Immigrant Community Faces Health, Job Insecurity During Coronavirus Crisis
April 1, 2020By Emily Drooby Analilia makes ends meet working as a cleaner in New York City, but the COVID-19 crisis has threatened her […]
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Cuomo: Take ‘Positive Lesson’ From Pandemic Precautions
April 1, 2020Currents News Staff “We’re never going to be the same again,” said Cuomo. “We’re not going to forget what happened here.” And […]
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April 1, 2020On the newscast: The Tri-State area has now lost more than 2,000 lives to Covid-19, leaving many wondering “How much worse could […]
New York, Nation Brace for Growing Healthcare Needs
March 31, 2020Currents News Staff Some relief has arrived in New York City in the form of the U.S. naval hospital ship Comfort. Onboard, […]
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March 31, 2020On the newscast: The coronavirus pandemic hits a new high in New York. And the death toll nationwide is greater than on […]
How Hospital Chaplains Are Bringing the Faith to Workers, Patients and Families
March 31, 2020Currents News Staff These are trying times for medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. It is unlike any we’ve […]
‘A Medical Warzone,’ Brooklyn Hospital Calls for Supplies in Fight Against Virus
March 31, 2020By Tim Harfmann The intensive care unit at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, is at capacity. Patient […]
New York Healthcare Workers Get Big ‘Thank You’ From Catholic Artist
March 31, 2020By Emily Drooby A sign of thanks has appeared outside what’s become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Queens’ Elmhurst Hospital. […]
Why Italians Are Finding Faith in Numbers During the Coronavirus Crisis
March 31, 2020By Melissa Butz A new glimmer of hope is spreading throughout Italy after March 30 marked a new two-week low of new […]
Remembering Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, First U.S. Catholic Priest Lost to Coronavirus
March 30, 2020By Tim Harfmann A memorial is growing outside the locked doors of Saint Brigid’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to honor their beloved […]