(Reuters) – Consumers who stay close to home as COVID-19 cases increase worldwide are looking for more staples like mayonnaise and peanut butter and buying Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners and computers. FILE PHOTO: A variety of peanut butter made in the USA on display at the “American lifestyle” store in …
Read More »Fourteenth COVID-19 related death reported in the Billings spotlight
BILLINGS – Yellowstone County health officials announced another COVID-19-related death Thursday related to a fatal outbreak at a Billings call center. According to a RiverStone Health press release, a man in his 70s died Wednesday at Canyon Creek Memory Care, marking the fourteenth person who died after a coronavirus outbreak …
Read More »Could San Francisco see the situation ‘like New York’?
Wednesday was a day of macabre milestones in California. Counties across the state reported more deaths than any previous day of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data collected by this news organization: 155, pushing the cumulative number of deaths north of 8,000 and the average of seven. more than 96 …
Read More »Homemade coatings will likely need multiple layers to prevent spread
For sale, masks are seen displayed on a clothesline in the front yard of a Los Angeles home on July 20, 2020. Chris Delmas | AFP | fake pictures A homemade cloth face mask probably needs two to three layers to be effective in preventing the spread of the coronavirus, …
Read More »Disney delays ‘Mulan’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Avatar’ and more due to COVID-19
Disney is delaying the release of some of its biggest box office hits, including “Mulan,” “Star Wars,” and “Avatar,” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rock the world. “Mulan,” the live-action remake of its animated classic, has been postponed indefinitely, the company said Thursday. It had been scheduled to begin …
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