It’s no secret that staying indoors during COVID-19 has inspired once in-person activities to go completely online (at least for the time being). And as someone on the other side of the screen looking to stay entertained, I happily welcome these virtual offerings into the home. There’s definitely something for everyone. Want to catch a…

Every night at 7PM in and around New York City (and around the world), citizens have used their roofs, balconies, fire escapes, windows, and public parks to applaud the incredible job that healthcare and other essential workers have been doing over the last few weeks. Just as the applause ended on April 13, 2020, a…

The COVID-19 Community Response Fund, a creation of the United Way of Elkhart and LaGrange Counties and the Community Foundation of Elkhart County, has received 10 thousand N95 respirator face masks. They’re a donation from Bill and Kristin Fenech and wil be distributed to medical workers at Elkhart General Hospital, Goshen Health, and local nursing…

The board game Pandemic was already popular in recent years. Then a rush of people started buying it in March as COVID-19 turned into a major concern, Ken Peczkowski, owner of Griffon Games and Bookstore in downtown South Bend, says. A morbid choice? Actually, he says this “cooperative game” is more about building teamwork among…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — A new effort, launched on Facebook in late-March, pairs healthcare workers on the front line with empty RV’s. It’s a way to ease concern their exposure to COVID-19 could put their own families at risk. The online group is called “RV’s 4 MD’s To Fight the Corona Virus” and it’s…

Italy has been hard-hit by the coronavirus epidemic, with a death toll of more than 16,000. Its economy is in near-shutdown. Although Italy’s south has seen fewer deaths from COVID-19 infection than the north, its poverty and jobless rates are high. In lockdown since March 10, Naples, a normally bustling city of more than 2…

With the U.S. at the epicenter of a global pandemic, therapy sessions (or goals to start them) might be taking a back seat. But between telecommuting, home schooling, unemployment woes, toilet paper shortages and an ever-present sense of doom, mental health care is more important than ever. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 45% of adults say the pandemic has…

LaPorte County factory that normally makes insulated food carrier bags for school nutrition programs has switched to making cotton masks for the fight against coronavirus. Sterno Products in LaPorte normally produces bags to feed hot meals to school kids, such as when breakfast is delivered in the classroom. About 30 workers are employed at the…