Talking about the coronavirus is hard enough when you’re an adult. The information, numbers and advice concerning the outbreak seem to shift by the day, and the abstract nature of the threat can invite plenty of fear and uncertainty. However, if everyone is talking about the coronavirus, your children are definitely listening. Here is some
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Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” will soon be streaming on Disney+, less than one month after being release in theaters. It’s safe to say the quick turn around was not planned for the lauded animated film. But, as Disney said in a release, “With cinemas currently impacted by closures due to the global health crisis, Disney
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The handling of the spreading coronavirus outbreak has largely fallen into the hands of governors nationwide. Some have taken drastic measures to slow the virus, from ordering their residents to stay home to fully shutting down primaries. Others, though, taken more time to make drastic measure, resisting them, in part, because of the impact they
Continue Reading To the best of current scientific knowledge, can you get the coronavirus called Covid-19 from your dog or cat? Or give it to them? “No. I think the idea that we’re going to give this virus to our pets or we’re going to get it from them is just nonsense,” said Dr. John Williams, chief
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The sale by North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr and his wife of up to $1.7 million in stock shortly before sharp market declines related to the coronavirus pandemic, first reported by ProPublica and the Center for Responsive Politics, raises troubling questions that demand action by the Justice Department and Congress. Most importantly, did Burr and
Continue Reading You likely have seen this now-famous image by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford in which he captures President Donald Trump’s notes during Thursday’s daily coronavirus task force briefing. Trump has, quite clearly, crossed out “corona” before “virus” and replaced it with the word “Chinese.” That edit is part of a concerted effort by the President
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The head of the Office of Personnel Management resigned abruptly Tuesday. Director Dale Cabaniss stepped down from her position and her deputy will become the acting director, according to Anthony Murruci, the communications director. The agency has been key in providing guidance to federal workers and agencies in regards to dealing with working through the
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The head of the Office of Personnel Management resigned abruptly Tuesday. Director Dale Cabaniss stepped down from her position and her deputy will become the acting director, according to Anthony Murruci, the communications director. The agency has been key in providing guidance to federal workers and agencies in regards to dealing with working through the
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Amazon has become a lifeline for many people desperate to buy household essentials without stepping out of their homes amid the coronavirus outbreak, but some Amazon warehouse workers are plagued by anxiety that their jobs could put their lives, or the lives of their families, at risk. While Amazon has taken a number of steps
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FORT BLISS, Texas — It wasn’t the welcome home that U.S. soldiers expected when they returned from war zones in the Middle East in the past week. When their planes landed at Fort Bliss, they were herded into buses, denied water and the use of bathrooms, then quarantined in packed barracks, with little food or
Continue Reading As the United States responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration apparatus, altering daily operations and disrupting the lives of thousands. In a little over a week, there have been more than a dozen changes, ranging from postponing immigration hearings to pausing deportation flights to certain
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(CNN Español) — Luis Almagro fue reelegido el viernes como secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos. Almagro, quien se desempeña en el cargo desde 2015, estará al frente de la OEA en un nuevo período hasta 2025. El secretario logró la reelección con 23 votos en una sesión extraordinaria realizada en Washington.
