Austin’s South by Southwest festival was one of the first in-person events to be canceled last year over concern for health and safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. But now, over a year later, festival organizers have announced that the arts, music, and tech festival will be returning IRL in 2022. …
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People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. During a White House coronavirus briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained some of the new guidelines that may …
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As the coronavirus pandemic began to destroy lives and livelihoods this spring, the music industry quickly realized the dire straits they were facing. Venues were some of the first businesses to close and will be one of the last to open, and critical PPE money — utilized by millions of …
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Much of the world will be spending New Year’s Eve sequestered from one another in quarantine. Kiss, however, will be blowing up 2020 in 100 feet of flames in a lavish, decadent, record-breaking (and Covid-safe) rock & roll livestream in Dubai. For their first show in an ongoing farewell tour …
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The coronavirus outbreak caused an unexpected disruption that made us all rethink marketing, e-commerce and fulfillment. I think one of the most important lessons in resiliency I’ve learned during this time is to make sure that your business can adapt and respond quickly to any supply chain disruption, as well …
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As soon as pharmaceutical company Pfizer issued a press release on the morning of November 9th indicating that their Covid-19 vaccine candidate appears to have an efficacy rate of more than 90 percent, the reaction tended to go in one of two directions: The first was sheer excitement. We had …
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Since May 2020, youth organizers across the country have been mobilizing against police brutality and working for systemic change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Some of them had organized for social justice before, but many of them took to the streets for the first time and without an …
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UPDATE:President Trump said that he and First Lady Melania have tested positive for Covid-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” **** President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have begun the “quarantine process” following the news that one …
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T his spring, doing rounds in the Covid-19 units at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Dr. Kirsten Lyke saw more than 130 patients each day. Some were under observation after developing symptoms like shortness of breath, dry cough, and fever. Others were on ventilators. Many initially tested …
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Bella, 11, sits in her chair, her left hand tapping a yellow joystick switch. She is animated, her blue eyes sparkling, her wavy hair bouncing as she moves her head. Yesterday, she went back to school for the first time, after five months of lockdown. She has a lot to …
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