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TOLEDO, Ohio – Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra's routine until last year's go ...

Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike.

Thousands of small fitness centers and studios that were forced to close a year ago now are gone for good.

A year later, the industry is still grappling with the effects of the operating constraints that nationally caused 17 percent of facilities to close and an estimated 58 percent drop in revenue. The numbers in Michigan — which still limits public access to fitness centers — may be worse. Michigan’s gyms and other workout centers can open at 50 percent capacity starting today, and Gov. Gretchen Whitemer announced May 20 that all capacity restrictions will end by July 1. Yet amid those changes, Michael Stack, owner of three Applied Fitness Solutions (AFS) facilities in southeast Michigan a...

In India, Civil Society Groups Fill the Void as the Government Fails to Confront COVID-19 Time 2 hrs ago Simran Jeet Singh © Jessie Wardarski—AP Tim Williams, warehouse assistant for Medisys, Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, Dr. Abhu Kaur with Khalsa Aid, and Michael Stack, healthcare account representative for Grainger, load dozens of electrical transformers onto a pallet to be shipped from New York to New Delhi, along with oxygen concentrators, on May 7, 2021. Ravi Singh is no stranger to relief efforts. His organization, Khalsa Aid, led humanitarian su...