Jewish Family In Texas Converts Kipahs To Face Masks For Homeless Community
HOUSTON (JNS) — A Jewish family in Houston is turning kipahs into face masks for their town’s homeless population to wear during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Jason family has a...
AAPS : More Than 90% Of COVID-19 Patients Can Benefit From Hydroxychloroquinine If Government Lifts Restrictions
TUCSON, ARIZ. (VINNews) — In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that ...
Gilead Says Early Results Of Coronavirus Drug Trial Show Improvement With Shorter Remdesivir Treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, shortening the time it takes for patients to recover by four days on average...
Airway Experts’ Work Puts Them Inches From Where Virus Lives
NEW YORK (AP) - It starts with pulling on head-to-toe protective gear. Then comes a brisk walk down a hospital corridor, triple-gloved hands pushing a rattling anesthesia cart towa...
Swiss Health Authorities Say Its Safe For Children Under 10 To Hug Grandparents
BERN, SWITZERLAND (VINnews) — Swiss health authorities have announced that children under the age of 10 can hug their grandparents again without fear of infecting them with coronav...
Airbus Says Virus Aviation Crisis Still At ‘Early Stage’
PARIS (AP) — Airbus says the aviation industry's unprecedented troubles are just beginning.
The European manufacturing giant reported 481 million euros ($515 million) in losses ...
Watch: 98-Year-Old Doctor Continues Tending To Patients During Coronavirus
PARIS, FRANCE (VINnews) — 98-year-old Dr. Christian Chenay is living proof that age is just a number. Despite his advanced age and the raging COVID-19 virus which has claimed the l...
Rav Asher Weiss Urges Caution On Minyanim, Mikves Despite Israeli Government Easing Restrictions
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a clip released by Rav Asher Weiss, he urged exceptional caution despite the fact that the Israeli government has eased restrictions and opened the lockdow...
COVID-19 Patient Fulfills His Last Wish And Marries Fiancee Just Hours Before His Death
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE (VINnews) — Dr John Wright related to the BBC a moving love stories from the COVID-19 wards of Bradford Royal Infirmary - about a patient whose last wish was t...
Nearly 70 Dead In ‘Horrific’ Outbreak At Veterans Home
BOSTON (AP) - Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wro...
White House Yahoo Reporter Apologizes To Trump For Question
NEW YORK (AP) — A Yahoo News reporter apologized to President Donald Trump on Tuesday for misreading a chart and getting wrong the numbers he used as the basis for a question on U....
Ford Posts $2B 1Q Loss Blamed Largely On Coronavirus
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. posted a $2 billion first-quarter net loss, blaming nearly all of it on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
The automaker said Tuesday that its...
Starbucks Sales Fall As Virus Cripples Global Operations
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks said Tuesday that its global sales plunged in the first three months of the year as coronavirus-related shutdowns crippled its global operations.
The Se...
Caffeine Bought Online Killed Teen. But Is Amazon At Fault?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland in May 2014.
S...
Trump To Sign Order Keeping Meat Processing Plants Open
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because ...
Fiancee Texts ‘They’re Putting Me On A Ventilator, It’s A 50/50 Chance, I Love You’, Dies Next Day
Richard McKeag spent the last month of his life volunteering as a carer in his community until the telltale symptoms began. First came the dry cough followed by a fever and before ...
Israeli Yeshivos May Return Under Minister Deri’s Framework, Lag Ba’Omer Bonfires Cancelled
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel gradually returns to normal activity, with all stores open except for markets and malls, the question of how Yeshivas can return to their previous r...
Virus-Altered Grading System Announced For NYC Students
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City schools will implement a new grading system for the remainder of the coronavirus-disrupted school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
Ele...
Watch: Blue Angels And Thunderbirds Salute New York Coronavirus Responders With Flyover
NEW YORK (AP) - Jets from Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds flew over New York City on Tuesday in a tribute to the medical personnel, first responders and other e...
Nearly 102, NY Woman Born During Spanish Flu Survives Second Pandemic
MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman who was born during the Spanish Flu pandemic has survived COVID-19.
Angelina Friedman, who lives in a nursing home in Lake Mohegan, wa...