NEW YORK (AP) – New York City-run health clinics will soon take a new tack on coronavirus testing, using a procedure that lets people collect samples themselves at a health care worker’s direction, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. He said the “self-swab” tests would allow for more and easier testing and make it safer […]

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A 3-year-old Minnesota girl who has been battling cancer for two-thirds of her life got to celebrate on her last day of chemotherapy — with the help of some fire trucks and dozens of decorated cars. Family and friends couldn’t hold a party for Mabel Franks on Sunday because of […]

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections. On his first day back at work in three weeks after a bout of COVID-19 that left him dangerously ill, Johnson […]

WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK (VINnews) — R’ Lipa Deutsch, a Tzanz-Klausenberg Chasid from Williamsburg, hovered between life and death for weeks before regaining strength and recovering. His friends prepared a special welcome home for him, complete with wine, balloons and joyous music.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ruth Caballero paused outside an unfamiliar apartment door, preparing to meet her new patient. She covered the knob with a plastic bag. Put on a surgical gown, then a heavy-duty N95 mask, a lighter surgical mask on top. Cap, face shield, shoe covers. Hand sanitizer between each step of the process. […]

BOISE (AP) — An anti-vaccine activist who was arrested in Idaho after she repeatedly refused orders by police to leave a playground that had been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic has apologized to the police officer. Sara Brady said she was on edge with the “constant stress” of being stuck at home and trying […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus to the burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Days after he publicly mused that scientists should explore the injection of toxic disinfectants as a potential […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sunday evening that the Shin Bet will not be able to continue its surveillance program to combat COVID-19 unless the matter is legislated in the Knesset by Thursday. If it is legislated the program can continue for another few weeks. “We must be especially vigilant that the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s daily coronavirus death toll dropped to below 400, less than half of the deaths recorded at the height of the coronavirus crisis in the state’s hospitals. Details on developments in the coronavirus outbreak in New York: ___ THE NUMBERS Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the 367 deaths from the coronavirus […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The following open letter was submitted to VINnews. This is an open letter to Governor Cuomo, President Trump, the medical community, or anyone else who cares: My siblings and I are now sitting shiva for mom. Mom survived COVID-19 but died of hopelessness, all alone. We are not bitter about it […]