Facebook said a bug in its anti-spam system temporarily blocked the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, said on Twitter Tuesday that the company was working on a fix for the problem. Users complained that links to news stories about school closings and other information […]
Joe Biden’s surge toward the Democratic presidential nomination rolled on with a dominating victory in Florida, the largest delegate prize in Tuesday’s primaries, and wins in Illinois and Arizona. Takeaways from Biden’s latest victories: BIDEN’S SURGE BECOMES A WAVE Biden continues one of the most remarkable presidential campaign turnarounds in U.S. history. His campaign always […]
A 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship will be sent to New York to relieve pressure on hospitals bracing for an expected surge in coronavirus patients, officials announced Wednesday. The USNS Comfort,
The coronavirus is actively spreading in our community. There are a significant number of people affected, with many on ventilators in the ICU’s and critically ill. This number keeps growing very quickly. Hatzalah is on the front lines and seeing this first hand. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and can be deadly for the elderly, immunocompromised, […]
YWN has confirmed that multiple Lakewood residents have received results, testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. Many results are still pending. YWN notes that some of them seem to have
Eli Beer, the President of founder of United Hatzalah in israel is currently in a Miami Intensive Care Unit, presumably with COVID-19. YWN spoke directly with Eli Beer, who has
With schools closed and parents scrambling to find quality educational resources to keep their kids busy while also gaining knowledge, a great resource that has just launched online is The
Having the kids home from school is no easy task, to say the least, and lets just hope that this entire saga will end soon enough with the best outcome possible. However, let’s refresh our memory to just a short couple of years ago, when the Lakewood population started outgrowing its school capacity, and as […]
There are 433 Israelis diagnosed with the coronavirus as of Wednesday, a jump of 96 from Tuesday night, the Health Ministry announced. Six are in serious condition and 11 patients have recovered. A Channel 12 News report said that the spike in new cases is at least partially a result of increased testing. Two of […]
As per the p’sak halacha of our daas torah, Rav Yechezkel Roth shlit”a, whose day to day guidance directs our organization, we will be suspending all deliveries of shiva chairs and gemach supplies effective immediately because of the coronavirus outbreak. There is no doubt that this is an ?? ??? ????? and that it is […]
The IDF will enter war footing to combat the current global enemy – the spreading coronavirus, a Channel 13 News report said on Tuesday. The IDF reportedly believes that the
Bernie Sanders was trying to determine his next moves on Wednesday, after Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona and seized a commanding lead in a Democratic presidential race upended by the coronavirus. The Vermont senator’s campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, said Sanders “is going to be having conversations with supporters to assess […]
The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday as the two nations work to stem the spread of
(Dr Bennett is a Board Certified Emergency Room Physician, NY Hospital of Queens, and also private practice in Queens) This is Ellie Bennett. You all know who I am and
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years! It causes huge suffering to him and his dear parents. We have to take
Public Security Minister instructed senior police and emergency officials on Tuesday to prepare to place Israel in full lockdown, a decision that is likely to ensue in the coming days.
Disturbed by empty store shelves and reports of hoarding during the coronavirus crisis, a man stood on a Southern California street corner and held up a homemade cardboard sign with a simple request: “Share your toilet paper.” Jonny Blue told the San Diego Union-Tribune on Saturday that the response to his impromptu toilet paper exchange […]
The Trump administration says individuals and businesses will be allowed to delay paying their 2019 tax bills for 90 days past the usual April 15 deadline. The extension announced Tuesday
President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid — including direct checks to Americans — in an extraordinary effort to shore up households and the economy in the coronavirus crisis. As part of a proposed economic rescue not seen since the Great Recession in 2008, Trump wants checks sent […]
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the Pentagon will provide 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to federal heath authorities to help in the response to the
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