles” or “vaccine safety.”   Among the organizations whose information will show up is the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and […]

todaySeptember 11, 2019

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