Intelligence Report : China Lied About Source of COVID-19 And Human-To-Human Transmission
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The New York Post reports that an intelligence document leaked from the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance comprised of the five leading English-speaking countr...
Doctors Gave Up On This COVID-19 Patient, But His Son Managed To Keep Him Alive
LONDON (VINnews) —When Suryakant "Suri" Nathwani returned from the hospital where doctors had refused to place him on a ventilator, the reserved 81-year-old grabbed his son's hand ...
Air Travel Wanes, But Bodies Still Fly To Israel For Burial
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Air travel to Israel has come to a near standstill due to coronavirus restrictions, but one type of voyage still endures: the final journey of Jews wishing ...
Cuomo: All New York Schools To Remain Closed Through Spring
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that New York schools and colleges will remain closed through the rest of the academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuo...
Pandemic Brings Fortunes To Amazon – And Headaches Too
SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world.
Now it has a captive audience.
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Front-line Work During Pandemic Falls On Women, Minorities
NEW YORK (AP) — As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along.
They have been pac...
Israel To Partially Open Schools Sunday, Middle Grades To Continue Distance Learning
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli cabinet ministers voted Friday to allow students in grades 1-3 and 11-12 to return to school on Sunday, with kindergartens only expected to reopen on ...
Pelosi: States, Cities Seek $1T To Avoid Layoffs From Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that state and local governments are seeking up to $1 trillion for coronavirus costs, a stunning benchmark for the next a...
Watch: Doctors Gave 5% Chance Of Recovery, Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg Miraculously Came Home
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg, rabbi of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center of Cedarhurst and the founding rabbi of Ohr Moshe Torah Institute in Hillcrest, Queens, retur...
Lives Lost: Virus Silences Angelic Voice Of WWII Evacuee
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz traveled to Portugal without her parents as a refugee fr...
French Rabbis’ Regional Conference Moves Online
FRANCE (Chabad.org) — As humanity continues to experience the restrictions associated with social distancing in the age of the coronavirus, more and more activities are taking plac...
No Time For A Breather: A Nurse’s Account Of Israel’s First Coronavirus Death And Life Inside A Covid-19 Ward
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nearly six weeks have passed since Arie Even, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, died of the coronavirus.
It happened at the end of Shabbat dinner on...
Trump Says US Can Never Declare ‘Total Victory’ Over Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the U.S. can never declare “total victory” over the coronavirus because too many people have died. But he ad...
Poll: Many Americans Feel Lonely And Anxious During Pandemic
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — Americans are feeling isolated and anxious. They fear they or their loved ones will get sick. They worry about their jobs.
As the coronavirus pandemic upen...
Major US Airlines To Require Passengers To Wear Face Masks
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said Thursday they will soon require passengers to cover their faces during flights, following the lead of JetB...
We Found And Tested 47 Old Drugs That Might Treat The Coronavirus: Results Show Promising Leads And A Whole New Way To Fight Covid-19
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) - The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the search for drugs to fight it....
Trump Harshly Blames China For Pandemic; A Lab ‘Mistake’?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” and his intelli...
This Time, Pence Wears Mask As He Tours Indiana Plant
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, he wore a mask.
Vice President Mike Pence donned a face covering Thursday as he toured a General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Ind...
Trump Predicts ‘Spectacular’ Rebound As Economy Plunges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to dispel economic gloom, President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s anticipating a major rebound in the coming months and a “spectacular” 2021.
While ec...
Pence’s Wife Says He Was Unaware Of Mask Policy During Visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, is defending his decision to not wear a mask during a recent visit to the Mayo Clinic, saying he was unaware o...