NEW YORK (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is scouring the globe for medical supplies and scouting temporary hospital locations in and around New York City. Flights were briefly suspended to New York City-area airports because of staffing issues after an air-traffic control worker tested positive for coronavirus. The number of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Could be a game changer.” “Very exciting.” “The way they acted with this kind of speed is an incredible thing.” “Very powerful.” “This could be a tremendous breakthrough. Tremendous breakthrough.” “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately.” “There’s tremendous promise.” That’s President Donald Trump, inflating expectations about […]

LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — A resident of Lakewood, NJ was issued a summons for hosting a pop-up wedding that saw more than 50 people in attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gatherings of 50 people or more were banned last week by Governor Phil Murphy in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus. The 49-year-old homeowner […]

NEW YORK (AP) – They’re some of New York City’s most iconic eateries, feeding New Yorkers and on visitors’ must-see lists for decades, some for more than a century. They’ve been through a lot in those years — wars, financial crises, blackouts, a terrorist attack. But this pandemic, and the steps New York and other […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House pushed into the night Saturday on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, as President Donald Trump urged a deal to steady a nation shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. With a population on edge and financial markets teetering, all sides indicated a deal is […]

ORANGE COUNTY (VINnews) — Dr Zev Zelenko MD, a prominent doctor who has treated hundreds of Kiryas Joel patients for COVID-19, recently made a video addressed to President Trump. In the video, Dr Zelenko claims to have a groundbreaking solution on how to curb the virus. Watch the video below for the details.

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Aryeh Even, an 88-year-old Israeli holocaust survivor who lived in the Nofim nursing home in Jerusalem, is the first Israeli to pass away from the coronavirus. Even, who suffered from a number of other chronic conditions before he contracted the disease, passed away Friday night in Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tzedek hospital after he […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders at six top Orthodox Jewish organizations on Friday jointly urged their members to heed social distancing rules designed to fight the coronavirus, a show of unity that underscores the importance of behavioral changes that amount to a massive upheaval in their faith communities. While limits on gathering during the pandemic […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Newscasts bring word of “hot zones” and “lockdowns.” Conversations are littered with talk of “quarantines” and “isolation.” Leaders urge “social distancing” and “sheltering in place” and “flattening the curve.” In an instant, our vocabulary has changed — just like everything else. It seems like just days since people were looking up “caucus” […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering all workers in non-essential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide. “Only essential businesses can have workers commuting to the job or on the job,” Cuomo said of an executive order he will sign Friday. Nonessential gatherings of individuals of any size or […]