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smolaw11/iStock(NEW YORK) — As schools across the country close and employees are encouraged to work from home in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, some experts are concerned about an increase in [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Scores of people across the United States are currently following the advice of public health officials, hunkering down in their homes in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel [Read More…]

mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people worldwide, mostly in Italy and China. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has reached every continent [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread [Read More…]

Becky Perlow/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Amid the closure of restaurants and restrictions on nursing homes, veterinary practices are also starting to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One clinic in Maryland is taking steps [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread [Read More…]

Angela Mandigo(NEW YORK) — When a bride’s big day was canceled because of coronavirus concerns, her and her florist teamed up to create a silver lining by spreading joy to others. Keali Lay, 28, and [Read More…]

Victoria Bay(ANDOVER, Kan.) — A Kansas middle school teacher found a heartwarming way to let her students to know that even though she won’t be seeing them every day in her classroom, she is thinking [Read More…]

FatCamera/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the global death toll continues to rise from the coronavirus pandemic and anxiety for Americans escalates along with the unemployment rate, operators of cannabis dispensaries across the country have reported that [Read More…]

North Shore Animal League America(NEW YORK) —  Animal shelters across the country are encouraging people to adopt and foster pets as they hunker down at home. As social distancing becomes the norm and millions of [Read More…]

iStock/pcruciatti(LONDON) — Prime Minister Bori Johnson said the U.K. could “turn the tide” of the coronavirus outbreak in the next 12 weeks if the public follows government guidance on social distancing and isolation. But he [Read More…]

Sara Byrne/Instagram(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — A 95-year-old in self-quarantine received a surprise birthday visit from family during the global coronavirus crisis. On March 18, Kathleen “Katie” Byrne of Syracuse, New York, was greeted at a safe [Read More…]

iStock/chokja(NEW YORK) — The global coronavirus crisis has directly affected many industries, and some of fashion’s go-to rental-clothing services are being examined through a closer lens. Over the past several years, companies such as Rent [Read More…]

New Hampshire Dept. of Justice(LOS ANGELES) — Former California homicide detective Roxane Gruenheid had helped put a murderer behind bars, and yet, there was something about the suspect that nagged at her — something in his murky [Read More…]

Courtesy White Family(NEW YORK) – Iran has granted medical furlough to a former U.S. Navy veteran who had been detained for over 600 days on trumped up charges, according to his family and Secretary of State Mike [Read More…]

Destilería Serrallés, Inc.(DUBLIN, Ireland) — Businesses around the world have come up with unique ways to help their communities amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the spirits industry has pivoted from providing stiff drinks to [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread to [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread to [Read More…]

KenWiedemann/iStock(HONOLULU) — Two cruise ships with no onboard reported cases of coronavirus, are not permitted to let passengers off to explore Hawaii, officials announced. As a precautionary measure to prevent spread of the virus — [Read More…]