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Gifts options with ‘health & wellness’ at its core on a rise: Nepa report

October 14, 2020

Nepa, a leading Consumer Research and analytics company, providing insight solutions to drive brand and sales by increasing marketing effectiveness, did a prelude of changing consumer behaviour during COVID in the last quarter. The report addressed the changing consumer patterns across categories relevant in current times and how consumers are tackling the lockdown on the emotional front. The consumer insights firm recently conducted a quantitative survey to understand how the audience is preparing for the festive season this year. The OND 2020 is crucial equally for brands & agencies given the festive spends.

But the dynamics are so different this year with the pandemic. Are the consumers excited about the key festivals? In the Consumer Narrative report released during the early stages of lockdown, Nepa talked about ‘Conscious Shopping’ where consumers were looking at purchases centred around basic necessities of grocery, health & hygiene factors. Over the last 6 months,

Concern over slow rise of COVID-19 cases

October 14, 2020

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Published 5:01 a.m. ET Oct. 14, 2020

HOPEWELL, NY — The Ontario County Public Health Department on Tuesday expressed concern over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the county and is urging all residents to step up prevention efforts to reduce its spread.

The county has seen an increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 — in hospitals, colleges, assisted living centers and the general public — and a slight increase in hospitalizations since Oct. 1.

“We are seeing a slow rise of COVID-19 cases similar to other counties

Anthony Fauci warns COVID surge as cases rise in north, weather cools

October 14, 2020

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Dr. Anthony Fauci says top U.S. college athletic programs and professional sports leagues are managing risks for COVID-19 infections far more professionally than the situation at the White House that led to President Donald Trump’s illness. (Oct. 6)

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The nation’s top infectious disease expert said the United States faces a “difficult situation” with a rise in positive coronavirus tests through a wide swath of northern states as the weather cools.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the share of positive coronavirus tests is increasing in the Northwest, Midwest and other northern states.

The share of tests that detect the virus is a key indicator of whether the coronavirus is spreading or under control in a community. Public health officials want to see less than 3% of all tests return positive. An ideal rate is less than 1%, Fauci said

Benefits to rise 1.3% next year

October 13, 2020

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With a rapidly growing aging population, securing Social Security funds is now more crucial than ever. But how did we get here in the first place?

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Next year will bring another paltry rise in Social Security checks for older Americans already struggling financially with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 68 million people – including retirees, as well as disabled people and others – who rely on Social Security will receive a 1.3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year, the Social Security Administration said Tuesday. Increases have been modest for years because of persistently low inflation

For the average retiree who got a check of $1,523 this year, that would mean an additional $20 a month, SSA said.

The 1.3% COLA is the smallest since 2017 and slightly below the 1.4% average over the past decade, a period of unusually low inflation, according to the Senior Citizens

COVID On The Rise In UK As More Patients In Hospitals Than In March

October 12, 2020

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England’s emergency nightingale hospitals will be used again in the north of the country to provide extra capacity for local health services amid a steep rise in COVID-19 infections, The Guardian reported
Jonathan Van Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, argued that infection rates are rising fast in northern England due to the fact that the COVID infection rate never dropped as far as it did in the south during the summer
Prime Minister Boris Johnson implemented new COVID-19 restrictions for specific England regions, where infection rates are spiking

COVID-19 admissions are rising in the U.K., with a growing number of elderly people needing urgent treatment. According to the Guardian, England’s emergency Nightingale hospitals will be used again in the north of the country to provide extra capacity for local health services amid a steep rise in infections.

Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England, said that

Global Specialty Food Ingredients Market (2020 to 2025) – Rise in Number of End-Use Applications Presents Opportunities

October 12, 2020

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DUBLIN, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The “Specialty Food Ingredients Market by Type (Acidulant, Colors, Flavors, Enzymes, Emulsifiers, F&B Starter Culture, Preservatives, Functional Food Ingredients, Specialty Starches, Sugar Substitutes), Distribution Channel – Global Forecasts to 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

The global specialty food ingredients market size is estimated to be valued at USD 134.7 billion in 2020 and projected to reach USD 178.3 billion by 2025, recording a CAGR 5.8%.

