Researchers on Thursday reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs. This time around, surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig’s kidneys into a brain-dead man — a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they hope to try in living patients possibly later […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — January 20th marks the 80th anniversary of the Nazi conference at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, where senior Nazi officials gathered in 1942 to formulate a plan for the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” The building, known as the Am Großen Wannsee villa, was built in 1915 […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a blistering attack on the current Israeli government’s attempt to pass a draft bill which would include Chareidim, MK Galit Distal-Atbarian (Likud) addressed the chareidim in the Knesset and said that the entire right-wing stands behind them and not out of a sense of charity but because they are “the elite […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Under the slogan “Netanyahu, you will never walk alone!,” Israeli right-wing news anchor Yinon Magal succeeded in raising 3,529,000 NIS within a week to fund Netanyahu’s legal campaign. It is unclear whether Netanyahu can legally benefit from such funds according to Israeli law but Magal insists that a way can be found […]

More Americans worry about unexpected medical bills than any other expense, according to polls by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2018 and 2020. Unfortunately, those bills aren’t rare: 18% of emergency visits and 16% of in-network hospital stays had at least one out-of-network charge, a 2020 Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker study found. The No Surprises […]

ISRAEL (VINnews) — A leading medical expert in Israel has lashed out in response to the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Boula, being granted the coveted Genesis award. As reported in the Times of Israel, Professor Shmuel Shapiro called the decision “pathetic”, said Pfizer’s vaccine is “mediocre” and the company developed it “to rake in billions”, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings. The White House announced Wednesday that the masks will come from the government’s Strategic National […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Albert Bourla, the chief executive officer of Pfizer, was named the winner of the 2022 Genesis Prize, the award sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel.” The award, which “honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional achievement, contribution to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values,” was announced early Wednesday morning. The award will […]

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday denied misleading Parliament about lockdown-breaching parties, as senior government ministers said he would have to resign if he was proven to have lied. Former Johnson aide Dominic Cummings has said he is willing to swear under oath that the prime minister was warned in advance […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online. The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for Americans to order four at-home tests per residential address, to be delivered by the U.S. Postal […]