Renowned Restaurant Adds Mannequins Amid Social Distancing
WASHINGTON, Va. (AP) — One of the country’s most renowned restaurants says mannequins will add a touch of whimsy and help with social distancing when customers return to its grand ...
CDC Alerts Doctors To COVID-19 Linked Condition In Children
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a serious rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus.
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‘it’s Impossible’: NY Nursing Homes Fret About Testing Order
NEW YORK (AP) — As calls grow nationwide for mandatory coronavirus testing in nursing homes, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state's ambitious new demand to test ...
Virus Tests Hospitals In Pockets Of US As Some States Reopen
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — From a hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the nation’s capital, front-line medical workers in coronavirus hot spots are strugglin...
NYC Health Chief Under Fire For Alleged Remark About Police
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor expressed concern Thursday over a heated phone call in March between his health commissioner and a top police commander over what was then a d...
UN Chief Warns Psychological Suffering From Virus Is Growing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments, civil society and health authorities on Wednesday to urgently address mental health needs arising f...
Pandemic Crisis Forecast To Hit Insurers For $200 Billion
LONDON (AP) — The pandemic will cost the insurance industry over $200 billion, according to Lloyds of London, who estimated that its own payouts are now on a par with the Sept. 11,...
EU: Possible Virus Drug Approval ‘Before The Summer’
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency predicted that there could be licensed drugs to treat the new coronavirus in the next few months and that a vaccine might even be approv...
Wisconsin High Court Tosses Out Governor’s Stay-Home Order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus stay-at-home order Wednesday, ruling that his administration overstepped its authority whe...
Fourth Region Of Upstate New York Cleared To Slowly Reopen
NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth region in upstate New York might start reopening for business. New York City launched an informational campaign about a rare syndrome afflicting children. ...
‘The Entire System Got Confused’: Israeli Schools Reopen, But Many Parents Aren’t Sending Their Kids Back
JERUSALEM (JTA) — On the first day that Israel’s schools reopened nine weeks after closing to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Kalanit Taub’s 8-year-old daughter stayed home.
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Researchers At Ben-gurion University Develop One-minute Coronavirus Test
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a one-minute coronavirus test they hope will be used to help authorities more quickly track and i...
Union Presses United To Disinfect Kitchen After Virus Cases
NEWARK, NJ (AP) - A union representing catering workers wants to shut down a United Airlines facility in New Jersey, saying that more than 40 workers have contracted the new corona...
What Is A Clinical Trial? A Health Policy Expert Explains
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Zoe McLaren, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) A commonly used malaria drug was recently proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 during a White H...
Virus In New York: Ads To Warn About Rare Pediatric Syndrome
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is launching a public service campaign to inform parents about a rare syndrome that is thought to be linked to COVID-19 and has been diagnosed in more...
113-Year-Old Spanish Woman Is Oldest Person In World To Survive Coronavirus
MADRID (VINnews) — A 113-year-old woman in Spain's northeastern province of Girona has recovered after contracting COVID-19.
Local media reported Monday that Maria Branyas, the ...
How The Lyme Disease Epidemic Is Spreading And Why Ticks Are So Hard To Stop
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Durland Fish Yale University) In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area...
British Daily Criticizes Hasidic Lag Ba’Omer ‘Revellers’ In Stamford Hill For Ignoring Regulations
LONDON (VINnews) — Britain's Daily Mail, one of the largest national newspapers in the kingdom, criticized Hasidic Jews for ignoring social distancing rules during the coronavirus ...
China May Test All Of Wuhan Amid Fears Of Virus Comeback
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next 10 days, Chinese med...
AP Exclusive: CDC Guidance More Restrictive Than White House
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Advice from the top U.S. disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions during the coronavirus pandemic was more detailed and ...