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the release of six US oil executives detained in Venezuela as their family members expressed concern for their well-being amid the coronavirus outbreak. The “CITGO 6” — Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Alirio Jose Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano and Jose Angel Pereira — have been detained in
Continue Reading The first known presumptive cases of coronavirus in the federal correctional system emerged Wednesday as the number of infected inmates and staffers at local facilities across the country continued to climb, heightening concerns about the spread of the pandemic within the tight quarters housing the nation’s inmates. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, a staffer at a
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Taking up meditation while sheltering-in-place may not only help you cope with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic, it may even keep your brain from aging. A recently pubished 18-year analysis of the mind of a Buddhist monk by the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found daily, intensive meditation slowed the
Continue Reading Just days after Twitter announced new rules to crack down on tweets spreading misinformation about coronavirus, the company faced a test from a high-profile source: Elon Musk. On Thursday, Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, tweeted the false claim that children are “essentially immune” to the virus. Twitter did nothing. A Twitter spokesperson told
Continue Reading NEW YORK — Wall Street ended the week the same way it began: in full retreat from the coronavirus. Stocks fell sharply and the price of oil sank Friday as federal and state governments moved to shut down bigger and bigger swaths of the nation’s economy in the hope of limiting the spread of the
Continue Reading First lady Melania Trump has engaged in a larger social media presence highlighting the coronavirus pandemic over the last 48 hours after several days of relative silence, ramping up her participation by recording a pair of public service announcements. On Thursday morning, Trump rolled out the first of two pre-recorded PSAs about the virus, focused
Continue Reading Joe Biden on Friday lambasted President Donald Trump‘s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling Trump to “stop swerving between over-promising, buck-passing, and start delivering protection to our people.” “He’s all over the map. In a crisis we need leadership that’s straightforward, clear and reliable,” the former vice president, who has been home in Wilmington, Delaware,
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Hospitals all over the US are restricting visitors in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The guidance was perhaps the most strict in South Carolina, where Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday asked all hospitals and overnight medical facilities to only allow visits from patients, with the exception of end-of-life care. But
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A second person has tested positive for the coronavirus in Juarez, Chihuahua state health officials confirmed Friday. This second case involves an 18-year-old woman who recently traveled to New York City. Officials indicated that she has mild symptoms and is recovering at home. Earlier this week, Chihuahua’s Health Department announced what
Continue Reading America’s oil industry is getting crushed by the historic collapse in oil prices orchestrated by Saudi Arabia and Russia. And President Donald Trump is torn about just how to react to the era of ultra-cheap oil. Trump has in the past hammered OPEC for keeping oil prices too high, hurting American drivers when they fill
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Around 3.67 million years ago, an ancient human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot fell about 30 feet down into a deep shaft of a cave. Today, she represents the most complete Australopithecus (pronounced aa-struh-luh-pi-thuh-kuhs) skeleton and is helping researchers to learn more about our chimpanzee-like ancestors. Little Foot likely stood over just four feet tall. She
Continue Reading The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Thursday called on Newsmax, a conservative media outlet, to issue a correction and stop publishing advertisements with a false claim from a precious metals trader. The request came after the FDIC demanded the company, Monetary Gold, “stop and correct its misleading advertising that falsely claims consumers’ FDIC-insured deposits are
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Center for Disease Control is asking everyone to voluntarily isolate themselves at home to stay healthy and stop the spread of COVID-19, but it’s OK enjoy some time outside especially now that spring is here. The El Paso County Parks and Recreation Department says if you already have “cabin
Continue Reading Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, has asked the Senate Ethics Committee to review his sales of hundreds of thousands of dollars of stocks last month ahead of the economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, but he’s not the only senator facing scrutiny over stock sales. Georgia GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Con las medidas de aislamiento, la tensión en los hogares crece, y el riesgo de la violencia familiar aumenta para las mujeres, afirma la ONU. ONU Mujeres explica que las medidas para frenar la propagación el covid-19 en el mundo han tenido un impacto social que afecta “severamente a las mujeres”. No
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign transferred $18 million to the Democratic National Committee on Friday, turning to the committee to fund and manage the effort to take down President Donald Trump instead of creating a Bloomberg-backed independent expenditure. The transfer, according to memos from both Democratic groups, will go directly to increasing the size and scope
Continue Reading By Sunday, Stew Leonard Jr. and his team were ready for a break. “Saturday was really, really busy,” Leonard, the CEO and president of Stew Leonard’s, a grocery store chain with seven locations across New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, said. “Everybody was exhausted after Saturday.” Sunday was a day to take stock of what
Continue Reading Across the United States, the reality of what coronavirus will mean for people’s jobs, businesses and livelihoods is beginning to sink in. In a matter of days, social life throughout much of the nation ground to a halt as communities took steps to stop the spread of the virus, which has now infected more than
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