LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition Tuesday in a hospital intensive care unit with the coronavirus, and while he is not on a ventilator, he is receiving oxygen, his spokesman said. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has taken over many of Johnson’s duties temporarily while he is being treated at […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — American Jewry was deeply saddened by the death Tuesday morning of the Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow Ztz’L, the head of the American Agudath Yisrael and of the Moetzez Gedolei Hatorah of America. Rabbi Perlow, who was suffering from the coronavirus, collapsed in his home in Boro Park. Hatzolah paramedics who […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) The coronavirus is certainly scary, but despite the constant reporting on total cases and a climbing death toll, the reality is that the vast majority of people who come down with COVID-19 survive it. Just as the number of cases grows, so does another number: those who have recovered. In mid-March, […]

BEIT SHEMESH (VINnews) — Israel has been suffering from a nationwide shortage of eggs due to people overbuying in previous weeks. The shortage coupled with the need to maintain social distancing has meant that people waited for hours in long lines to buy eggs. The Israeli government announced that large shipments will arrive before Pesach […]

NEW YORK (AP) — More people have now died from the coronavirus in New York City than perished in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. At least 3,202 people have been killed in the city by the virus, according to a new count released by city health officials Tuesday. The deadliest terror […]

WELLINGTON,NEW ZEALAND (VINnews) — New Zealand’s health minister admitted that he had blatantly disregarded coronavirus lockdown regulations and taken his family on a beach trip 20km from his home. Health Minister David Clark said in an interview with Stuff:  “I’m feeling pretty stupid and I think I’ve made a fool of myself. But, you know, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her. Hackers had targeted the meeting on the video conference platform Zoom while […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The White House said Monday that 500 ventilators on loan from California will be shipped to Nevada, Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam as the nation faces a crush of coronavirus-related hospitalizations. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced earlier the nation’s most populous state would share […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday disputed the veracity of a federal survey that found hospitals faced severe shortages of coronavirus test supplies, questioning whether its conclusions were skewed by politics. With coronavirus cases rocketing toward their expected peak, the nonpartisan Health and Human Services inspector general’s office reported Monday morning that a […]

NEW YORK (AP) – To the lengthy, sorrowful list of losses from the pandemic, add these: hugs unexchanged, visits unmade, hands unheld. Just when many feel they need it the most, the comfort of physical closeness is being denied. Dr. Loren Olson, 77, a psychiatrist in Urbandale, Iowa, misses the hugs and kisses from friends […]