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How to Help the Millions of Americans Facing Food Insecurity Right Now

In partnership with Feeding America, Cosmopolitan and Hearst Magazines are committed to putting an end to hunger. To help food banks feed families in need, please donate at FeedingAmerica.org. According to a study by the United Nations World Food Programme—the world’s largest humanitarian organization—an additional 130 million people globally “could be pushed to starvation by… Read More »

Survey says majority of Americans won’t use COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

According to a study commissioned by the security software vendor Avira, 71% of Americans say they won’t use COVID-19 contact-tracing apps, with many citing potential privacy and security issues. Government and healthcare professionals were the least likely to say they’d download the apps, and about three-quarters of people surveyed believed their digital privacy would be… Read More »

Most Americans cannot or will not use COVID-19 contact tracing apps: poll

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing masks walk in front of shuttered buildings as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of all Americans either do not own smartphones or would not use apps… Read More »

Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Recommends Americans Wear Masks in Public, but Trump Stresses It Is Voluntary

新冠病毒疫情最新消息 Here’s what you need to know: C.D.C. says all Americans should wear masks. Trump says the rule is voluntary. New York State records its biggest daily death toll, and De Blasio pleads for the nation’s help. The Trump administration plans to pay hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients, rather than expand insurance coverage. Justice… Read More »

Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days. The governors of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Nevada each instituted the strict policies on a… Read More »

How Fat Are Americans

  The CDC has been studying the obesity problem in the United States. They are concerned as all of us are by the health risks of obesity. The results of a 2018 survey were alarming. At least 35% of adults in Arkansas, Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, and West Virginia were obese. The results… Read More »