The ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led non-essential businesses in every state to close their doors and inspired many state and local governments to issue stay-at-home orders. Public health experts say our best way to avoid a [...]

Table of Contents: President Donald Trump Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Stay Safe and Informed The ongoing spread of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has inspired an inconsistent response from the U.S. government, to say the least. President Donald Trump Wh[...]

Table of Contents: What is Social Distancing? Why? FAQs Stay Safe Some people act like they know it all. Our new series Explain Like I’m 65 is for the rest of us. It will provide clear, digestible summaries to help seniors sort through the noise and [...]

Table of Contents: COVID-19 Cyberattacks Recognizing COVID-19 Scams Staying Safe With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the globe, seniors aren’t just vulnerable to infection, they’re also vulnerable to scammers looking to take advantage of chaos [...]

If you’ve braved a trip to the grocery store lately, you’re probably aware that things have taken a turn for the chaotic. The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has inspired a wave of panic-shopping around the country. Essentials are flying off of shelves and[...]

Keep Stress to a Minimum It sounds like a bad joke, but it’s true. Stressing yourself out over COVID-19 can increase your chances of contracting it. That’s largely because of stress hormones like cortisol. Over short periods, cortisol reduces inflamm[...]

Table of Contents: Garlic Silver Solutions Alcohol Water Expert Advice COVID-19 only recently reached pandemic status, but it inspired an “infodemic” almost immediately. Conspiracy theories and misleading medical advice have followed the virus from C[...]

What’s the best way to avoid contracting coronavirus (COVID-19)? It’s not purchasing a surgical mask. No, not even an N95. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and the U.S. Surgeon General, the best [...]

No, seniors do not need facemasks to keep safe from the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). While a mask might prevent you from infecting others, there is little evidence to suggest it will keep you from contracting it in the first place. Surgeon Gener[...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has its hands full addressing the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Beginning in China’s Wuhan province, the virus has spread around the globe and infected people on nearly every continent. An “Infodemic” CO[...]