Thursday, May 2, 2024

Health

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

And Then The Undertaker Said: ‘It’s The Wrong Casket’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir told the story of Moshe Grunwald, a Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz and the death marches but passed away in Brooklyn a s...

When To Ease Lockdowns? Nations Offer Wide Mix Of Solutions

BERLIN (AP) — Pressures mounted Sunday on governments to ease the economic pain of coronavirus lockdowns after protests from those fearing for their livelihoods, and authorities re...

Pence Says 150,000 Tests Being Conducted Daily

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence says 150,000 coronavirus tests are now being conducted daily in the U.S. but suggested that governors and not the federal government were to ...

New York Supreme Court Judge And Former Councilman Noach Dear Passes Away From Coronavirus

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former Brooklyn City Councilman and New York Supreme Court judge Noach Dear has passed away from coronavirus at the age of 67. In 1975, Dear received both a...

Dr Ditchek: People Davening With Minyanim ARE COWARDS – EVERY ONE OF YOU

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dr. Stuart Ditchek, who has been on the front lines of the fight against unsafe practices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has released a new pertinent message. ...

Senator Tells VP Failed Virus Testing Is ‘Dereliction’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustration boiled over into anger on a private call with Vice President Mike Pence as Democratic senators questioned administration officials about coronavirus t...

Canada, US Extend Border Restrictions For Another 30 Days

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days and he sa...

NY Virus Deaths Hit 2-week Low; State To OK Video Weddings

NEW YORK (AP) - The daily increase in coronavirus deaths in New York state has dropped under 550 for the first time in over two weeks as hospitalizations continue to decline, Cuomo...

Netanyahu Eases Restrictions, Allows Increased Workforce And Limited Outdoor Minyanim

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) On Saturday night, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that the strict lockdown imposed in Israel to prevent the spread of coronavirus would beg...

Watch: Policeman And Soldier Join Bnei Brak Porch Minyan

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In this unusual clip taken this Shabbat by a Filipino working for a local resident, a motley group of people join together for a porch minyan, including a pol...