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Man in China Dragged Out of Home After Refusing to Go to Quarantine

December 7, 2022 Newsroom

Reading Time: < 1 minute Earlier this week, a video popped up on social media of a man being dragged out of his home by health officials. The incident happened in Hangzhou, a city southwest of Shanghai. The video quickly went viral, and triggered a large amount of criticism from netizens. The video shows a man who is trying to resist two men in white hazmat suits. The man clings to the sofa and screams. The two men eventually force the man to give in. The man then goes down the stairs after several minutes…

How COVID Has Waged a War on Body and Mind

September 28, 2022March 13, 2023 DMUSA News

Reading Time: 2 minutes INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Wendy Bjork. The Wendy Bjork Commentaries In our short slice of history, COVID – 19 has changed a lot of things on all different levels for us. From the beginning, people took sides around protocols and criticized each other. People were shamed for testing positive and being sick. This pandemic has caused unbelievable amounts of harm to relationships, including friendships ending, marriages ending, partners splitting up…

Granting Wishes Regardless of Vaccination Status

February 12, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Make-A-Wish’s recent decision regarding how to begin to lift some restrictions for wishes involving air travel and large gatherings was made to protect the health of children with critical illnesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision has generated misinformation and falsehoods on social media and in some media outlets. Here are the facts: Make-A-Wish has not, does not, and will not deny wishes to children who are not vaccinated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Make-A-Wish has safely granted over 6,500 wishes to children and families – regardless…

93% of US Adults Set Health Goals

January 29, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Medifast, the global company behind one the fastest-growing health and wellness communities, OPTAVIA, today released findings from a nationally representative study on consumer health priorities and motivators. In a survey from December 2020, the company found 63% of Americans had adopted new, positive health routines amid the pandemic, 96% of whom planned to continue embracing healthy habits in the new year. This new study, which surveyed 1,230 U.S. adults, found that almost all U.S. adults (93%) have health and wellness goals and 84% are actively working toward achieving them. Health Goals: Many of…

56% of People Think COVID is Never Going Away

April 19, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Americans are adjusting to life in the “new normal” with more than half (56%) saying COVID-19 is never going away, according to a new healthinsurance.com national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. Healthinsurance.com began conducting monthly consumer pulse surveys since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 on topics ranging from health insurance, life insurance, telemedicine, and general health to well-being during a pandemic, technology usage, and personal finance. Key healthinsurance.com April 2021 Survey Findings: 56% think COVID-19 is never going away 91% say they will miss some aspect of pandemic life 62% are afraid to cough or sneeze in…

Keeping Your Home as the Eviction Cliff Nears

March 29, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 4 minutes More than three million renters say they are at risk of losing their homes with the federal eviction moratorium set to expire this week. But a new Zillow analysis shows the number of households evicted could be as low as 130,000. That range highlights the need for federal intervention — both a continuing moratorium and additional assistance that will help not only struggling renters but also their landlords, such as the $45 billion in rental assistance in the recently passed federal stimulus bill. “Job disruptions and economic hardships brought by the pandemic have hit renters…

Risks and Benefits of the COVID Passport

March 22, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minute Millions across the world are eagerly awaiting future travel as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up and cases trend down. Even though ‘vaxications’ are on the rise, traveling in our current world is not going to be as easy as it once was pre-pandemic. Additional travel to-do’s will be added to the lists of anyone who wants to travel to America like evidence that they have tested negative for COVID-19 and with the emergence of digital vaccine passports. With over 400 million vaccinated against the virus worldwide, print-outs and photos of vaccination records are easily faked or…

First Single-Shot COVID Vaccine Announced

March 1, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Johnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended the first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for individuals 18 years of age and older. The vaccine was approved on February 27, 2021 under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “For more than 130 years, Johnson & Johnson has come to the aid of people during times of crisis, and we believe…

A Look at the Global Cities 500 of 2020

December 29, 2020 DMUSA

Reading Time: 3 minutes What effect has the global COVID-19 had on the brand value of the world’s greatest cities? To discover this, an analytical report of the Global Top 500 Cities was compiled by Global City Lab and released on Dec. 28, 2020 in New York. The report declares New York to be the world’s most valuable city, with a brand value of US$2.03 trillion. Tokyo has surpassed London to rank second with a brand value of US$1.88 trillion. London’s brand value has dropped 8.16% this year, ranking third with a brand value of US$1.85 trillion. Moreover, Paris and Sydney also have brand values surpassing US$1 trillion. Hong…

What Workers Say They Want

December 15, 2020 DMUSA

Reading Time: 2 minutes The top three perks workers want from their employers have to do with time away from the office, according to new research from employee benefits provider Unum (NYSE: UNM). Paid time off, flexibility or remote working options, and paid family leave are the top non-insurance employee benefits among U.S. workers. Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8691553-unum-research-what-workers-want/ Time off tops the listDespite less travel due to COVID-19, paid time off is the most-wanted work perk for the third year in a row. The national average of paid time off for U.S.…