Health, Fitness & Food

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official on Tuesday expressed “substantial disappointment” with American Airlines for announcing that it will resume full flights starting Wednesday.  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, asked CDC Director Robert Redfield about the new policy, which was announced Friday, during a hearing on the coronavirus.   Redfield told members of Congress that the
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Jacy and Seth Boyack reopened their Arizona massage spa earlier this month from pandemic-driven closures. But they shut Citrus Massage back down after four days, citing safety concerns from the Covid-19 outbreak.  In an interview Monday on CNBC’s “The Exchange,” Jacy Boyack said that even working the front desk, she felt concerned.  “I’m not a massage
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) speaks at the Coronavirus press briefing in Trenton. Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty Images New Jersey restaurants won’t be allowed to resume indoor dining on Thursday as originally planned due to a growing number of coronavirus cases in other states, Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Monday.  “Today
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Adenilson Souza Costa, 47 years, and his coworkers wearing protective gear carry a coffin at Vila Formosa Cemetery amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 18, 2020 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alexandre Schneider | Getty Images The coronavirus has now killed more than 500,000 people around the world as the number of confirmed infections exceeded
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Diane, a nurse from Houston, Texas, sunbathes at the beach next to her husband, both wearing facemasks, in Miami Beach, Florida on June 16, 2020. Eva Marie Uzcategui | AFP via Getty Images Florida reported 9,636 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, marking another record breaking day as cases continue to surge in the state, according to
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Protestors march against the separation of migrant children from their families on June 18, 2018 in Los Angeles. Mario Tama | Getty Images U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must release children held in the country’s three family detention centers by July 17 because of the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence listens after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts | Getty Images As more young people become infected with
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Life Time Fitness CEO Bahram Akradi on Thursday said that the gym industry could see a “small degradation” as more people opt for at-home workouts, although gymgoers will still return to their clubs once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.  “I think that a small degradation is possible,” Akradi told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “While the workout
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A person walks by a closed Banana Republic store on June 11, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Economic worries due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continue as an additional 1.5 million people filed for first-time unemployment benefits in the past week. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The California Department of Public Health reported its second
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont told CNBC on Tuesday that the leaders of Arizona and Texas, two states grappling with growing Covid-19 outbreaks, should reinstitute more aggressive containment strategies.  “I’d close down the bars,” Lamont, a Democrat, said on “Closing Bell.”  Both Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have said that a larger share of
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A worker administers a test to a passenger at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic testing in Leesburg, Virginia, May 20, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters One of the components of contact tracing programs public health experts deem critical to controlling the Covid-19 outbreak includes finding and testing close contacts
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