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May 8, 2020

'Every other day, I think I have coronavirus': Pandemic throws up new challenges for NYC paramedics

During the height of the coronavirus crisis in New York City, the 911 emergency system was flooded with more calls than on Sept. 11th, 2001, and paramedics and EMS workers tried valiantly to save lives. 

May 8, 2020

Coronavirus relief from community banks saving small businesses

If you are a small business owner looking for help making payroll during the Coronavirus pandemic, you may want to try your luck with a smaller community bank. As the second round of Personal Paycheck Protection (PPP) loans are being doled out by the Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs who are dealing with smaller community banks and credit unions are seeing their loans much more quickly than those applying through larger banks.

May 5, 2020

Coronavirus and cyberattacks: 2020 campaigns already being hacked, experts warn

President Trump signed an executive order to protect the power grid from hackers last week, but one expert is warning that the 2020 campaign cycle has already suffered cyberattacks.

May 4, 2020

Possible coronavirus vaccine enters human testing trial

Progress is being made towards a viable vaccine for the coronavirus say researchers at a Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical company. Inovio Pharmaceuticals along with the University of Pennsylvania’s research facility, the Wistar Institute have been working on the vaccine as early as this past January. Originally reported by Fox News, the vaccine was fast-tracked into development after the Chinese Government made the genome sequencing of COVID-19 public. 

April 22, 2020

Coronavirus fear and anxiety can be as contagious as the illness, NYC psychiatrist says

Nowhere has the stress from the coronavirus pandemic been felt more than on the nation’s healthcare workers and first responders who are trying to save lives.  With more than half a million cases and 42,000 deaths, mental health experts worry about the toll it’s taking on those serving on the frontline.  “Fear and Anxiety can be worse than the virus,” Yusim told Fox News.  “With every patient, you have to get them through this trauma and then we have to find a silver lining.

April 16, 2020

Coronavirus disaster loan cutoff leaves many small biz owners without financial relief

As the federal government hits the $349 billion lending limit on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), many entrepreneurs across the country have been in the dark about much-needed assistance to pay their employees during the coronavirus crisis.

April 15, 2020

Army helping to combat coronavirus at New Jersey hospital

University Hospital, part of Rutgers University in Newark, NJ, has dealt with an onslaught of patients infected with COVID-19, pushing their resources and health care workers to the limit with over 240 patients testing positive. Making matters worse for the facility, more than 200 of the total 664 staff members have been forced to stay home as they have become infected or are caring for a loved one who is sick. University Hospital CEO, Shereef Elnahal, tells Fox News that starting on Wednesday, Army health care workers will start covering shifts for those workers in an attempt to keep up with demand.

April 14, 2020

Ohio prisons see rise in coronavirus infections, deaths while union questions state leadership

Ohio's prison guard union is raising questions about the state's handling of coronavirus in its prisons after a guard and inmate die from COVID-19.

April 14, 2020

Coronavirus 'Code Sun': How one hospital celebrates patients' recoveries

“Here Comes The Sun” never sounded so good. The heartwarming song from The Beatles is taking on a whole new life in one hospital just outside New York City.

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus ICU nurse who also worked at Ground Zero says, 'This is worse'

This is much worse. That’s the sentiment of an ICU nurse in New Jersey who is comparing the triage at Ground Zero on 9/11 and the triage care she’s providing during the coronavirus crisis.