GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says Ghana has reported two possible cases of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease, which if confirmed would mark the first-ever such infections in the West African country. The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and […]

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday reported a 77% weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than 6,000 worldwide, and two more deaths in parts of Africa where the virus has circulated for years. Most of the cases were reported in Europe and Africa. The U.N. health agency […]

LONDON (VINnews) — A demonstration by some 100 members of Neturei Karta in London has sparked outrage after they wore yellow stars reminiscent of the Nazi period persecution of Jews. The Neturei Karta members were protesting British interference in chareidi education, with the new British laws requiring all educational systems to teach subjects which are […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Likud MK Galit Distal-Atbarian is constantly making waves on Israeli news, but especially with primaries ahead and a need to secure her Knesset seat in the upcoming elections. The MK’s significant social media presence and feisty approach to political hot potatoes has made her a constant interviewee on Israel television channels and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An inscription discovered in 2010 at the site of ancient Jerusalem has been deciphered recently, according to an announcement by the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies Wednesday. The inscription is the earliest one to be found in Jerusalem, dating to the Middle Bronze or Late Bronze periods prior to the conquest of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two days after the brutal attack on a Jewish man near Bnei Brak in which he suffered serious injuries from a Palestinian Arab, Shin Bet operatives are still not terming the incident a nationalistic attack. The Arab attacker, who was later apprehended, is a 33-year-old resident of the village of Innabus south […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay Tuesday on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market. The agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but does not rescind […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Moshe Arbel recently decided to donate a kidney but did not realize that the implication of his decision may have saved his own life. Arbel had contacted the Matnat Chaim organization founded by Rabbi Yishayahu Haber z’l which has in the past few years sponsored hundreds of kidney donations in Israel. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Will the UTJ party split? Currently the splintered party does not have enough electoral power to split but certainly enough members to bicker and argue. The present dispute concerns the placements of MKs for the November elections, with both Agudath Yisrael and Degel Hatorah claiming the top spot, which influences the rest […]

SOUTH FLORIDA (VINnews) A Jewish family is suing Southwest Airlines, after their disabled daughter was thrown from her wheelchair while boarding a flight, leaving her with life-altering injuries According to the lawsuit, this past winter, 25-year-old Gaby Assouline was boarding Southwest Flight 1002 in Ft. Lauderdale, heading to Denver to visit her sister. Gaby’s electric […]