COVID-19: A Consumer’s Guide to the Coronavirus
Drugwatch.com is committed to providing reliable information from expert sources to help guide you through the COVID-19 outbreak. Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the coronavirus, and find important updates on access to medication, health insurance coverage and ways to maintain good mental health. Coronavirus disease 2019, also called COVID-19, is a respiratory illness that spreads between
Brothers fighting the spread of Covid
CNN - On February 14, 2018 brothers Adam and Josh Buchwald's lives changed forever. "I truly believed that this would be the day I died," Josh told CNN.Josh was a 15-year-old freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and Adam was a 16-year-old junior that day a gunman walked into their school and killed 17 people."A sense of horror came over
NASA Names Headquarters After Mary Jackson
Ms. Jackson’s contributions received widespread attention after the release of the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” which chronicled black women’s work during the space race. Mary Jackson at the NASA Langley Research Center. After 34 years, she retired from the center in 1985 as an aeronautical engineer.Credit
Honeybee population bounces back
NY Daily News: Scientists believe this environmental indicator is the bee’s knees. After an alarming 2018-19 winter in which there were a record 37.7% less honeybees than the previous year, the species rebounded strongly this previous winter, reported The Associated Press. This previous winter, beekeepers noted a less devastating loss of 22.2% of their colonies — considerably better than the average of
Fathers feel closer to their kids due to lockdown measures: study
CTVNews.ca - On this Father’s Day, a new study has revealed an unexpected silver lining to public health requirements during the pandemic. According to the study, 60 per cent of Canadian dads feel closer to their kids as a result of COVID-19 lockdown measures, which have been providing them more time together. The study, released by the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF)
Disney world entertainer has pedaled 3,000 miles, delivering smiles
Orlando Sentinel - Here’s how friend Becky Roper describes Billy Flanigan: “He’s just the perfect example of how a little act of kindness can go a long way.” Make that a really long way. A really, really long way. Flanigan, an entertainer at Walt Disney World for nearly 40 years, has ridden his bicycle thousands of miles the past few months, undertaking
Fast-growing mini-forests spring up in Europe to aid climate
The Guardian: Tiny, dense forests are springing up around Europe as part of a movement aimed at restoring biodiversity and fighting the climate crisis. Often sited in schoolyards or alongside roads, the forests can be as small as a tennis court. They are based on the work of the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, who has planted more than 1,000 such forests in
List of in-person and virtual Juneteenth celebrations being offered in Hampton Roads
By: Julia Varnier - WTKR Governor Northam was joined by Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams Tuesday to announce that he will be proposing legislation making Juneteenth a state holiday. Virginia has acknowledged Juneteenth (June 19) with a written proclamation. Northam stated that it is time we elevate the holiday so it is celebrated by everyone. Juneteenth is the oldest known commemoration of the
Teen named honorary graduate after serious accident almost claimed her life
WTKR - by Margaret Kavanagh VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It’s a miracle she survived a terrible crash, and she was honored by her high school Wednesday morning. Sedonia Triepel was named an honorary graduate of the class of 2020 from the legal studies program at First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach. “She deserves that. She was an amazing student. She didn’t do
