COVID-19

Doctors warn that taking high doses of Vitamin D has little or no effect on COVID-19, and they urge against taking more of the supplement than is recommended since it can have adverse health effects. This update comes in the wake of people pounding down the D supplements as a prophylactic measure, after learning that many patients with the worst symptoms and outcomes after being diagnosed with COV

I  had to know: Did I have COVID-19? Way back in February I was sitting on a flight to Vail when an elderly woman directly behind me coughed for hours. She coughed so hard and so loudly and so "wet" sounding that even then, I was sure she had COVID-19 and was spreading her virus-filled particle bubbles all over me. I w...

Talk about some lucky ducks. Only this time they were lucky chickens. Rescue organization Animal Place just saved some very fortunate chickens who were about to be  "depopulated", and let them fly away to safety! The story of how these 1,000 birds "Got the heck out of Dodge" is told on the non-profit site's website. Amid COVID-19, the...

As shortages of meat grow due to the COVID-19 crisis, plant-based meat companies are leaping into the void, according to The Wall Street Journal. As meat producers experienced disruption in their supply chain, alternative makers like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have rushed to fill the shelves, often at the request of stores. After a ...

The coronavirus pandemic has not shut down wet markets across the globe,, as this shocking video by PETA Asia shows. TMZ posted the video and we warn you: It's hard to watch, as caged birds, monkeys, rabbits, and other animals are being bought and sold in markets that are still breeding grounds for possible diseases ...

In a letter to "the World" that was published in the French daily newspaper Le Monde, a  group of 200 international celebrities, including Madonna, Cate Blanchett, Penélope Cruz, ⁠Adam Driver, Robert De Niro and dozens of other actors, singers, and Nobel Prize winners, and other influential personalities all asked that we not return to the "normal" that led us to the brink of t

Jim Cramer, the loud-talking truth-telling host of Mad Money, told investors that "the plant-based movement is happening" and they can either "get on the bus" or get left behind. CNBC’s Cramer on Wednesday told investors that they cannot ignore the rising popularity of plant-based meat products. He told investors t...

Leave it to comedian Ricky Gervais to say what other people are thinking, and say it with more blunt force than anyone. Most of his ruminating in his Facebook videos turn out to be more potent than something one would repeat in polite company. On his Fac...

This week US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared on Fox and Friends to discuss the meat supply chain debacle. During the interview, there were a few words mentioned you don’t hear often in primetime coronavirus news: One was “vegan” and the others were “Impossible Burger.” “I guess we’ll hav...

A new survey reveals that nearly one-quarter of all Americans are eating more plant-based foods now, during the COVID-19 crisis. At the same time, one in three people says they are binging on junk food. One thing everyone is doing: Spending more on groceries. In ...