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NYS Governor Cuomo Announces State Health Dept to Partner with Atty General Letitia James for Nursing Home Violations Probe

Expanded COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing at NYCHA Facilities Begins Today Confirms 6,244 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 263,460; New Cases in 44 Counties Edited by: JV Staff Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday announced the State Department of Health is partnering with Attorney General […]

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AP-NORC poll: Most losing jobs to virus think they’ll return

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON (AP) One out of every four American adults say someone in their household has lost a job to the coronavirus pandemic, but the vast majority expect those former jobs will return once the crisis passes, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. […]

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Media Frenzy After Trump Musing on Disinfectant taken out of Context

By Jared Evan President Donald Trump on Friday said he was being sarcastic when he asked medical experts about injecting disinfectants into the body to fight coronavirus. “I was asking a sarcastic and a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside,” Trump said. “That was done in the […]

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Moving past ‘invisible enemy,’ Trump Nudges Nation to Reopen

By ZEKE MILLER (AP) For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to convince Americans to disrupt their lives and stay home. Now, as President Donald Trump aims for a swift nationwide reopening, he faces a new challenge: Convincing people it’s safe to come out and resume their […]

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NY Update, Cuomo Press Briefing; “We can’t make a bad decision. Frankly, this is no time to act stupidly”

Another 474 New Yorkers died of coroanvirus yesterday, bringing the state’s total death toll to 15,302. The daily death toll has dropped somewhat from last week, but it remains alarmingly high. It was the third day in a row that fewer than 500 deaths were reported, an indication that the outbreak is stabilizing after several […]

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Senate Approves $500B Virus Aid Deal; Sends to House

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO AP A nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small business payroll fund and provided new money for hospitals and testing. It now goes to the House. Passage was swift and unanimous, […]

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Israeli Survivors Remember Holocaust Amid Virus Quarantine

(AP) With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II — alone and in fear of the unknown. Some survivors say the current isolation and sense of danger has triggered difficult […]

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