The next time you are in the mood for a Big Mac and decide to stop off at your local McDonalds, you might notice some significant changes from the burger joint of old.

In the ongoing effects of the recent nationwide stay at home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fast-food industry may never be able to return to the normal that we all knew.

During the pandemic, consumer's desire for the quick, convenience of fast food never wavered. As a result, McDonald's was able to keep as much as 99 percent of its 14,000 locations open and operate by scaling

With the lockdowns and stay at home orders lifting more and more every day, residents of the US are learning a "new normal" when it comes to those things in life that we took pretty much for granted just a short six months ago. One of those things—our day to day shopping at Walmart.

With the coronavirus pandemic's introduction into our lives, we have had to learn to readjust our perceptions and how we do everyday chores, including a whole new way to go about our grocery shopping. Walmart is one of the major retailers who has announced several changes to

This past week, President Trump announced, under the new guidelines set down by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), that houses of worship are to now be classified as "essential." This means that after being closed during the lockdowns related to the coronavirus, Trump called up the governors of all fifty states to open the houses "right now."

During a briefing at the White House on Friday, Trump announced the new policy as it relates to churches, synagogues, and mosque’s nationwide.

He said: “The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to

A professor at Iowa State University has found herself in hot water for releasing a syllabus to her students that warned of disciplinary actions if students chose to undertake any projects that spoke out against Black Live Matter or abortion.

The syllabus, labeled as a "GIANT WARNING," had a section that banned such areas as "instances of othering," which is defined as "sexism, ableism, or homophobia," as well as a variety of other issues. In the syllabus, the instructor stated: “The same goes for any papers/projects: you cannot choose any topic that takes at its based that one side doesn’t deserve

Each year, health experts look to the southern hemisphere to get an idea on how the flu season in the northern hemisphere may play out.

The reason being that the flu season runs its course between June and August below the equator, giving experts a better idea of the strains that will circulating in those areas above the equator during their flu season. It also adds insight into how intense the flu may possibly be when it starts to uptick in early November.

As fate would have it, this year the southern hemisphere has seen what is being called a historically

As the coronavirus pandemic resurges across most of the US, infection rates are jumping up in those states that seemed to all but dodged the bullet earlier in the year.

As most states have recently seen a significant surge in COVID-19 infection numbers, many wonder why now? Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota offers a few theories on this.

Osterholm’s take is that multiple factors are converging at once and creating a sudden surge in numbers. He also adds that he feels that the next twelve weeks will prove to be the pandemic's darkest hours to date.

One contributing factor is

Holidays Gatherings Are Discouraged—Experts Say Asking For Spikes

With the holidays rapidly approaching, many are thinking of gathering with family and friends. However, there is a concern in this day and age of the coronavirus pandemic and the best way to handle holiday parties, gift exchanges, and even those highly-anticipated big family meals.

According to Dr. Fauci, how we approach this holiday season will need some changes made due to the ongoing pandemic compared to the previous year's celebrations.

The biggest suggestion that Fauci offers is that of forgoing any large family get together or gathering. Many would not think twice about

While most businesses have been struggling day to day to remain open over the last year, due to the ongoing coronavirus, Walmart has proven to be an exception to the rule. The retail giant has reported a boom in sales on everything from paper towels to PPE.

Now the nation's largest retailer is announcing another item to help Americans in their day to day battle with COVID-19—that of personal home COVID testing kits. Walmart now offers the test kits online for purchase by those individuals who believe they may have been in contact with an carrier or exposed to the virus.

The

Earlier this week, drug company Purdue Pharma entered a plea of guilty to three separate criminal charges. This plea saw the company admitting formally to its role in the current ongoing opioid epidemic.

Over the last two decades, an epidemic that has woefully contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands.

In a hearing held virtually with a judge seated in Newark, New Jersey, Purdue Pharma, maker of the drug Oxycontin, admitted to impeding the US Drug Enforcement Administration's attempts and efforts to combat the crisis that is addiction.

Purdue acknowledged that they, as a company, had not maintained a program to

Americans are warned to hunker down and sit tight, as the holiday season isn't over, and Christmas and New Year's are likely to prove as muted as Thanksgiving was.

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told USA Today that Americans need to prepare for a surge in cases of COVID-19 in December.

Fauci explained that if the numbers continue to surge and go upward, he doesn’t see Christmas or New Year’s being any different than that of Thanksgiving.

Fauci had joked at one time that the one person who may be safe from the coronavirus during