Health & Safety

Keeping your brain busy by volunteering, gardening, or learning a new language may help you cope with hard times now and in the future.

Health & Safety

Staying Strong During Lockdown Means Reaching Out — And Working Your Mind, Too

10:40am August 18, 2020

by April Fulton

Keeping your brain busy but relaxed by volunteering, gardening, or learning a new language, for example, can help you cope with hard times now and in the future, psychiatrists say.

The Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, S.D., draws a crowd earlier this month during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

9:44am August 18, 2020

by Will Stone

To owners of bars and nightclubs, pandemic restrictions on the industry can feel punitive. But there are important differences, virus hunters say, between a bar and a restaurant that serves alcohol.

Colorado Students Weigh In On Virtual Learning During The Pandemic

7:48am August 18, 2020

by Jenny Brundin

School children of all ages share their thoughts on remote learning ahead of the new school year. Most have mixed feelings about more remote learning.

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News Brief: Democratic Convention, Mail-In Ballots, College Move-In Day

6:28am August 18, 2020

A roundup of the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Amid postal changes, states consider changing mail-in ballot rules. And, students move back in at the University of Georgia.

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People holding placards and shouting slogans protest Sunday in Madrid against the mandatory use of face masks and other measures adopted by the Spanish government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

'We Can't Live Like Zombies': Protesters In Spain Decry COVID-19 Mask Mandate

6:25pm August 17, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Sunday to protest expanded requirements aimed at combating the disease, which has seen a sharp uptick in recent weeks.

A COVID-19 test is collected in Salt Lake City, Utah. A federal study published Monday found that Hispanic and non-white workers make up a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases associated with workplace outbreaks in Utah.

CDC Study Finds Hispanics Hit Disproportionately Hard By Workplace Outbreaks

6:20pm August 17, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73% of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24% of the workforce in those sectors.

UNC-CH Scrambles To Deal With Virus Outbreak

5:16pm August 17, 2020

by Associated Press

Mexico And Argentina Team Up To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine For Latin America

4:42pm August 17, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is concerned Latin America won't be the first in line for a coronavirus vaccine. So he has teamed up with Argentina to produce one.

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Los Angeles Schools Plan To Test Students And Employees For The Coronavirus

4:42pm August 17, 2020

by Kyle Stokes (KPCC)

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced plans for periodic coronavirus testing of students and employees to research the coronavirus and determine whether school reopenings are safe.

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Third grade teacher Maya Davis attends training before her school district reopens.

Rural Schools Struggle With Road Ahead In Era Of Coronavirus

2:50pm August 17, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

Some schools across the country are under pressure to reopen for in-person classes, even in states like Idaho where coronavirus cases continue to rise out of control.

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