Canada Vaccine Panel Recommends 4 Months Between COVID Doses
TORONTO (AP) — A national panel of vaccine experts in Canada recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to four months to qui...
Biden: ‘Big Mistake’ By States To Drop Mask Rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called out Republican governors in Texas and Mississippi for “Neanderthal thinking” in deciding to relax their mask mandates and other COVID-1...
White House: Merck To Help Produce Rival J&J’s Vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly, the White...
Texas Becomes Biggest US State To Lift COVID-19 Mask Mandate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus...
Anglo-Israeli Grandma Goes Viral After Hilarious Interview With Israeli Anchor Rafi Reshef
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Effi Hercky, an effervescent 81-year-old Anglo-Israeli never expected to rise to stardom at her stage in life, but a short interview with Israeli anchor Rafi R...
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav Receives Israel Prize For Lifetime Achievement
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — ZAKA founder and director Yehuda Meshi-Zahav has received the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement for the year 2021. Meshi-Zahav received the news from Educ...
Watch: Hero Rescues Vietnamese Child Who Fell From 12th Floor Of Building
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a dramatic scene which occurred in Hanoi Vietnam, a 2-year-old child who fell 12 floors from her house was caught by a passing delivery person, breaking her...
Toronto Vaccinates Police Officers Before Those 80 Or Above
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest city has started vaccinating police officers ahead of people 80 years of age and older.
A Toronto police spokesperson said Monday police constabl...
Watch: Grandmother Chases After Thief, Knocks Him Down And Retrieves Handbag
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A grandmother from Gold Coast, Australia ran after a thief who tried to snatch her handbag and successfully fought him off and retrieved her handbag.
In dra...
Thousands Of Chareidi Families Trudge To Jerusalem By Foot After Govt. Closes Entrance Roads
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a crude attempt to prevent the large gatherings of chasidim on Purim in Jerusalem which this year took place on Sunday, the Israeli government closed the r...
Watch: Purim Tishes In Jerusalem, Megilla Reading At Rachel’s Tomb
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in a year, many chasidic groups conducted a Tish (table gathering) honoring Purim. The tishes took place in Jerusalem Sunday, which was th...
NY Mandates Dance ‘Zones,’ Distancing When Weddings Resume
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's new coronavirus-era dance rules aren't exactly “Footloose” strict, but don't plan on cutting loose and kicking off the Sunday shoes with just anybody...
Watch: Doctor Appears In Court Video Call While Performing Surgery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Medical Board of California said it would investigate a plastic surgeon who appeared in a videoconference for his traffic violation trial while operat...
U.S. FDA Approves J&J Single-Shot Vaccine
WASHINGTON — The U.S. now has a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dos...
Biden Marks 50M Vaccine Doses In First 5 Weeks In Office
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after marking a solemn milestone in the pandemic, President Joe Biden is celebrating the pace of his efforts to end it.
On Thursday, Biden marked the admi...
Opinion: Get Vaccinated Now; The Torah Commands It
JERUSALEM (JNS/Rabbi David Baruch Lau) - During my visits to coronavirus wards at hospitals across Israel, I encountered a most worrying statistic. All of the hospitalized were rel...
Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Flu Has Disappeared In The US
NEW YORK (AP) — February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors' offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year.
Flu has virtually disappeared ...
Ad Campaign Launches To Build Public Trust In Covid-19 Shots
NEW YORK (AP) — A public service ad campaign unveiled Thursday aims to convince Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, telling them “It's Up to You.”
The campaign by the ...
80 Israelis Stranded In Frankfurt Airport After Lufthansa Rescue Flight Leaves Without Them
FRANKFURT (VINnews) — 80 Israelis were stranded in Frankfurt airport Tuesday evening after a rescue flight which was due to bring them back to Israel left with only half of the 160...
Israeli DM Moves To Halt Plan To Share Virus Vaccines
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Thursday called for an immediate halt in plans to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines to a group of allied nations, accusing Prime Minis...