Chiara Ferragni—the Italian model, fashion designer, and Instagram influencer—has a new bona fide: public health advocate. Since COVID-19 swept Milan, where she lives with her husband Fedez and their toddler, Ferragni has transitioned from her usual glamazon posts to dispatches meant to impress upon her 18 million followers the importance of not leaving their homes.…
Looks like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were right about the coronavirus pandemic: everyone who is able to stay home amidst the spread of COVID-19 should do so. Not even your favorite celebrities are immune. Since Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson confirmed their diagnoses in Australia, the question became a matter of when other famous…
Like everyone else around the world, Miley Cyrus is figuring out how to navigate the current coronavirus/COVID-19 situation. As more regulations are put into place around social distancing and isolation, she’s taken to posting old Hannah Montana clips to express her feelings—and, honestly, we love her for it. Everyone could use a little levity and…
At Meals on Wheels America, the nationwide service that delivers food to home-bound people, pressure has increased as more and more seniors are confined to their homes, says Jenny Young, the group’s vice president of communications. On top of the normal clientele, “A lot of able-bodied seniors who are usually able to get out and…
Across the globe, people are grappling with the growing COVID-19 pandemic. Deaths due to the coronavirus have soared in Italy as hospitals try to manage high demands and lack of supplies. In the U.S., panic levels are high, with health officials advising “social distancing” and taking extra precautions to protect your health. Most major live…
As growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic mount, just about every industry—from restaurants and theater to film and music—has been forced to make sweeping changes to limit people’s exposure to one another. Beauty retailers, whose very sales depend on people touching their eyes, lips, and faces, especially are reckoning with health experts’ guidelines to promote…