Public Health Workers Fighting Virus Face Growing Threats
COLORADO (AP) - Emily Brown was stretched thin.
As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, strugg...
Researchers Ask If Survivor Plasma Could Prevent Coronavirus
BALTIMORE (AP) - Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. And while the jury’s still out, now ...
UAE Ambassador: Israel’s Annexation Plans Will Impede Normalization With Arab Countries
ABU DHABI (VINnews) — A senior member of the United Arab Emirates government published an article in the Israeli press in Hebrew stating that an annexation by Israel of territories...
White House Eyes Travel From Mexico As Source Of Virus Spike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states’ efforts to reopen th...
Arizona Congressman Seeks Action After Virus Cases Surge
PHOENIX (AP) — As Arizona sees more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases per day, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has criticized Arizona's governor for failing to highlight the “seriousn...
Florida Seaworld Parks Reopen With Masks, Temperature Checks
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two more Florida theme parks, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, opened Thursday after being closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus.
B...
EMS Workers Sue NYC Over Punishment For Media Interviews
NEW YORK (AP) — Four New York City ambulance workers who gave media interviews about their work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic sued the city on Thursday, saying the...
Senator Asks If Hygiene Is Reason ‘Colored’ People Get Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican lawmaker questioned on the Senate floor if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash the...
Is It Safe To Stay In A Hotel, Cabin Or Rental Home Yet?
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) After nearly three months of quarantine, millions of Americans are ready to travel – an overnight trip, a weekend getaway, a summer sojourn. With sta...
Coronavirus Survivor in US Receives Double Lung Transplant
CHICAGO (AP) - Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus.
Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and...
Moderna On Track For Large COVID-19 Vaccine Test In July
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, its manufactu...
Stones Thrown At Police Patrolling In Meah Shearim, Palestinian Flags Waved
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police patrolling in the Meah Shearim neighborhood were attacked Thursday with stones and bottles. Residents attacked police and some even waved Palestinian f...
Many Forces Behind Alarming Rise In Virus Cases In 21 States
NEW YORK (AP) — States are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus isn't done with the U.S.
Cases are rising in nearly half the states, according to an Associated Press anal...
Israel Steps Up Enforcement Measures As Coronavirus Infections Rise
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The number of coronavirus cases in Israel is on the rise again and police have stepped up enforcement of regulations, including fines for violations. On Wednesday...
US Expert Fauci Calls WHO Comments ‘Not Correct’
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, says the World Health Organization had to backtrack on its statement about asymptomatic spread ...
Zenta Rebbe, Rabbi Chanania Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Recovers From COVID-19
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Zenta rebbe, Rabbi Chanania Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, the brother of the Satmar rebbes, was released home after two and a half months in critical condition ...
VA Says It Lacks Adequate Medical Gear For 2nd Virus Wave
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department on Tuesday defended itself against criticism of past shortages of masks and other medical gear to protect employees from the coron...
OP-ED: Governor Cuomo: Please Allow Sleepaway Camps To Open
NEW YORK (VINnews/Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer) — Although my wife and I are proud residents of the great New York City urban wonder, we realize that our children desperately need a chan...
NJ Stay-At-Home Order Lifted By Gov. Phil Murphy As State Reopening Moves Forward
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Effective immediately limited indoor get-togethers and outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people can resume in an easing of rules meant to slow the spread of the ...
Study: Coronavirus Lockdown Saved 3.1 Million European Lives, Prevents 60 Million US Infections
LONDON (VINnews) — Just over two months ago, scientists at the Imperial College, London, released a report showing that lockdowns across Europe had saved 120,000 lives up to March ...