Feds Passed Up Chance To Lock In More Pfizer Vaccine Doses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration opted last summer not to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of one of the leading coronavirus vaccine contenders, a dec...
Trump Says Giuliani Doing “Very Well” Following COVID Hospitalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was “doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleg...
UN Health Agency’s Advice For The Holidays: Don’t Hug
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don't hug.
To stop the spread of the coronavirus, WHO's ...
Cuomo Threatens To Ban Indoor Dining In New York City
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his Monday press briefing, that indoor dining in New York City will be shut down, unless the regional hospitalization rate stabilizes...
Trudeau: Canada To Get Pfizer Vaccine By End Of This Year
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada will get up to 249,000 doses of the vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech before the...
Senior Dubai Official: We Received Hundreds of Requests For Chareidi Weddings
DUBAI (VINnews) — Coronavirus restrictions on weddings in Israel have led numerous Israelis to look eastwards towards Dubai which is fast becoming a trendy tourist attraction as we...
Why Are Some Scientists Turning Away From Brain Scans?
NEW YORK (AP) — Brain scans offer a tantalizing glimpse into the mind’s mysteries, promising an almost X-ray-like vision into how we feel pain, interpret faces and wiggle fingers.
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Hundreds Ill, 1 Dead Due To Unidentified Disease In India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Mond...
NYC Again Reopens Schools To In-person Learning
NEW YORK (AP) — It's back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning because of rising COVID-19 cases.
The ...
UK Gears Up For Huge Vaccination Plan Watched By The World
LONDON (AP) — Shipments of the coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech were delivered Sunday in the U.K. in super-cold containers, two day...
Lawmakers Say COVID-19 Relief Bill Won’t Offer $1,200 Checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, lawmakers on Sunday closed in on a proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would provide roughly $300 in extra federal weekly unemployment benef...
Biden Picks Calif. AG Becerra To Lead HHS, Pandemic Response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to ove...
Despite Promise, Few In US Adopting Covid-19 Exposure Apps
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Six months ago, Apple and Google introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, without disclosing ...
Will The US Ever Have A National COVID-19 Testing Strategy?
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not — a comprehensive nation...
Flight Attendant To Orthodox Passenger: ‘You And Your Prayer Book Can Get Off’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — An orthodox Jewish woman was thrown off a Delta flight last Wednesday for allegedly not complying with mask regulations during her prayers. However the woman, ...
Why Does Elon Musk, World’s 2nd Wealthiest Person, Need To Relocate ?
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Benjamin Franklin once remarked that "in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." While some people are trying to cheat the former, wealthy peop...
Sheriff: Defiant Staten Island Bar Owner Arrested Again After Striking Deputy With His Car
NEW YORK (AP) — The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy ...
Funniest Arrest By Israeli Police This Week
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Israeli police are expending most of their efforts in recent weeks in searching for mask offenders who are not wearing a mask or not wearing it properly as wel...
UN Health Chief: World Can Start Dreaming Of Pandemic’s End
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,”...
Oregon Suspends License Of Doctor Who Refuses To Wear Mask
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Medical Board has indefinitely suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn’t wear a mask at his Dallas, Oreg...