Happiness and sadness are influenced by factors that vary from person to person. They may also frequently change, depending on an endless set of dynamic circumstances, including social, financial, and health factors. While the…
Nothing in 2020 has been the same — and Halloween won’t be an exception. The spooky holiday is a month away, and already scores of cities have cancelled popular events to avoid large gatherings…
Schools across the country have reopened, and a traditional school day now involves social distancing, temperature checks at the door, mask wearing, and occasional temporary closures due to students and teachers testing positive for…
Even though the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns seem to have made many people avid wine drinkers, according to data from Nielsen, beer is still the most preferred alcoholic beverage in the United States. A…
Schools across most of the county have reopened, and the traditional school day has been overhauled. Social distancing, part-time remote learning, temperature checks at the door, mask wearing, and one-way hallways are now the…
With schools reopening across the country, teachers and students will inevitably be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. Educators, who are responsible for molding the future generation, are protesting or threatening to strike in…
Schools across the country have begun to reopen, and the traditional school day has been overhauled. Social distancing, temperature checks at the door, mask wearing, and one-way hallways are now the new norm. State…
With cases once again appearing to be slowing nationwide and with relatively cheap gas prices, Americans might be tempted to go on the road and travel. But while some states may have eased traveling…
The world is more than eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic and still little is known about the novel coronavirus. With no vaccine or treatment or even full understanding of the way the virus…
The pace of new COVID-19 cases reported daily has slowed over the last few weeks. Still, total cases in the United States have risen to nearly 5.8 million with almost 180,000 deaths as of…
The world is becoming more urban. According to a 2018 report from the United Nations, 68% of the global population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050. While greater density can put…
Schools across the country have begun to reopen, and the traditional school day has been overhauled. Desks spaced 6 feet apart, temperature checks at the door, and having lunch in small groups is the…
Even though the pace of new COVID-19 cases declined by 16% in mid-August from the average two weeks earlier, total cases in the United States have still risen to nearly 5.5 million with over…
Most U.S. states imposed limitations on interstate and international travel shortly after the coronavirus started spreading across the country in February. Now, more than six months later and after a surge of new cases…
Schools across the country have begun to reopen. Some students are already going for in-person classes, while other schools are planning to start the new academic year online. While each school or school district…
Every state has started a process of reopening, but with a wide array of strategies and rules put in place. Recent increases in some areas caused many states to take action and halt plans…
Most U.S. states imposed limitations on interstate and international travel shortly after the coronavirus began to spread across the country in February. Six months later, with the country in various stages of reopening, many…
Schools across the country have begun to reopen. Some students are already going for in-person classes, while others will be starting the new academic year online. While each school or school district has the…
After many states across the country set new records in daily new coronavirus cases in the middle of July, COVID-19 infections are once again appearing to be leveling off. Some of the increase in…
When students return to school for the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, their schools and classes will look very different than they did in March, when schools were suddenly ordered to close because…
