Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Health

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Pass 10 Million

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Confirmed coronavirus infections have surpassed the 10 million mark worldwide. A tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University registered the grim milestone S...

Shaarei Tzedek Pulmonary Institute: 50% Of Former COVID-19 Patients Still Feeling Symptoms After Recovery

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) —  A new study by Shaarei Tzedek hospital's Pulmonary Institute has revealed that 50% of coronavirus patients who have already recovered from the virus (i.e. it...

Nurses, Doctors Feel Strain As Virus Races Through Arizona

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PHOENIX (AP) — They saw the ominous photos: Crowded hospitals, exhausted nurses, bodies piling up in morgues. It was far away, in New York, northern Italy and other distant places....

What To Wear: Feds’ Mixed Messages On Masks Sow Confusion

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Forgive the American people if they're in a fog about face masks. President Donald Trump and the federal government have done a number on them. First there was...

Florida Bans Bar Alcohol Consumption As Coronavirus Spikes

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida banned alcohol consumption at its bars Friday after its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, a new record that is almost double the ...

Federal Court Says New York Governor Cuomo is Wrong to Limit Worship Services

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services yet condone mass protests, according to a federal judge. After telling Thomas More Society at...

Biden Says He’d Enact Executive Order Requiring Masks

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WASHINGTON (Newsmax) - Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden said this week that if he was president, he'd enact an executive order forcing Americans to wear ...

Confirmed New Virus Cases Hit A New High In US

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 Friday — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stret...

Amid Coverage Losses, ‘Obamacare’ Enrollments Are Up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through HealthCare.g...

U.S. Officials Change Virus Risk Groups, Add Pregnant Women

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's top public health agency on Thursday revamped its list of which Americans are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 illness, adding pregnant women and rem...

Texas Man Cited With Disorderly Conduct Over Mask Dispute

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 47-year-old Texas man was cited for disorderly conduct Thursday after he allegedly smacked the hand of a San Antonio-area official who was trying to persuade h...

Israel Says It Reached Deal With UAE To Jointly Fight Virus

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that his government and the United Arab Emirates will soon announce a partnership in the fight against t...

US Virus Cases Near An All-time High As Governors Backtrack

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NEW YORK (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. stood near an all-time high Thursday at more than 34,000, hovering close to the peak reached in late April d...

Why Did Increase In COVID-19 Cases In Israel Not Lead To Increase In Serious Conditions?.

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The dramatic increase in COVID-19 positive cases in Israel over the past two weeks has not been accompanied by a corresponding spike in seriously ill and intu...

4 Out Of 7 Family Members Test Positive, But Patients’ Class All Test Negative. Here’s Why

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NECHALIM, ISRAEL (VINNews) — A student at the Nechalim Yeshiva High School near Petach Tikva tested positive for coronavirus. 85 students were placed in isolation. This would no...

Dr. Chauncey Crandall: Beat the Virus With These Tips

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WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Newsmax) - The best way to build the body's defenses against the coronavirus is to live a healthier lifestyle, world-renowned cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandal...

New York, Connecticut And New Jersey Tell Travelers From States With Rising Coronavirus Rates To Isolate For 14 Days

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesda...

Bennett: Stop Scapegoating The Chareidim And Closing Chareidi Neighborhoods

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yemina leader MK Naftali Bennett sharply criticized the government decision to close down Chareidi neighborhoods in Tiberias as well as the Chareidi town of E...

Hadassah Becomes World’s First Hospital To Use IgG Serum On COVID-19 Patients

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hadassah hospital spokeswoman Hadar Elboim announced Tuesday evening that it had became the first hospital in the world to treat COVID-19 with a passive vacci...

US Officials: Brace For 2nd Wave Of Coronavirus

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WASHINGTON — Federal health officials tell Congress to brace for a second wave of coronavirus infections in the fall and winter of this year. Drs. Anthony Fauci of the NIH, Robe...