COVID-19 Accelerates No-Exam Trend In Life Insurance
NEW YORK (AP) - Big data is playing a prominent role in life insurance this year.
Interest in coverage has surged during the pandemic, but for many people, social distancing man...
As Israel Creeps Towards 4th Election, Who Are The Winners And Losers?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Blue And White's Benny Gantz announced Tuesday that he would support a no-confidence motion Wednesday to disband the government formed just half a year ago an...
UK Authorizes Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use
British officials authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Wednesday, greenlighting the world’s first shot against the virus that’s backed by rigorous science and taking ...
Shipwrecked Sailor Found Near Florida Hanging On To Bow Of Capsized Boat
PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (VINnews) — A 62-year-old man was rescued from the ocean Sunday after surviving for many hours while hanging on to the bows of his capsized boat.
Stuart ...
‘Very Dark Couple Of Weeks’: Morgues And Hospitals Overflow
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspa...
Oklahoma Governor Declares Day Of Prayer As Virus Surges
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the coronavirus surges in Oklahoma, nearing 200,000 total cases on Tuesday, Gov. Kevin Stitt declared Thursday a day of prayer and fasting in the state.
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CDC To Shorten COVID-19 Quarantine To 10 Days, 7 With Test
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as t...
Nevada Doctor’s Selfie Used To Claim COVID-19 Is A Hoax
RENO (AP) — A photo of a hospital’s alternative care site in Reno, Nevada, is being misrepresented on social media to fuel the false narrative that the coronavirus pandemic is a ho...
Canada: US Border Measures To Last Until Virus Under Control
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the ban on nonessential travel with the United States will not be lifted until COVID-19 is significantly more und...
US Panel: 1st Vaccines To Health Care Workers, Nursing Homes
NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential governme...
Israeli Air Purification Technology Which Kills Viruses Including COVID-19 Installed In Spanish Palace
MADRID (VINnews) — The Pardo Palace, the king of Spain's reception hall in Madrid, has installed a unique Israeli technology designed to purify the air from all kinds of viruses, i...
100-Year-Old Fulfills Dream Of Immigrating To Israel, Dies In His Sleep The Next Day
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Meir Halimi dreamed of immigrating to Israel all of his life. At the age of 100 years old, Halimi realized his dream as he left his native Nice and immigrated...
Watch: First Chareidi Wedding In Dubai
DUBAI (VINnews) — Due to coronavirus restrictions in the US, Israel and the UK, weddings cannot a present be made with more than a few guests as gatherings are prohibited. For this...
Red Cross Chief Urges Vaccine ‘Fake News’ Fight
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the world’s largest humanitarian network is urging governments and institutions to combat “fake news” about COVID-19 vaccines which has become “a ...
Dr. Scott Atlas Resigns As Special Adviser To Trump On Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Dr. Scott Atlas, who held the position of special advisor to President Trump on Coronavirus, has resigned from his position.
Atlas, who joined the adminis...
Florida Governor Requires Schools To Remain Open
MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Monday that schools will be required to remain open despite the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, arguing lock...
Yemina MK Ayelet Shaked: ‘The Educational System Opened In Merit Of Rabbi Kanievsky’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yemina MK Ayelet Shaked met Monday with Chareidi journalists and spoke about her party's preparations for the coming elections, at the same time issuing a num...
First Blood Test To Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Goes On Sale
NEW YORK (AP) - A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn whe...
Head Of Largest Jerusalem Talmud Torah: We’re Open Since Sukkos, 700 Tests, No Infections
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Avraham Finzel, the principal of Chochmas Shlomo, the largest Talmud Torah in Jerusalem, came to the Knesset's State Control committee and testified reg...
UK Stocks Up On Vaccines, Hopes To Start Virus Shots In Days
LONDON (AP) — Britain said Sunday it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as it gears up to launch within days the country's most ambitious inoculati...