Survey: Increase In Israeli Use Of Anti-Depressants During Pandemic Year
JERUSALEM (JNS) - One year into the coronavirus pandemic, Israelis are showing signs of emotional and psychological distress, with consumption of anti-depressants, anti-anxiety med...
NIH Researchers: Humidity From Masks May Lessen Severity Of COVID-19
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers from the National Institut...
Lauded Early In Pandemic, Cuomo Now Panned On Nursing Homes
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pan...
As New Variants Spread In France, Some Want A 3rd Lockdown
PARIS (AP) — New virus variants are spreading fast in multiple regions of France, causing local authorities to order tougher mask rules and a curfew crackdown around the English Ch...
Fauci: Keep Wearing Masks As Vaccines Roll Out
WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci says people will need to wear masks “for several, several months” to avoid the coronavirus as vaccinations are rolled out.
The government’s top in...
Cuomo Sent Over 9,000 Virus Patients Into NY Nursing Homes
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial order ...
Biden Says US Is Securing 600 Million Vaccine Doses By July
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden visited some of the nation's leading scientists on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 on Thursday, as he announced the U.S. will ...
California’s Virus Death Toll Surpasses New York
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has edged past New York with the most death from the coronavirus. California’s death toll reached 45,496, surpassing New York’s toll of 45,312 on Thur...
Anti-Semitic Flyer In German Tram Blames Jews For The COVID Pandemic
BERLIN (JTA) — Anti-Semitic flyers were found Wednesday on a tram in Cologne, Germany, blaming Jews for the ongoing pandemic.
The black-and-white flyer reads: “Do we really have...
Turned Off From The Vaccine By Misinformation, 36-Year-Old Haredi Orthodox Man In Israel Dies Of COVID
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Avraham Bedman, a 36-year-old man from Jerusalem, died of COVID on Wednesday. His fellow synagogue members are blaming his death on misinformation about the coron...
‘Overwhelm The Problem’: Inside Biden’s War On COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — The meetings begin each day not long after dawn. Dozens of aides report in, coffee in hand, joining by Zoom from agency headquarters, their homes or even adjacent...
NY Allows Stadiums To Reopen For Sports, Entertainment
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Large arenas and stadiums in New York can soon reopen for sports and entertainment at 10% of their normal capacity under a plan announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo o...
CDC Study Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One vs. COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone...
AP Poll: US Adults Skeptical Of Vaccine
NEW YORK — About 1 in 3 Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research foun...
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Reject Criticism, Defy Virus Rules
JERUSALEM (AP) — Mendy Moskowits, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Belz Hassidic sect in Jerusalem, doesn’t understand the uproar toward believers like him.
In recent weeks, ultra...
Israeli Company Produces First Slaughter-Free, Bioprinted Rib Steak -But Is It Kosher?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli company, Aleph Farms Ltd. and its research partner at the Technion's Faculty of Biomedical Engineering have successfully cultivated the world's fir...
Guide For The Perplexed: Israel’s Fourth Election In Two Years
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a little more than a month, just days before Seder night, Israel will for the fourth time in two years being going to elections. In a political system whic...
Pfizer Vaccinees Up To 20 Times Less Likely To Pass Coronavirus To Others, Israeli Study Finds
JERUSALEM (JNS/ Israel21c) — People who’ve received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine appear to be significantly less likely to “shed” or transmit virus particles that may be in...
Vaccinating Florida’s Seniors At Miami’s Largest Hospital
MIAMI (AP) — The tiny glass vaccine vials are delivered to Miami's largest hospital and immediately whisked to a secret location, where they are placed inside a padlocked freezer w...
Canada To Require Negative COVID Test At Land Border Feb 15
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that starting next week any nonessential traveler arriving in Canada by land will need to show a negative PC...