BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — For weeks Eli Beer, the president of United Hatzalah, lay sedated and respirated in a Miami hospital after he contracted coronavirus. In an interview with Kikar Hashabat’s Yishai Cohen, Beer recollected the difficult moments he experiences in the last month. Beer described how after he first emerged from sedation, he was […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials said Wednesday. The cats, which had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to recover, are thought to have contracted the virus from people in […]

ZURICH (VINnews) — A new Swiss study published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet claims that coronavirus does not just harm lungs but also attacks the lining of blood vessels all over the body, ultimately leading to multiple organ failure. “This virus does not only attack the lungs, it attacks the vessels everywhere,” said […]

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd.” Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the legal action has “no factual and legal basis at all” and repeated China’s defense of its response to the outbreak, which has largely […]

BOSTON (AP) – An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped choking New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, and India’s getting views of sights not visible in […]

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A nurse furiously pushes down on a man’s chest as five other staff in full protective gear surround the patient’s bed. Suddenly, one throws up his arms and steps backward. “OK, move! Everybody move!” are the instructions. Moments after they back away, the patient’s heart is shocked, his arm spasms and […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a drastic new move, New York State has instructed emergency services to not revive cardiac patients who have no pulse upon arrival to a medical scene, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Until now, the protocol was to spend 20 minutes working on patients in cardiac arrest. But according to a state […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend immigration is distracting from efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and part of “inconsistent messages” that spread fear and put the public in “greater danger.” Trump’s pronouncements about freezing immigration are “scary” for immigrants, family members hoping to […]

NEW YORK (JNS) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized on Monday the serving of kosher food at 10 food-distribution sites in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., several hours after the Metropolis Council’s Jewish Caucus issued a letter stating that “offering totally free foods to everybody, moreover kosher-preserving New Yorkers, the metropolis is sending […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy hospital ship deployed to New York City to help fight the coronavirus outbreak is no longer needed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, expressing confidence that stresses on the hospital system are easing. Cuomo told MSNBC that the USNS Comfort was helpful, but could now be sent elsewhere after being […]