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Health

Hundreds Suspected, 12 Confirmed: How CDC Identified U.S. Coronavirus Cases

By: Dennis Thompson In a report released Friday, federal public health officials outline how they screened about 650 people in the United States for the new Chinese coronavirus since the outbreak began late last year. About 30 doctors and nurses with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded to inquiries about those individuals […]

Health

Northwell First in the US to Pilot Black Boxes in Hospital ORs

Technology allows surgical data to be analyzed for quality care review By: Andrea Mineo To advance quality outcomes for both patients and clinical staff, Northwell Health has started using black box technology in its operating rooms (OR) – the first US health system to use this technology. The initiative is currently being piloted with laparoscopic […]

Op-Ed Opinion

Pleasing Orthodox Political Palates

By: Rabbi Avi Shafran For some of us, double-edged swords don’t come more dangerous than the prospect of a Jewish president. The accomplishment would be heartening in a way, and would say much about America. But the reality of a Jewish person sitting in the White House would not please people infected with the derangement […]

Local New York News

Is NYC’s Penn Station District the Next Tech Hub?

By: Desiree Coates Vornado Realty Trust is trying to bring high-tech companies to the so-called Penn District near Madison Square Garden. The firm, owned by real estate mogul Steven Roth, wants to use the same formula that has worked at Hudson Yards, according to many. Vornado is reportedly prepared to spend upwards of $2 billion […]

International News News

Putin Critic Found Dead in French Hotel; Throat Slit & Multiple Stab Wounds

By: Veronica Kordmany Chechen blogger Imran Aliev, 44, a critical blogger who often targeted Russia and Chechnya, has been found dead in the French hotel Lille with his throat slit and 100 stab wounds. Police are currently investigating the possibility of political motivation, according to reports. A reporter from The Business Insider reported that at […]

Arts & Culture

On the Trail of Jewish Novelist, Cora Wilburn

By: Jonathan D. Sarna In a celebrated 1889 article published in The Chautauquan entitled ​“The Jews in the United States,” Philip Cowen, editor of the American Hebrew listed ten female ​”Jewish writers of this country,” as part of a survey of Jewish worthies. He devoted most of his brief account to the recently deceased Emma […]

Health

Using Exposure Therapy To Help Overcome Your Phobias

How facing your fears can make life more livable By: Vanessa Caceres – for The Well by Northwell You are standing at the top of your basement steps, frozen with fear. You need to do a load of laundry, but your body has stopped you dead in your tracks—an involuntary response to the threat you […]

Op-Ed Opinion

The Real Reason Arabs in Israel Do Not Want to Live in ‘Palestine’

By: Khaled Abu Toameh Arab citizens of Israel, who number nearly two million, are up in arms about US President Donald Trump’s plan for Middle East peace, which proposes including some of their communities in a future Palestinian state. Since the unveiling of the plan, thousands of Arabs have been demonstrating to express their rejection […]

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