pandemic

Vacation police: Travelers posting trip photos or asking for tips risk social media wrath amid pandemic - USA Today Jessica Alba loves to seek other travelers' tips ahead of a vacation. In mid-August, the 37-year-old Indiana woman turned to one of her favorite online forums – the Facebook...

Lack of Travel Is Taking an Emotional Toll on People, Survey Finds - People The 2020 Amex Trendex has plenty of insight into how travelers are thinking during the global coronavirus pandemic If forgoing travel has you a little stressed, you’re not alone. According to the 2020 Amex Trendex, a...

Scars Inflicted on Travel Are Looking Permanent - MSN Prior to the pandemic, the wealthy never traveled so well. With the economy on solid ground and financial assets soaring to new highs, investment in the travel industry boomed. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, one in 10...

Vacation trips, easing of travel rules fuel hopes of business jet rebound - Reuters A pick-up in leisure trips and easing European travel restrictions are driving demand for business jet flights this summer, fueling cautious hopes for a rebound in an industry hit hard by the coronavirus...

Tips for maintaining mental health during the pandemic: mindfulness, routines, less junk food - Twin Cities A side effect of the coronavirus — anxiety — is spreading even faster than the disease itself. Sue Abderholden, executive director of the state’s chapter of the National Alliance on...

We’re Going to Run Out of TV - The Ringer In the early months of the pandemic, television was in a rare position to maintain a modicum of normalcy. But as the shutdown drags on, and as sets remain closed, a drought is upon us. For the past half-decade, TV has been defined by its surplus. The...

Food is a big deal at work. Here's how the pandemic will change lunch and snacks - CNN For many companies, food plays a big part of workplace culture. Whether it's free lunches every day, or an occasional perk like pizza or bagels to celebrate an accomplishment, or an extra long meeting with...

Reality bites: how the pandemic changed the way we eat - The Guardian From wonky veg to distanced restaurants, Covid-19 has transformed the way we shop, cook and eat. Have we fixed our relationship with food for good? If I thought food waste was complicated before Covid-19 emerged, now it...

So long, salad bar: Grocers get creative, consider robots to revive prepared food amid pandemic - CNBC Grocery stores have shut down self-serve salad bars during the pandemic. They’ve taken away displays of fresh olives and dips. And they’ve replaced giant kettles of ready-to-ladle hot soup...

How to stay safe as you travel this summer amid pandemic - News 4 Jax Before you hit the road or take to the friendly skies for summer vacation this year, you’ll want to keep a close eye on COVID-19. ”I think you have to figure out exactly what’s happening both in your region you are coming...

You’ll Probably Forget What It Was Like to Live Through a Pandemic - Vice Memory researchers say these months will eventually become a blur for those of us isolating at home. A day off when the local school was bombed. Being so bored that waiting for fruit to fall off a gingko tree becomes a...

Waste not, want not - Harard Gazette Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic steps up its efforts in time of pandemic During a pandemic, a lot of things come to a halt, but one thing that never ceases is our need for a reliable supply of safe, nutritious food. Harvard Law School Professor...

“It Was Gone Overnight” - Slate One restaurant’s struggle to weather the pandemic. Eric Wang first noticed something was wrong on March 9. It was a Monday morning, and the co-owner of Thamee, a Burmese restaurant in D.C. that had just been named a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for...

How Can We Cooperate When the Pandemic Is Driving Us Apart? - Greater Good Paul Atkins, coauthor of Prosocial, explains what will help us work together in the face of disaster. Right now, our society is being tested on our ability to cooperate. To fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, we need...

‘You are the only passenger’: How I returned to an empty world - National Geographic Follow a photographer’s journey from a remote island in the South Atlantic to a world paused by pandemic. When the world screeched to a halt, I didn’t notice. I was off the grid near Antarctica, lost in the...

Raposa: How traveling during a global pandemic taught me to be comfortable with uncertainty - Argus Leader The man walking ahead of me on the jetway coughed. I looked nervously at my husband as we exited the plane Thursday afternoon following our flight to the U.S. from a family vacation in...