Founder of Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, mayoral adviser Dr. Irwin Redlener charges US president with massive delay in testing, mixed messages

Insular NY communities are hard-hit by coronavirus due to communal lifestyle and lack of outside information, but leaders say the public safety message is now spreading quickly

Compared with the decentralized health system in the US, the Jewish state's reaction to COVID-19 has been relatively swift and well-organized, says data scientist Dr. Martin Zand

Lee Nigen also protests limits on travel as violating his right to meet with clients, friends and family; lawyer is attacked by commentators on social media

Dr. Anne Schuchat says Jews know what it's like to be stigmatized, as she pushes for tight-knit, yet socially distant response to COVID-19, predicting that battle may take years

The emergency legislation includes relief to nonprofits and charities reeling from the coronavirus pandemic; provisions will apply to Jewish groups, synagogues and schools

Jalna Silverstein and Asael Papour had no unusual nuptial plans, but with an avalanche of coronavirus news and a cleric with a cough, the pair are forced to think on their feet

Social distancing takes hold in the particularly communal ultra-Orthodox community; leaders come up with makeshift workarounds during an unprecedented halt to religious rituals

Chabad's Rabbi Masoud Tubul, 64, passes away from COVID-19 in Paris; Satmar's Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 72-year-old head of world's largest Hasidic sect, is diagnosed with virus

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene reaches out to sequestered audiences with free online programming, even as they faithfully prepare for the opening of a new show in May