Couple Fights To Save 2 Children, Require $1.2M In 2 Weeks
It's been a long three years for Jennie and Gary Landsman.
The Landsmans are parents to Benny and Josh, two young boys ages 4 and 3. The boys suffer from Canavan disease, a rare...
Dangerous Blood Clots Pose A Perplexing Coronavirus Threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.
Darlene G...
Rubio, Now Intelligence Chair, Warns Of Virus Misinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify conspiracy theories about ...
Infected With The Coronavirus But Not Showing Symptoms? A Physician Answers 5 Questions About Asymptomatic COVID-19
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/William Petri University of Virginia) - Blood tests that check for exposure to the coronavirus are starting to come online, and preliminary findings sugg...
Most Medicare Enrollees Could Get Insulin For $35 A Month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients will be able to get prescription plans that limit copays for insulin, a potential savings of hundreds of dollars, the White House announced Tu...
Rabbi Among 8 Arrested At Jewish Wedding In Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A rabbi along with the bride and groom were among eight people arrested by Buenos Aires police for gathering at a wedding and violating the public c...
Montenegro First European Country To Announce It Is ‘Corona-Free’
Montenegro, the last country in Europe to be infected by the novel coronavirus, has become the first European country to eradicate the virus , the country's health minister announc...
Israeli Biological Institute: Gaucher’s Disease Drugs Effective Against COVID-19, Ready For Immediate Use
NES TZIONA (VINnews) — The Nes-Tziona-based Institute for Biological Research, which is affiliated with Israel's Defense Ministry, announced Tuesday that it has found that two drug...
Who Warns That 1st Wave Of Pandemic Not Over; Dampens Hopes
BANGKOK (AP) — As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still smack in the middle of the pandemic, dampening ho...
Bohush Bans ‘Ungrateful’ Informers From Using It’s Beis Midrash Services
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Bohosh chasidic center in Bnei Brak continued to conduct minyanim during the period of the coronavirus despite public health regulations to the contrary. ...
1st Deadlines For Laid-Off Workers To Get Health Insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Ca...
California Issues Reopening Guidelines For Houses Of Worship
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Religious services in California will look much different under rules unveiled Monday that limit attendance to 100 people and recommend worshippers wear masks, l...
More Than 200 COVID-19 Infections At Guatemala Textile Plant
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — More than 200 workers at an export-focused textile plant in Guatemala have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and more results are pending in what coul...
US Company Trials Coronavirus Vaccine In Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. biotechnology company announced on Tuesday the start of human trials in Australia of a vaccine for the coronarvirus with hopes of releasing a prov...
UN Virus Therapy Trial Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Testing
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug U.S. President Trump says he is taking — from its ...
Tzanz-Klausenberg Rebbe In Netanya Suffers Heart Attack
NETANYA (VINnews) — The Tzanz- Klausenberg Rebbe of Netanya, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam, suffered a light heart attack Monday and was hospitalized in the city's Laniado hospit...
In Pictures: Israel’s Chareidi Children Return To Torah Studies With Their Masks
REHOVOT (VINnews) — Pictures taken Sunday capture the atmosphere in the Kretchniff Talmud Torah in Rehovot as children returned to their classroom studies in the past week wearing ...
Australian Scientist Claims Covid-19 ‘Perfectly Adapted To Humans’, Could Be Lab-Grown
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (VINnews) — As scientists worldwide frantically search for COVID-19 vaccines, epidemiologists also seek to find the source of the outbreak in order to be able t...
Minister Deri Approves Return Of Foreign Yeshiva Students Under Certain Restrictions
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Minister of Interior Aryeh Deri approved Sunday, in conjunction with the Health Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, the return of all foreign yeshiva students ...
White House Goal On Testing Nursing Homes Unmet
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14 days.
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