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Coronavirus is not the only deadly disease

Coronavirus is not the only deadly disease

Opinion: Many people require ongoing treatment for a host of ailments, but physicians are being told to delay care that Health Ministry officials deem not… Read More ›

Trillion-dollar US economic rescue package crashes in Senate

Trillion-dollar US economic rescue package crashes in Senate

Plan receives zero support from Democrats who charge it favors corporations at expense of US workers; 5 Republicans absent from the chamber because of coronavirus… Read More ›

DHS: Pandemic Measures Cut Illegal Border Crossings By Half

DHS: Pandemic Measures Cut Illegal Border Crossings By Half

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official said Sunday that illegal border crossings have dropped by half as the strictest U.S.-Mexico border policies yet… Read More ›

Trump says National Guard will be activated in California, New York, and Washington state for coronavirus aid

Trump says National Guard will be activated in California, New York, and Washington state for coronavirus aid

  President Donald Trump announced that additional US National Guard forces will be activated in California, New York, and Washington to assist the hardest-hit states… Read More ›

Gaza: Two residents diagnosed with coronavirus

Gaza: Two residents diagnosed with coronavirus

The Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip reported that two residents contracted coronavirus late Saturday, after returning from a trip to Pakistan last week.… Read More ›

Netanyahu offers to step down next year in unity deal

Netanyahu offers to step down next year in unity deal

In an interview with Channel 12, PM called on an ’emergency’ unity government with Blue & White headed by Benny Gantz, who Netanyahu says would… Read More ›

Israel approaches 1,000-patient mark as lockdown rules set to come into effect

Israel approaches 1,000-patient mark as lockdown rules set to come into effect

Ministers update emergency regulations, which will be implemented at 8 a.m.; open-air markets to remain open for now; third minister quarantined after exposure to virus… Read More ›

China, On Virus PR Offensive, Sends Masks And Experts Abroad

China, On Virus PR Offensive, Sends Masks And Experts Abroad

  BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately… Read More ›

At least 30 cruise ships are at sea right now. Here’s what it’s like on board

At least 30 cruise ships are at sea right now. Here’s what it’s like on board

Texan newlyweds Jay and Carmen Martinez went straight from celebrating their beachside wedding to embarking on a globe-trotting honeymoon cruise across the South Pacific on… Read More ›

Israeli researchers develop innovative diagnostic method for coronavirus

Israeli researchers develop innovative diagnostic method for coronavirus

British company diagnostics.ai, whose R&D is entirely based in Herzliya, is already providing labs in the UK and the US with their advance diagnostic technique… Read More ›

Israel needs a real plan to fight coronavirus

Israel needs a real plan to fight coronavirus

Opinion: There is no strategic scheme in place to fight the spread of the virus and mass testing must be conducted to separate the sick… Read More ›

Jerusalem woman with coronavirus, 89, in critical condition — hospital

Jerusalem woman with coronavirus, 89, in critical condition — hospital

Resident of nursing home that saw several cases suffered ‘rapid respiratory deterioration,’ putting her at risk of becoming country’s first fatality from disease   An… Read More ›

China Exonerates Doctor Reprimanded For Warning Of Virus

China Exonerates Doctor Reprimanded For Warning Of Virus

  BEIJING (AP) — China has exonerated a doctor who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease,… Read More ›

California orders its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus

California orders its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus

The nation’s most populous state is ordering its nearly 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. California Gov. Gavin… Read More ›

Peru preventing Israelis from leaving Cusco to catch El Al planes home

Peru preventing Israelis from leaving Cusco to catch El Al planes home

Peru has prevented some 600 post army Israelis from leaving the city of Cusco, to head to the country’s capital of Lima so they can… Read More ›

Israel is in all-out war with the coronavirus

Israel is in all-out war with the coronavirus

Opinion: The government is busy patting itself on the back on the way the crisis is being handled, but there are quite a few changes… Read More ›

Online learning for elementary and middle school students to end Thursday

Online learning for elementary and middle school students to end Thursday

Summer vacation, fall holidays to be shortened; teachers reach agreement with treasury, will get paid leave until after Passover   Online learning for elementary and… Read More ›

Switching Remaining Primaries To Vote-By-Mail Not So Easy

Switching Remaining Primaries To Vote-By-Mail Not So Easy

  BOSTON (AP) — Voting rights groups and the head of the Democratic National Committee want the states with remaining primary elections to offer voting… Read More ›

Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right?

Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right?

Passing through airports in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week highlighted the differences in the approaches of the two Asian hubs in dealing with the… Read More ›

Coronavirus: With only around 300 cases, why is Israel in near-lockdown?

Coronavirus: With only around 300 cases, why is Israel in near-lockdown?

Almost every aspect of the country’s crippling medical system can be understood as the coronavirus crisis unfolds.   The novel coronavirus that has spread across… Read More ›