Factors such as the growing concern of clean label food and healthy consumption is going to drive the market for specialty food ingredients.

By type, the functional food ingredient is projected to dominate the market during the forecast period.

Functional food ingredients are used to enhance certain physiological functions such as improve gastrointestinal health, reduce cholesterol levels, prevent dental caries, and improve bone & and gut health to prevent or cure various diseases. Regular consumption

COVID-19 cases rise in Minnesota, Wisconsin: Live updates

October 12, 2020

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COVID-19 cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin continue to rise.

Minnesota hits fifth day in a row with more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
Stillwater prison goes into lockdown with 115 coronavirus cases
Testing dips below 20,000 after several days of closer to 30,000
Beloved Brooklyn Park charter school principal dies from COVID-19

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has reported another day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases.

MDH says 1,178 new cases have been identified across the state in the past 24 hours. It’s the fifth day in a row of 1,000-plus new cases. Minnesota has passed the 1,000 mark nine of the past 12 days.

Just under 18,000 COVID tests were administered by private and state labs in Minnesota in the past 24-hour period – significantly lower than the previous four days, which averaged about 30,000 per day.

Three people have died of COVID-19 in the past

As COVID-19 cases rise again, how will the US respond? Here’s what states have learned so far

October 12, 2020

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<span class="caption">States have tried shutting down bars and limiting restaurants to outdoor seating to slow the coronavirus's spread.</span> <span class="attribution"><a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" href="http://gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/patrons-dine-at-an-outdoor-restaurant-along-5th-avenue-in-news-photo/1227674724" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images">Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images</a></span> — States have tried shutting down bars and limiting restaurants to outdoor seating to slow the coronavirus’s spread. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

When COVID-19 began spreading in the U.S. in early spring, governors in hard-hit states took drastic steps to reduce the threat and avoid overloading their health care systems. By shutting down nonessential businesses and schools and ordering people to stay home, they slowed the virus’s spread, but several million people lost jobs.

Since then, we’ve witnessed a series of ad hoc experiments with more targeted approaches. As states started to reopen, they tested different levels of restrictions, such as face mask mandates and capacity constraints on restaurants. Some closed bars when cases rose again but left other businesses open. Others set restrictions that would be triggered only for hot spots when a county’s positive case numbers passed a certain threshold.

Now, as cooler weather moves more people indoors and daily

Coronavirus On The Rise; Avoid These 2 NJ Counties

October 11, 2020

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HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said on Friday that coronavirus cases are on the rise in the mile-square city, and he cautioned residents to avoid indoor parties and travel to places with spikes.

Bhalla updated the city’s coronavirus case numbers Friday, saying the city had confirmed 28 new cases in the previous five days, a larger increase than in months.

“The Hoboken University Medical Center (HUMC) has reported additional hospitalizations, as well as patients on ventilators,” Bhalla said.

He said that the Hoboken Health Department has reported the following new COVID-19 cases in Hoboken:

Oct. 4: 5
Oct. 5: 7
Oct. 6: 4
Oct. 7: 4
Oct. 8: 7
Oct. 9: 1

That meant that as of Friday, 833 residents have tested positive for coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.

Fatalities remain unchanged at 31 total, with no new resident deaths since May.

The age group with

Gottlieb predicts “a lot of death and disease” before end of the year as COVID cases rise

October 11, 2020

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Washington — With the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continuing to rise in states across the country, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, warned that there is going to be “a lot of death and disease” from now until the end of 2020.

“We’re in a difficult situation heading into the fall,” Gottlieb said Sunday on “Face the Nation.” “I think the only caveat is in terms of us being better prepared for this wave, is that we have dramatically improved clinical care in hospitals. So I think we’re going to have better outcomes overall, but we’re still going to have a lot of death and disease between now and the end of the year.”

There have been more than 7.7 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., and 15 states have a positivity rate above 10%. Forty states have an expanding