NEW YORK (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of stress, many child-welfare experts warned of a likely surge of child abuse. Fifteen […]
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Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Every four years, Democrats and Republicans stage their national conventions, huge primetime events at which presidential nominations are formally bestowed amid cascades of balloons, in front of cheering crowds. On 20 August, a little more than two months before election day, Joe Biden will duly accept […]
For many cybercriminals, the global coronavirus pandemic has been a golden opportunity for fraud. And we haven’t even seen the worst of it yet. Scammers love crises. From the criminal’s perspective, few things are better for cultivating new victims than a natural disaster or a social crisis. Why? Because scams […]
There are many steps you can take to make the process of letting someone use your bathroom safer. (Photo: Niccoló Pontigia / EyeEm via Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our social lives in many ways. Perhaps one of the most notable changes is the rise of the physically […]
Debbie C., a self-employed 20-something from Washington, D.C., had a standard criteria for men she was dating prior to the coronavirus pandemic: Has he been married ― and if so, for how long? Are they officially divorced? Does he want children? Does he have children? Is he voting for Donald Trump? […]
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Pediatrician Shelly Vaziri Flais, M.D., discovered something surprising while caring for young children during the coronavirus pandemic. In normal times, she’ll smile at her infant patients, and they’ll often smile right back, a typical reaction for babies. Now, she […]