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Temperature Scanning Does Little to Detect COVID-19: Researchers

Temperature Scanning Does Little to Detect COVID-19: Researchers

Doing just about anything these days requires getting your temperature scanned. But does all that scanning really do anything to slow the spread of COVID-19? A new study says it doesn’t. Just having people stand in front of a scanner can result in a large number of false negatives,

COVID-19 Adds to 'Normal' Death Toll from Disease, Drugs, Guns, Cars

COVID-19 Adds to 'Normal' Death Toll from Disease, Drugs, Guns, Cars

There are many ways to die but they basically boil down to accidental and natural, with the coronavirus pandemic expected to increase deaths in several categories this year thanks to the social and economic dislocations brought on by the pandemic. Heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of “natural”

Amazon 'gouged' consumers during pandemic: report

Amazon 'gouged' consumers during pandemic: report

Sept. 11, 2020 — Amazon is price-gouging customers on a wide range of essential goods – jacking up prices on face masks, toilet paper and antibacterial soap by up to 1,000%, according to a Public Citizen report. The report alleges a pattern of “outrageous” price increases for products listed as “sold

Americans tighten budgets as pandemic drags on

Sept. 5, 2020 — It’s often said that Americans don’t save enough, but COVID-19 is changing all that, at least for now, according to a Consumer Reports study. More than half of U.S. consumers have cut back on spending since the coronavirus pandemic began, the magazine found. While

FTC tallies COVID-19 complaints by state

The Federal Trade Commission is making more state-level information available to the public about the complaints it receives from consumers related to COVID-19, with reports about online shopping problems topping the list of complaints in most states. Under its expanded reporting, the FTC is now releasing the numbers of different