Iran Opens Up As Economic Woes Trump Virus Infection Fears
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it has brought under control...
The Head Of The World Health Organization Warns ‘The Worst Is Yet Ahead Of Us’ In Coronavirus Outbreak.
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just ...
North Korean Defectors, Experts Question Zero Virus Claim
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a doctor in North Korea during the SARS outbreak and flu pandemic, Choi Jung Hun didn't have much more than a thermometer to decide who should be quara...
’Under Siege’: Overwhelmed Brooklyn Care Home Tolls 55 Dead
NEW YORK (AP) — As residents at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, began dying in late February from a coronavirus outbreak that would eventually take 43 lives, there was litt...
NYC Nixes June Events, Including Israeli Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City won’t allow public events in June, including three of the city’s major annual celebrations: the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Celebrate Israel...
Nations Seek To Ease Nursing Home Loneliness Yet Keep Safe
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing.
After so many frail and elderly nursing home residents had been held in seclusion ...
Losing Face: The Rise Of The Mask, And What’s Lost Behind It
PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Saturday afternoons, the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh becomes a jam-packed hub of old-fashioned shopping. People stride along Penn Avenue, hopping...
“No, Minyanim Restrictions Must Stay in Place” Say 350 Frum Doctors Across the Country
As physicians who are שומרי תורה ומצוות and on the frontlines of the active COVID-19 pandemic, we implore all fellow Jews to continue strict adherence to isolation guidelines WITHO...
Leading Israeli Poskim: Don’t Listen To ‘Evil Inclination’ To Pray With A Minyan
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and a member of the Sephardic Torah Council, referred yesterday to the Israeli government decision to ease re...
Reports Suggest Many Have Had Coronavirus With No Symptoms
NEW YORK (AP)- A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than o...
Tzfat: Coronavirus Patient In Serious Condition Undergoes Successful C-Section
TZFAT (VINnews) — A 27-year-old coronavirus patient in serious condition hospitalized in the Sieff hospital in Tzfat underwent a successful delivery by caesarian section. The baby,...
United Hatzalah President Eli Beer Released From Hospital
MIAMI, Fa. (VINnews) — The president of the United Hatzalah organization, Eli Beer, has recovered from coronavirus and was released from the hospital where he had been intubated in...
Lockdown Tensions Grow As People Seek To Resume Work Or Play
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus is touching all levels of society and increasing tensions as governments start to ease restrictions that health experts warn should be done gradua...
UPDATE: Coronavirus Deaths Down In NY, But Officials Urge Vigilance
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus death toll in New York dropped again, a sign that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday means the state is “on the other side of the plateau" and that ongoi...
Head Of Grocery Group Talks Virus Impact, Shopping Habits
NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans stockpile everything from canned soup to toilet paper, food and consumer products makers are scrambling to meet demand.
Companies like Clorox Co. an...
Evolving Aid Package Offers Billions For Hospitals, Testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement as early as Sunday on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program t...
Protesters Against Stay-At-Home Regulations Display Anti-Semitic Poster Demonizing Jews
COLUMBUS, OHIO (VINnews) — The coronavirus has hit hard both economically and physically and has not spared any community. However during a protest Saturday in Columbus,Ohio agains...
Trump Accuses Politicians Of Unfairly Targeting Christians & Israel
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — President Trump claimed on Saturday that states have been unfairly targeting Christians over other faiths, like Islam.
Trump's complaint stemmed from some...
Bnei Brak: Arab Doctor Brings Sefer Torah To Orthodox Jewish Patients
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Dr. Abed Zahalka, an Arab ICU doctor at the Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, Israel, was conscripted for an unusual mission this week: Bringing a Tora...
Chabad Center In Southeast Florida Distributes 50,000-Plus Masks Streetside
FORT LAUDERDALE (VINnews) — JNS) A Chabad center in Florida conducted a free drive-through mask distribution and handed out more than 50,000 masks to help people stay safe during t...