US Sets One-day High With 68K New Virus Cases on Friday
More than 68,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on Friday in the United States, which broke the country's record for a third consecutive day, according to Reuters.
Utah, Ge...
Chinese Virologist: I Came to US to ‘Deliver the Message of the Truth of COVID’
NEW YORK (Newsmax) - A scientist said she escaped China to warn the world about how dangerous the coronavirus is, Fox News reports.
Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li-Meng Yan told Fox ...
US Bets On Small, Untested Company To Deliver COVID Vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injectio...
Uman Mayor Nixes Rosh Hashana Pilgrimage: ‘Could Cause Coronavirus Outbreak’
UMAN, UKRAINE (VINnews) —The mayor of Uman, the Ukrainian town where Breslov Chasidim congregate every year at the tomb of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, has spoken out against this yea...
China Defends WHO, Lashes Out At Us Move To Withdraw
BEIJING (AP) — China defended the World Health Organization and lashed out at the U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. body, adding to a litany of disputes between the world's l...
Health Official: Trump Rally ‘Likely’ Source Of Virus Surge
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa that drew thousands of people in late June, along with large protests that accompanied it, “likely contributed...
Fauci cautiously optimistic on COVID vaccine
UNITED NATIONS — The leading U.S. infectious disease expert says he is cautiously optimistic that a coronavirus vaccine with some degree of effectiveness will be successfully devel...
Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews Are Acting Like They Have Herd Immunity. Could They Be Right?
BROOKLYN, NY (JTA) - The front page of the June 26 issue of Der Yid, one of the most widely circulated Yiddish newspapers among New York’s Hasidic Orthodox communities, made the po...
New Jersey Will Require Face Masks Outdoors
TRENTON, NJ (Newsmax) - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is scheduled to issue an executive order Wednesday that will require people to wear face masks outside if they can't socially di...
Israelis Sue Government Over Mistaken Directive To Enter COVID-19 Quarantine
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Some Israelis are suing the state after receiving what they claim were erroneous messages from the Health Ministry telling them to enter quarantine for having com...
Nefesh B’Nefesh: We Received 25,000 Calls in the US During June
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Nefesh B'Nefesh, the veteran Jewish organization which has been encouraging aliya from western countries and the USA, reported unprecedented interest in option...
Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Can Let Religious Employers Deny Birth Control Coverage Under Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in its effort to allow more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women as required b...
Girl Detained By Israeli Police: ‘I’m Still Trembling’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Batya Getter, the 11-year-old girl detained by police because she did not have a mask, has still not fully recovered from the traumatic episode. Getter's fath...
Chareidi Woman Told: ‘You Spread Disease, All Of You Should Be Put In A Ghetto. I Hate You’
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — An unfortunate corollary of the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic is that many Israelis believe the source of the outbreaks to be from the Chareidi commun...
Long Island Region Of New York To Enter New Reopening Stage
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Colleges and universities with safety plans can soon reopen and professional sports competitions can take place without fans in Long Island as the region enters...
Biden Wants US To Produce More Of Its Own Pandemic Supplies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is promising to shift production of medical equipment and other key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil," creating jobs and bolstering a domes...
COVID-19 Data On Medicare’s Nursing Home Site Is Incomplete
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Trump administration required nursing homes to report their COVID-19 cases, it also promised to make the data available to residents, families and the pu...
US Notifies UN Of Withdrawal From World Health Organization
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, although the pullout won’t take effect unt...
Protective Gear For Medical Workers Begins To Run Low Again
NEW YORK (AP) - The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus res...
West Texas Doctor Says Asthma Drug Is ‘Silver Bullet’ for COVID-19
ODESSA, TX (Newsmax) - A West Texas doctor says an inhaled steroid, budesonide, a drug commonly used to treat asthma, is the "silver bullet" for COVID-19.
"It's an inhaled stero...