News + Lifestyle Coverage on COVID

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Impossible Foods Donates Its Millionth Burger to Fight Food Insecurity

The plant-based brand hit its charitable milestone with help from organizations such as Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, Issac Rochell’s Local Human, and Magic Johnson’s SodexoMAGIC.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Vegan In-N-Out-Style Burger Shop Opens in Secret Location in Las Vegas

A burger shop run by an anonymous team operating out of a ghost kitchen in an undisclosed area is now delivering oversized vegan burgers and animal-style fries to hungry (and maybe confused) consumers in Las Vegas.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Impossible Foods to Donate 100,000 Plant-Based Burgers to Fight Hunger

Throughout December, the company will match every purchase on its website with a donation to food banks fighting hunger during the holidays.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

Wellness

5 Vegan Foods to Fight Off the Winter Flu

When the winter sniffles just won’t subside, find relief in the produce drawer and spice cabinet.

by Tanya Flink

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Black Teen Activist Haile Thomas and HipCityVeg Launch Vegan Sandwich to Support Charity

The vegan restaurant is donating $1 of every sale of its new Oh Maitake Beyond Burger to Support + Feed, which delivers plant-based meals to local families in need.

by Nicole Axworthy

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Beyoncé Helps Vegan Black-Owned Business Raise $10,000

South Carolina’s Herban-Eats is the latest recipient of the Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund grant, which has helped 715 businesses to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to date.

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Slutty Vegan CEO and Steve Harvey Help Pay 100 Electric Bills in Atlanta

Thanks to the joint effort, families with past-due bills no longer have to worry about staying warm this winter.

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More than One Third of Brazilians Are Buying Less Meat During COVID-19

A new report shows that consumers in Brazil, China, and globally are actively buying less animal flesh and more plant-based meat—a trend that sets the stage for the international success of Burger King’s new plant-based Whoppers.

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Scientists Find Compounds in Dark Chocolate May Block COVID-19

Researchers at North Carolina State University find the compounds in certain plant foods may interfere with the virus’s ability to replicate and cause COVID-19 symptoms.

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Cyclists Deliver 1,000 Vegan Meals to “Take Pandemics Off the Menu” in Los Angeles

Nonprofit Million Dollar Vegan is sending out its Great Vegan Meal Train of cyclists who will deliver food purchased from local businesses to frontline workers, the elderly, essential workers, youth centers, and others in need.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Is Driving 30 Percent of Seniors to Eat More Plant-Based Foods

Older generations across North America are now leaning into the plant-based lifestyle to improve their health during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vegan Coolers Filled with Beyond Meat, Miyoko’s, and JUST Egg Launch in NYC Bodegas

Three bodegas—two in Brooklyn and one in The Bronx—now feature Plantega fridges filled with vegan eggs, meats, and cheeses as part of an initiative to bring plant-based foods to underserved communities.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Crossroads Kitchen Reopens as a Vegan Pizza Pop-Up

In an effort to pivot during the pandemic, the renowned vegan restaurant has launched a Crossroads Pizza pop-up, serving Neapolitan- and Sicilian-style pizzas, appetizers, and dessert.

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VP-Elect Kamala Harris Challenged to Go Vegan for 31 Days

BIPOC woman-led organization JIVINITI Women’s Coalition urges the incoming administration to support structural changes to shift the US away from industrialized animal agriculture and toward a plant-based economy to mitigate future pandemics.

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Hungary Bans Mink, Fox, and Ferret Fur Farming

To stop the spread of COVID-19, Hungary is preemptively banning the farming of these animals—who are not raised for fur in the country—but allows for chinchilla farming to continue despite the threat of potential zoonotic disease.

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Jane Goodall, Ricky Gervais, Bryan Adams, and 100 Other Celebrities Sign Open Letter Urging Public to Go Vegan in January

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Silk Launches Its First Vegan Yogurt Line for Kids

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Tyson Managers Placed Bets on How Many Slaughterhouse Workers Would Contract COVID-19, Lawsuit Alleges

According to the wrongful death lawsuit, one manager “organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19.”

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Britain’s “Cheap” Chicken Could Lead to Next Pandemic, Report Finds

A report by animal welfare group Open Cages suggests that major supermarkets need to take action by demanding better welfare standards for animals before another zoonotic disease wreaks havoc on the world.

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Plant-Based Pork Sales Will Surge to $10.6 Billion by 2030

A new report predicts that the pork alternative industry will increase nearly nine-fold in the next decade, driven by growing global awareness of animal exploitation and threat of disease.