March 2020

Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction and rumor from deliberate efforts to mislead By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press March 22, 2020, 1:31 PM 6 min read The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often

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Virus marches on in Italy, Iran as medical supplies dwindle

SOAVE, Italy — Italy, Iran and the United States reported soaring new death tolls as the coronavirus pandemic marched relentlessly across the globe Sunday, prompting a scramble in hard-hit regions to set up more hospital beds and replenish the dwindling medical supplies needed to keep health workers safe. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte went on TV

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Coronavirus outbreak: ‘People would rather give their mum some loo roll’

“Business has been really tough. Customers are not thinking about Mother’s Day, they’re thinking about their groceries at the minute. Flowers are a luxury, and they’d rather give their mum some loo roll!” Ruth Donoghue owns The Flower Shoppe in Lee, south east London. She closed her store on Friday, having only had a handful

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Help Wanted: Grocery Stores, Pizza Chains and Amazon Are Hiring

The volume of food and paper products passing through a warehouse just outside Los Angeles is up 30 percent from the same time a year ago. Pizza deliveries are surging as people around the country hunker down. Medical product manufacturers are racing to help hospitals around the country lacking critical equipment needed to diagnose and

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Fee Waivers, Virtual Art Shows and Online Cooking Lessons

Jeremy Collins, a U-Haul representative, said that “for serious conditions in the world, we’ve typically offered people a free month of storage.” (Storage rates for a 5-by-10-foot unit typically start from $99.95 per month). Virtual Karaoke, Bingo and Trivia The six-year old Gaythering hotel in Miami, which caters to the L.G. B. T. Q. community,

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