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Israel must follow three rules to prevent more virus outbreaks

Israel must follow three rules to prevent more virus outbreaks

Opinion: As the economy gradually resumes its activity, epidemiological investigations and isolation, tackling virus hot spots and protecting at-risk populations are crucial to making sure… Read More ›

US ultra-Orthodox whistleblowers targeted as traitors, including amid pandemic

US ultra-Orthodox whistleblowers targeted as traitors, including amid pandemic

New York Jews who inform secular authorities of services held despite virus restrictions face harassment, threats, as community shuns outside intervention on sensitive issues  … Read More ›

Democrats Expect ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chairman Says

Democrats Expect ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chairman Says

  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden… Read More ›

Publicly traded companies have 2 weeks to give back loans intended for small businesses or face ‘severe consequences,’ Treasury Department says

Publicly traded companies have 2 weeks to give back loans intended for small businesses or face ‘severe consequences,’ Treasury Department says

  The Treasury Department is asking publicly traded companies to return their loans from the federal government by May 7, according to new guidance issued on… Read More ›

Coronavirus: 14,498 infected, patients in serious condition decreasing

Coronavirus: 14,498 infected, patients in serious condition decreasing

Cabinet approves Independence Day lockdown; Parents demand early education reopen as gov’t weighs next coronavirus steps   As the authorities deliberate strategies to gradually lift… Read More ›

Finding coronavirus vaccine is international effort

Finding coronavirus vaccine is international effort

Opinion: Many global organizations have warned us for years that a worldwide epidemic was imminent, but Israel’s leaders brushed them off and the country was… Read More ›

In hospital drama, preemie baby delivered as virus-hit mom struggles to breathe

In hospital drama, preemie baby delivered as virus-hit mom struggles to breathe

After C-section, boy is well, mom is stable, but no relatives visit: Father is in same northern Israeli hospital with COVID-19, and family live in… Read More ›

Trump ‘Disagrees Strongly’ With Georgia’s Plan To Reopen

Trump ‘Disagrees Strongly’ With Georgia’s Plan To Reopen

  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “disagreed strongly” with the decision by Georgia’s Republican governor to reopen salons, gyms and… Read More ›

Director of key federal vaccine agency says his departure was retaliation

Director of key federal vaccine agency says his departure was retaliation

The director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine says he was abruptly dismissed from his post in part because he resisted efforts… Read More ›

Coronavirus testing expected to increase, diversify by mid-May

Coronavirus testing expected to increase, diversify by mid-May

Bennett: ‘Exit strategy based on faulty estimation of sick’   The government’s path to exit the nationwide lockdown is based on a faulty estimation of… Read More ›

Disgraceful unity deal serves one person only

Disgraceful unity deal serves one person only

Opinion: After three election campaigns and months of tense negotiations, the fifth Netanyahu government is here, and it is now clear how much Blue &… Read More ›

The survivors who ‘didn’t survive’: Photographer captures Shoah psych patients

The survivors who ‘didn’t survive’: Photographer captures Shoah psych patients

Gili Yaari, a Holocaust survivor’s son, did two stints documenting life at Sha’ar Menashe, a mental hospital where those whose lives were changed forever can… Read More ›

Trump Says He Will Help Ny’s Cuomo Secure More Virus Testing

Trump Says He Will Help Ny’s Cuomo Secure More Virus Testing

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed in an Oval Office meeting Tuesday to work to… Read More ›

Trump and Biden launch battle over China that could define 2020 election

Trump and Biden launch battle over China that could define 2020 election

President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden are unleashing the first shots over China and the coronavirus pandemic that could turn into a… Read More ›

The deal is done: Netanyahu, Gantz ink coalition pact

The deal is done: Netanyahu, Gantz ink coalition pact

Deal ends 17-month political crisis * Plan calls for annexation in July * Residences for both prime ministers   Israel will soon have a new… Read More ›

Building a better society from the coronavirus crisis

Building a better society from the coronavirus crisis

Opinion: Mental health professionals expect to treat more people as Israelis lose their income, are trapped in abusive situations or suffer from loneliness, but our… Read More ›

‘Under siege’: Overwhelmed Brooklyn care home tolls 55 dead, likely from virus

‘Under siege’: Overwhelmed Brooklyn care home tolls 55 dead, likely from virus

Friends and relatives describe Cobble Hill Health Center as unequipped to face coronavirus outbreak, with shortages of staff, personal protective equipment, reliable testing   NEW… Read More ›

Massachusetts Becomes Coronavirus Hot Spot As Cases Surge

Massachusetts Becomes Coronavirus Hot Spot As Cases Surge

  MASSACHUSETTS (AP) — Massachusetts has become a hot spot of coronavirus infections, drawing the concern of federal officials and promises of aid from hard-hit… Read More ›

The head of WHO warns that ‘the worst’ of the coronavirus pandemic is ‘ahead of us’

The head of WHO warns that ‘the worst’ of the coronavirus pandemic is ‘ahead of us’

  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, warned on Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” if the world… Read More ›

What will and won’t change after the coronavirus crisis?

What will and won’t change after the coronavirus crisis?

These are the key aspects of our lives that are likely to change or remain the same in the post-virus world.   After just several… Read More ›