Month June 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – At least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus and while most recovered, the potential for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest. The papers, published online Monday… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – On Thursday, a Twitter account representing a network called Fox Soul TV announced that it would be broadcasting a speech by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on July 4. Farrakhan is a longtime, vehement anti-Semite…. Continue Reading →
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ issued a statement advocating that children should attend classes in person this fall wherever it is possible to do so safely. In offering its guidance,… Read more » The post Pediatricians Favor In-Person Classes for… Continue Reading →
The COVID-19 pandemic is not even close to being over, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday. Tedros noted that, six months after China first alerted the WHO to a novel respiratory infection, the grim… Continue Reading →
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving the way… Continue Reading →
Two Little Caesars workers have been fired after an Ohio couple found pepperonis placed to form a backward swastika on their pizza. Misty and Jason Laska made the discovery when they opened the box that they had purchased at the… Continue Reading →
Israeli researchers recently published a study called Ibuprofen Use And Clinical Outcomes In COVID-19 Patients which showed that ibuprofen does not exacerbate coronavirus symptoms. French Health Minister Olivier Veran stated in March that people with the coronavirus should avoid using anti-inflammatory… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a package expanding “Obamacare” coverage through the House on Monday, a measure that’s doomed to advance no further but spotlights how the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trump’s efforts to obliterate that law have fortified… Continue Reading →
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries…. Continue Reading →
Congressman Jeff Van Drew on Monday released the following statement on Gov. Murphy stopping restaurants from reopening: “This is no longer about safety. This is Governor Murphy forcing businesses to die; businesses that just spent months investing and preparing to… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump wasn’t briefed on U.S. intelligence assessments earlier this year that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan because the information had not… Continue Reading →
As strong thunderstorms moved through the area on Monday evening, there were trees down and flooding all over Brooklyn. The latest storm cells come after weekend storms sent damaging wind, hail, booming lightning and downpours coursing through the region Saturday… Continue Reading →
CLEVELAND, OH (JTA) – A Little Caesars restaurant in Brook Park, Ohio, has fired two employees who made a swastika out of pepperoni slices on a couple’s pizza. Misty and Jason Laska tweeted a picture of their pizza after picking… Continue Reading →
There is currently a shortage of kosher meat in Europe due to the closing of a meat processing plant in Ireland, Chareidim10 reported. Motti Gershon, the owner of the Shefa Mehadrin chain stores in London and Manchester, who supplies meat… Continue Reading →
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if… Read more » The post Summer May Decide Fate of… Continue Reading →
The US is “unlikely” to achieve herd immunity to the coronavirus even with a vaccine, according to the country’s leading public health expert, who warned that a “general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling” is likely to thwart vaccination efforts. In an… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Four progressive House Democrats have written to the secretary of state calling on the United States to cut assistance to Israel should it proceed to annex parts of the West Bank. In response, the AIPAC lobby has… Continue Reading →
The post Wind, Rain and Hail Storm Strikes New York appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Storm Toll Rises as Wind, Rain Batter Europe Rain, Hail and Flooding in Rare Post-Pesach Storm Storm Sees 90 MPH Winds, Lots of… Continue Reading →
In a counter brief to the one submitted by New York State in the law suit filed by the Association of Jewish Camp Operators (AJCO), lawyers for AJCO submitted their… Read more » The post Jewish Sleepaway Camps Submit Counter… Continue Reading →
Boating season is in full swing, and the New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau would like to remind everyone of boating safety tips. We want everyone to boat responsibly, so here are some tips boaters can follow in order… Continue Reading →