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COVID-19: Some Companies Exploring If Four-Day Work Week Could Increase Productivity COVID-19: Some Companies Exploring If Four-Day Work Week Could Increase Productivity
Covid-19: Some Companies Exploring If Four-Day Work Week Could Increase Productivity Some companies in the United States have begun exploring the possibility of switching to a four-day workweek as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in the way many Americans work. One of the companies planning to pilot a four-day workweek is Kickstarter. The company announced that next year it plans to pilot the shorter workweek while keeping pay the same for employees, according to the Wall Street Journal. The chief executive of the company said he hopes staff will remain just as productive while having more time to focus on their life outside of work. A study in Iceland found that c…

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by Nicole Valinote
News
COVID-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel COVID-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel
Covid-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added seven destinations to its COVID-19 Level 4 “very high” risk category for travel. The CDC's parameters define the "very high" risk category as having more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the last four weeks. Americans should now avoid travel to: France,  Israel,  Thailand,  Iceland,  Aruba,  French Polynesia, Eswatini. That brings the total to 74 nations. For a complete rundown, view the list here. Those who absolutely must travel should be fully vaccinated, the CDC said. The majority of count…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone' Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone'
Yorktown Heights' Ken Allen Dies Of COVID, High School Teacher Who 'Could Befriend Anyone' It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Kenneth Mitchell Allen on April 14, 2020, a victim of COVID-19. Ken was born May 25, 1936 in the Bronx, the son of Nathan and Jeanette (Fisherman) Allen. He graduated from Morris High School and then entered the army. He served in Germany during the Korean war from 1954 to 1956 as a radio operator. He first planned on making it his career but quickly realized that it was not the career for him.  After being honorably discharged from the Army, he attended City College of New York where he met Marcia Bonchek. Marcia would admit she hated …

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by Daily Voice
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who May Have Already Gotten Novel Coronavirus COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who May Have Already Gotten Novel Coronavirus
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who May Have Already Gotten Novel Coronavirus A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that as many as one in seven New Yorkers may have already gotten novel coronavirus (COVID-19), even if they weren’t positively tested in a hospital. Using data from Manhattan hospitals, the study determined that approximately 15 percent of the patients studied were positive for COVID-19, even though only a handful had symptoms. There were similar findings in Germany and Iceland, according to researchers. According to a report, “this means that the occasional hopeful suggestions that the coronavirus is already widespread glob…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Here's Where US Ranks Among World's Happiest Countries Here's Where US Ranks Among World's Happiest Countries
Here's Where US Ranks Among World's Happiest Countries A new list of the world’s happiest countries has yielded some surprising results. The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network's 2019 World Happiness Report ranks each country using six different variables: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. The top five happiest countries, according to the report, are Finland (No. 1), Denmark (No. 2), Norway (No. 3), Iceland (No. 4) and the Netherlands (No. 5). So, where does the United States fall on the list? At No. 19 — down one spot since last year and five spots since 2017. According…

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by Valerie Musson