Moments ago, a NY District Court Judge, gave a permanent injunction and bars all Cuomo’s Executive Orders on Houses of Worship. FULL STORY SHORTLY READ THE COURT ORDER HERE (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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About 62% of men and 55% of women in Israel aged 20-62 are overweight or obese, according to a recent report by the National Program for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare spanning the years 2015-2019, The Jerusalem Post reported. Other bad news is that almost one out of five Israelis smoke, and one out of 10 has diabetes. The good news is that the percentage of Israelis getting screened for prevention or early detection of cancer is rising. “I think that even in these hard times, we can see that our health system is one of the best in the world, and Israelis should be very proud of it,” the head of the program, Prof. Ronit Calderon-Margalit of the Hebrew University, told The Post.

Israel was the first country in the world last week to offer vaccines to anyone over age 16 but vaccination centers have been half-empty in recent days. Israel’s Kupot Cholim have been forced to discard thousands of expired vaccine doses after not enough people showed up to be vaccinated. Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy said that if the vaccination rate continues to drop, the Health Ministry will recommend extending the lockdown, Kan News reported. Levy also said he is planning on advancing a law banning anyone who has not been vaccinated from working in nursing homes or senior care centers, following reports that a significant number of staff members working in nursing homes have not been vaccinated.

Dr. Yonatan Georgi, a doctor at the ICU unit in Sheba Hospital in Tel HaShomer took several precious moments from his overloaded schedule to convey important messages to the public regarding the coronavirus, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. “I’m a doctor in the ICU treating seriously ill coronavirus patients from the beginning of the pandemic,” he said. “I don’t usually speak to the media but I have a number of important points to convey since this is a matter of saving lives and also due to the burnout healthcare professionals are enduring due to the tremendous emotional and physical resources needed to care for coronavirus patients.” “Perhaps the most important message is that of obesity as an underlying risk factor.

Mrs. Raizel Shoshana Ovitz, a’h, an Auschwitz survivor whose photo of her 104th birthday at the Kosel surrounded by 400 of her descendants went viral, passed away at Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital on Monday morning at the age of 105. The nifteres, a’h was a respected and beloved member of the Viznitz chassidus in Bnei Brak. As YWN reported in Ausgust 2019, hundreds of Mrs. Ovitz’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren traveled from around the country to join her for her birthday at the Kosel to thank Hashem for the past and daven for the future. "שלום סיון. סבתא שלי, שושנה אוביץ, שרדה את אושוויץ. מול עיניה ד"ר מנגלה לקח את אמא שלה. אחרי המלחמה פגשה את סבא דב, שאיבד במחנות את אשתו וילדיו. הם התחתנו ועלו לחיפה. היא עבדה כתופרת ועזרה לו בניהול החנות.

Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who had battled health challenges over the past year including lung cancer treatment, has died more than two weeks after contracting COVID-19, his office said Monday. He was 67. Wright died Sunday, spokesman Matt Langston said. He said he did not know the cause of death, but the two-term congressman and his wife, Susan, had been admitted to a Dallas hospital in the previous two weeks after contracting COVID-19. Wright announced in January that he had tested positive for the virus. He was also hospitalized last year over treatment for lung cancer complications.

Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests. How long immunity lasts from natural infection is one of the big questions in the pandemic. Scientists still think reinfections are fairly rare and usually less serious than initial ones, but recent developments around the world have raised concerns. In South Africa, a vaccine study found new infections with a variant in 2% of people who previously had an earlier version of the virus. In Brazil, several similar cases were documented with a new variant there.

Facebook recently banned an Israel anti-vaccination group with 14,000 members named, “No to the Green Passport,” following a request by Israel’s Health Ministry. The group’s leaders encouraged members to schedule appointments at vaccination centers and then not show up or cancel them at the last minute, forcing the centers to throw out unused vaccine doses, Channel 12 News reported. Israel Police are considering opening a criminal investigation against the leaders of the group, which espouses conspiracy theories on coronavirus vaccines. “We are investigating the criminal and legal implications of the matter,” a senior police official told Channel 12.

US President Joe Biden told CBS News on Sunday that his administration will not lift sanctions on Iran before Tehran puts an end to its uranium enrichment and complies with the conditions of the 2015 nuclear deal. In a snippet from the interview with CBS’ Face the Nation, the interviewer asked Biden whether he will give in to Iran’s demand for sanctions to be removed before negotiations on a deal resume. Biden responded: “No.” Biden nodded in response to the question regarding whether Iran would be required to halt uranium enrichment prior to the US lifting sanctions against the Islamic Republic. With Iran resuming its enrichment of uranium, we asked Pres. Biden if the U.S. will lift sanctions first in order to get Iran back to the negotiating table on a nuclear deal. “No,” Pres.

Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. He was 100. Shultz died Saturday at his home on the campus of Stanford University, where he was a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, a think tank, and professor emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. The Hoover Institution announced Shultz’s death on Sunday. A cause of death was not provided. Today, we mourn the loss of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and reflect on his legendary legacy.