Crowded sections of Brooklyn and Queens suffer much higher rates of infection than wealthy areas, likely because larger families tend to live together

Economists predict up to 20 million unemployed Americans by end of April, unemployment rate as high as 15%, as coronavirus epidemic bludgeons world economies

Grants and loans to help city residents hit hard by virus, including children, small businesses, elderly, students, Jewish Community Centers

'We were drawn to the place, and we won't let it go,' says one of the former cafe staffers behind the Headstart page that aims to raise NIS 250,000

New emergency directives to reportedly include further limitations on movement in the ultra-Orthodox city, moving quarantined residents to state-run facilities

'Jewish Olympics' for over 10,000 global athletes were scheduled to take place in Israel next June

Palestinian Authority official warns of a 'disaster' if Palestinian workers do not abide by quarantine upon returning to West Bank

Ali Larijani is highest ranking Iranian official to contract coronavirus; President Rouhani acknowledges severity of crisis, calls for adherence to health ministry protocols