AP-norc Poll: Few Americans Support Easing Virus Protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the s...
UPDATE: New York Pulls Back Do Not Resuscitate Order Amid Coronavirus
NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York State has abruply nixed a controversial new directive that asked first responders to not work on patients who didn't have a pulse upon arrival to the ...
AP Exclusive: ER Staff Saves Lives, Suffers In Hot Spot
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A nurse furiously pushes down on a man's chest as five other staff in full protective gear surround the patient's bed.
Suddenly, one throws up his arms and ...
As People Stay Home, Earth Turns Wilder And Cleaner
BOSTON (AP) - An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.
As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit tem...
China Calls Virus Lawsuit Brought By US State ‘Very Absurd’
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd."
Foreign ministry spokesman G...
New York To Offer Kosher Food At Select Sites As Virus Lingers Throughout City
NEW YORK (JNS) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized on Monday the serving of kosher food at 10 food-distribution sites in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., several hours after ...
Michigan Governor: Trump’s Messaging Causes ‘Greater Danger’
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's plan to suspend immigration is distracting from efforts to combat the coronavirus pa...
Trump Bars New Immigration Green Cards, Not Temporary Visas
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday, an executive order barring those ...
Trump Says He Will Help NY’s Cuomo Secure More Virus Testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed in an Oval Office meeting Tuesday to work to double coronavirus testing in the hard-hit state...
Cuomo: Navy Ship Sent To NYC For Outbreak No Longer Needed
NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy hospital ship deployed to New York City to help fight the coronavirus outbreak is no longer needed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, expressing confidence tha...
More Deaths, No Benefit From Malaria Drug In VA Virus Study
NEW YORK (AP) - A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals....
Officials: 7 Virus Cases Appear Related To In-person Voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health officials in Wisconsin said they have identified at least seven people who appear to have contracted the coronavirus from participating in the April 7 e...
$100 Million Fund Created For Dead Health Workers’ Families
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Life Insurance Co. and Cigna Corp. said Tuesday they are setting up a $100 million fund to support the families of health care workers who have died treati...
OP-ED: My Tale of Complete COVID-19 Devastation of the Simcha Industry
TOM'S RIVER (VINnews) — The following editorial has been written and prepared by Yosef Shidler of CJ Studios:
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I am starting to lose it. On a very serious note.
Like hu...
Poll: Americans Sour On China Amid Pandemic, Broader Rivalry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly hostile to China as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the U.S. and global economies and after three years of Trump administratio...
Cuomo Heads To White House As He Lobbies For Covid-19 Help
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will head to the White House on Tuesday as he seeks billions in federal aid and help with coronavirus testing.
The Democratic governor...
Schumer: Deal Reached On Major Parts Of $500B Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday agreement has been reached on major elements of a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package for small busine...
Meah Shearim: Police Knock Chareidi Passerby To The Ground, Then Leave Him Lying There
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem's police are doing important work, even live-saving work in enforcing public health regulations and dispersing illegal gatherings. The gatherings ar...
US Oks 1st Coronavirus Test That Allows Self-Swab At Home
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand te...
French-Jewish Spy Who Survived The Holocaust Celebrates 100th Birthday With (Socially Distanced) Car Parade
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The 100th birthday of a Holocaust survivor and former French-Jewish spy who went behind Germany enemy lines was feted with an appropriately socially distanced p...