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Speculation about health builds after Kim misses key event honouring country’s founder, Kim Il-sung... Kim Jong-un underwent heart surgery earlier this month and is recovering at his private villa, according to a South Korean report, with US media citing officials as saying the North Korean leader was in “grave danger” after the procedure. If accurate, the surgery claim, made by the Daily NK website, would explain Kim’s absence from an event to mark the anniversary of the birth of his grandfather – and the country’s founder – Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-un underwent the procedure at a hospital in the county...

Pluristem Therapeutics (PSTI), a small Israeli biotech provided promising preliminary data regarding a possible COVID-19 treatment. Last week, Pluristem released initial results from its compassionate use program for the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure and inflammatory complications resulting from COVID-19. Specifically, all seven ICU patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated so far with Pluristem’s PLX cell therapy have survived, with 6 out of 7 having completed the seven-day follow-up (one is still within the period). 4 out of the 6 (66%) patients displayed improvement in respiratory parameters, and 3 of the 6 (50%) patients are in...

Our beautiful daughter is a doctor in New York (at Bellvue Hospital of all places). Please pray for her safety, and for the safety of the brave doctors and nurses on the front lines in this terrible battle. She's treating COVID patients, and we are proud of her, but are terribly worried. Thank you!

NEW YORK—Over 2,200 members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) have recovered from COVID-19 and returned to their posts as of Sunday. The largest police force in America has seen a total of 4,371 positive cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. At some point, nearly 20 percent of the force was out sick, but that number has since dropped to 14 percent, according to a press release. It’s good news for the agency, but the silver lining surprised NYPD Sergeant Joseph Imperatrice. “It’s incredible because you see all around the world—especially...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was mocked as "Nancy Antoinette" last week for showing off her posh freezer with boutique ice cream that goes for $13 a pint in a webcam interview on 'The Late Late Show with James Corden.' The Trump campaign showed off her extravagant fridge and freezer set in a new campaign web video highlighting Americans standing in line at food banks.

I bought a hypochlorous acid water generator. To disinfect surfaces, food pretty much everything. It makes 300ml in 8 minutes. My question is how long is it good for as a disinfectant? I thought I would make a few gallons of it (water and salt) and put it into spray bottles and give a couple of bottles to each of my family households to disinfect with. Is it still an effective disinfectant 2 days later, a week later, 2 weeks later...?

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (FOX19) - An extension and some slight modifications for Indiana’s Stay-At-Home order was announced on Monday by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. The Stay-At-Home order now goes until 11:59 p.m. May 1, the governor stated. Part of the governor’s updated Stay-At-Home order, hospitals can begin conducting non-emergent procedures as long as there is sufficient personal protective equipment. Examples of what are considered nonemergent procedures include: Diagnosing cardiac issues or cancer Upper or lower endoscopy Respiratory procedures Procedures to reduce pain Governor Holcomb said future restrictions on procedures will be reevaluated every seven days.

LOS ANGELES - Researchers at the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Monday released their initial findings from an antibody study, which suggests that hundreds of thousands of L.A. County residents may have developed coronavirus antibodies. ... Based on the results of the first round of testing, which was conducted on 863 adults in the county, the researchers estimate that 4.1% of the county's adult population has an antibody to the virus, meaning they have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their bloodstream. "Adjusting this estimate for statistical margin of error implies about 2.8% to...

[Catholic Caucus] The Pandemic Crisis: The Absence of the Catholic Church -- The Dereliction of Duty of the Hierarchy The crisis into which we are all immersed—there is no escape—is showing forth in a clear way, clear at least with those whose eyes are not clouded by false piety, the complete irrelevance of the Catholic Church within this crisis. The Catholic Church throughout her two thousand year history has been involved in very many crises: heresy, war, plague, ecclesial strife, famine—you name it and the Church has been involved in these crises within civilization, which civilization in the end means...

April 21 2020 Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter Reading 1 Acts 4:32-37 The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. With great power the Apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, and put them at the feet of the Apostles, and they were distributed...

KEY POINTS The Korean won weakened sharply on Tuesday against the dollar on unconfirmed reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seriously ill. As of 0239 GMT Tuesday, the Korean won fell 1.54% to trade at 1,239.35 per dollar. The moves came after CNN reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed U.S. official with direct knowledge, that Washington is “monitoring intelligence” that Kim is in “grave danger after a surgery.”

Here's Iz (gray tabby) and his daddy Noel (orange & white) from the famous Scottish Fold cat family in South Korea. Iz is a grown boy, but still loves his daddy and wants love and attention from him. Video, 3 minutes, 26 seconds

Dennis Interviews a Doctor that has treated over 1,000 Covid-19 Patients With Hydroxychloroquine with Zinc. He tells Dennis about his remarkably positive experience with a drug that offers a possible cure. CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO/AUDIO

The move to reopen beaches has so far been a good one, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Mayor Charlie Latham said Monday. “There is [sic] a lot of people that are upset that we’ve opened, but we’re not requiring anybody to go to the beach,” the mayor said during an interview on Fox & Friends. In answer to critics who said allowing people back on the beaches was the wrong move during the pandemic, Latham said social distancing rules were still in place and people were not allowed to lay out. “You’re not allowed to have coolers. You’re not allowed to...

EXERPT: Scenario #1: LOCK STEP “In 2012, the pandemic that the world had been anticipating for years finally hit. Unlike 2009’s H1N1, this new influenza strain — originating from wild geese — was extremely virulent and deadly. Even the most pandemic-prepared nations were quickly overwhelmed when the virus streaked around the world, infecting nearly 20 percent of the global population and killing 8 million in just seven months, the majority of them healthy young adults. The pandemic also had a deadly effect on economies: international mobility of both people and goods screeched to a halt, debilitating industries like tourism and...

[Catholic Caucus] New Low: Police Hold a Phone into the Face of a Priest at Mass (Video) Elderly Father Lino Viola celebrated a funeral in a 300 sqm church in Soncino, Italy, with thirteen people attending in gloves and masks.Only seven people were allowed including the cantor, altar boys and a livestreamer, but Viola didn't sent away other six family members.Therefore, during Mass, police officers walked in screaming, “The service is suspended.” They fined Father Viola with 270 euros for non-compliance with the coronavirus regime. Viola didn't interrupt Mass.So, a policeman tried to hand him a mobil-phone with the mayor...

We're in an era of firsts, a runaway virus from China comes to mind, but this announcement by President Trump is the very first time anyone has heard an American president make this pronouncement. President Trump has announced that he's "temporarily suspending immigration into the United States." In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!

President Trump on Monday said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, an extraordinary move that prompted immediate questions about its timing and scope. "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" Trump tweeted. The order would mark an extraordinary use of executive power by Trump, who hours earlier was speaking optimistically about the ability of certain states to...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is temporarily suspending immigration to the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the "need to protect jobs." In a tweet Monday night, the president attributed the suspension to an "attack from the Invisible Enemy" and the "need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens."