NEW YORK (AP/VINnews) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus. as reported last night by VINnews. “My message to the […]

BERN, SWITZERLAND (VINnews) — Swiss health authorities have announced that children under the age of 10 can hug their grandparents again without fear of infecting them with coronavirus. The change of advice came after Swiss scientists concluded that young children pose no risk of infection from Covid-19 because they do not have the “receptors” targeted by […]

A Memorial marking the shloshim since the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman a”h will be held on Thursday, April 30 at 8pm. The program will be livestreamed by Chabad.org at Chabad.org/RebYisroel. Reb Yisroel was born in the Belarusian city of Beshenkovitz, then part of the Soviet Union, in 1936, to R. Yaakov and Gittel Friedman, […]

TUCSON, ARIZ. (VINNews) — In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®). To date, the total number of reported patients treated with HCQ, […]

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Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is calling for the panel to hold hearings on the Chinese government and World Health Organization’s (WHO) handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Texas Republican has voiced strong concerns over the WHO’s initial response to the virus as well as disinformation spread at the start of the outbreak in Wuhan, China, arguing that congressional oversight could play a key role in preventing and preparing for future potential health crises.
McCaul said he thinks launching probes into the Chinese government and the WHO’s potential missteps in handling the outbreak should garner support from members in both parties.

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Power lawyer Ben Brafman is recovering at home after a serious fall that he says could have lead to a “tragic situation.”
“I was unconscious for a half-hour,” Brafman said. He said that two CAT scans revealed no brain damage, but “I feel as if I was hit by a baseball bat,” and he said he’s more “tired than I ever have been before.”
But he assured us he will make a complete recovery. “I am out of work for a week when, quite frankly, there is no work, so the timing was fortuitous,” he said. “I am coming back and I will be stronger than ever. That is what every neurologist told me. I will be in fighting form again soon.”
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