A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
This year, since the Zoo is closed due to the new coronavirus, the Zoo will deliver flowers to nursing homes and hospitals as well as provide virtual tours of the blooms.
Source: Cincinnati Zoo to give virtual tour of tulips, deliver to hospitals
Neat idea. Happy Easter everyone!
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Knox would walk into her bar and soak in the sounds of people chatting while sipping on their drinks and listening to local musicians strum along on their guitars.
Looks like a lot of work!
This treatment can change the course of the viral outbreak.
Source: Active COVID-19 Cases Treated With Antibodies Of Recovered People Are Making 100% Recovery
Small study, so far, but approved for much wider testing and last-resort application. A game changer if it holds.
Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry paid the grocery bills for all shoppers during senior hour Wednesday morning at 44 Kroger supermarkets in metro Atlanta and 29 Winn-Dixies in his hometown of New Orleans.
Source: Tyler Perry pays for senior-hour groceries in Atlanta, New Orleans
Not a huge Perry movie fan, but this is pretty darned cool.
The cutest videos and photos of a cat named Duck who is thriving despite only having her hind legs.
Source: Funny and Cute Videos of a Double-Amputee Cat Named Duck | POPSUGAR Pets
Amazingly resilient.
Although Australia is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic like the rest of the world, there is a sliver of good news for the land Down Under – the first rescued koalas are starting to be released
Source: First koalas released back into the wild after Australian bushfires | The Independent
Light at the end of a different tunnel.
Caribou musher Hannah Lucas is harnessing her passion for dogsledding to support homebound seniors in rural Maine.
Source: A Caribou Woman Is Delivering Groceries To Neighbors By Dogsled | Maine Public
Love it!
In an effort to entertain people stuck at home due to the coronavirus, the J. Paul Getty Museum is challenging the public to recreate works of art, but only with objects they have on hand.
Source: Getty Museum challenges public to recreate famous art with household items
People are creative!
System uses machine learning to offer new way to screen for hard to detect cancers
Source: New blood test can detect 50 types of cancer | Science | The Guardian
Early detection is key. This is encouraging.
About 80 percent of those who test positive won’t require medical intervention and even those who enter the hospital can return home.
It’s an easy to overlook fact: most people recover.