JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Likud party held primaries Wednesday to determine their Knesset list for the forthcoming Israeli elections. 58% of Likud voters participated in the primaries and based on polls and about 50% of the votes counted, the new list will contain many of former prime minister Netanyahu’s vociferous supporters, while those who had […]

Disease jumps from shrews to people, but no human-to-human transmission recorded and cases described as mild

LONDON (AP) — British health authorities say they will offer a polio booster dose to children aged 1 to 9 in London, after finding evidence the virus has been spreading in multiple regions of the capital, despite not confirming any cases of the paralytic disease in people. In a statement on Wednesday, Britain’s Health Security […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A young nurse from Bnei Brak arrived Monday morning at the Ichilov hospital for an interview at the operating room. As she entered the room she sensed the hostility towards her over her chareidi appearance. “Where are you from?” asked the interviewer. When she said that she is from Bnei Brak, the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF forces operating in Shechem on Tuesday morning eliminated Ibrahim Al-Nablusi, a terrorist responsible for a number of shooting attacks at IDF forces in the area as well as at civilians and soldiers at Yosef’s tomb. Al-Nablusi was the fourth member of a terror unit which was eliminated last February after a […]

DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years — in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne threat. Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat. While a vaccine […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Pfizer is buying sickle cell drug maker Global Blood Therapeutics in an approximately $5.4 billion deal as it looks to accelerate growth after its revenue soared during the pandemic. GBT is the developer of Oxbryta tablets, which directly targets the root cause of sickle cell disease. Oxbryta sales were about $195 […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An Emirati princess with a huge social media following compared the Holocaust to the deaths of Muslims in various recents wars and suggested Jews have leveraged the Nazi genocide for sympathy and victimhood while Muslims “move on.” Princess Hend bint Faisal Al-Qasimi, a royal from the Al-Qasimi dynasty that rules Sharjah, the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of people gathered at the Kosel Maaravi (Western Wall) to mark 1952 years since the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash.

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF and Border Police forces demolished the homes of the two terrorists who perpetrated the terror attack in Elad on Independence Day. Three people were murdered in the May 5 attack: Boaz Gul, Yonatan Habakuk and Oren Ben-Yiftach. 5 others were injured at varying degrees of severity. After a two-day manhunt, the […]