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Bloomberg & World Central Kitchen Partner to Provide Meals to Healthcare Workers at NYC Hospitals

$6 Million Gift is Part of the Larger Bloomberg Philanthropies Coronavirus Response Initiatives Edited by: JV Staff Bloomberg Philanthropies and World Central Kitchen last week announced...

Could an Ancient Drug Help Fight Severe COVID-19?

By: Amy Norton As researchers hunt for ways to treat severe COVID-19 infections, a new trial will ask whether an old arthritis drug can prevent...

Exhaled ‘Aerosols’ Spread Coronavirus Up to 13 Feet, Shoes Carry Virus, Too

By: EJ Mundell Recent studies show that people infected with the new coronavirus could be spreading "aerosolized" viral particles as they cough, breathe or talk...

Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Praises Efforts of Northwell Health’s Michael Dowling & Entire Northwell Team

During his daily Coronavirus press briefing on Sunday, Governor Andrew Cuomo took the opportunity to extend plaudits to Northwell Health system of hospitals throughout...

NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS LAUNCHES AT-HOME COVID-19 TEXT MESSAGE-BASED SYMPTOM MONITORING PROGRAM

NYC Health + Hospitals today announced the launch of its at-home COVID-19 text message-based symptom monitoring platform for discharged Emergency Department (ED) patients. Patients...

Pregnancy and Coronavirus, What is known So far

The research that does exist includes women who were in the later stages of their pregnancies.  There is no current information regarding new pregnancies...

Israeli Missile-Production Line Starts Churning Out Much-Needed Ventilators

“We are operating in a challenging time, and in a global ‘war’ to acquire the necessary components and fulfill our mission,” said Udi Kantor,...

Trials Begin for Potential COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir

By: Amy Norton A drug originally developed to treat Ebola is getting a second chance in the spotlight, as research teams in the United States,...

NYC Health + Hospitals to Triple ICU Capacity, Expand Personnel

Plan will create more than 2,475 standard hospital beds, 760 ICU beds, add 2,500 health care workers Edited by: TJVNews.com To accommodate the surge in patients,...

CDC Urges All Americans to Wear Face Masks as Death Count Rises

By: Robin Foster & EJ Mundell The White House announced new guidance on Friday that urges all Americans to wear face coverings in public to...

Israeli Universities, Institutes Lead the Fight Against Coronavirus

Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread...

U.S. Hospital Beds Were Already Maxed Out Before Coronavirus Pandemic

By: Dennis Thompson Many hospitals across the United States regularly operate with most of their beds taken by patients, limiting their ability to handle a...

Telemedicine & Diabetes – A New Frontline of Treatment

By: Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD As an endocrinologist for more than 40 years, treating people with diabetes every day, following the best current treatments, everything...

1 in 4 Americans Now Under ‘Shelter in Place’ Orders Due to Coronavirus

By: Robin Foster & E.J. Mundell Governors in a total of five states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey and New York — have now advised...

Could COVID-19 Survivors’ Blood Help Save Very Ill Patients?

By: Amy Norton As more people recover from COVID-19, that means more people should have antibodies against the virus. And it's possible that blood donations...

Technion & Rambam Scientists Present Novel Method for Testing More than 60 Patients for COVID-19 at the Same Time

Edited by: TJVNews.com Researchers at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a method that will dramatically increase the current...

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