JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A sharp dispute has broken out between the family of Tal Biran, who died in a cable car accident in Italy together with her husband Amit, son Tom and grandparents, and the sister of Amit who took guardianship over the only survivor of the accident, 5-year-old Eitan. Tal Biran’s sister Gali Peleg […]

JEFFERSON, La. (AP) — Before the latest surge of the coronavirus, Louisiana neurologist Robin Davis focused on her specialty: treating patients with epilepsy. These days, as virus patients flood her hospital in record numbers, she has taken on the additional duties of nurse, janitor and orderly. “I was giving bed baths on Sunday, emptying trash […]

WASHINGTON (AP ) – A third dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine substantially improved protection for organ transplant recipients whose weak immune systems don’t always rev up enough with the standard two shots, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was small but it’s the most rigorous type of […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced a statewide indoor mask requirement due to the spike in coronavirus hospitalizations and cases, warning that the state’s health care system could be overwhelmed. Beginning Friday, everyone who is 5 years or older in Oregon — regardless of vaccination status — will be required to […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The statewide vaccine mandate for K-12 educators comes as schools return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious delta […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel suffers a worrying spike in infections, hospitalizations, serious cases and deaths from coronavirus, the government continues to dally and initiate ineffectual steps which have not succeeded in curbing the current breakout. Prime Minister Bennett, who prided himself on having a strategy on how to combat COVID-19 and even wrote a […]

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to see if they might help patients sickened by the coronavirus. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency says the three drugs would be adopted into the next phase of its ongoing global research into identifying […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two and a half years after she was shot in the stomach, seriously injured and underwent emergency surgery to deliver her baby who survived for just three days, Shira Ish-Ran gave birth this week to a healthy baby boy, according to a report by Arutz Sheva. In December 2018, terrorists opened fire […]

MIAMI (AP) – The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hotspots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients and are losing workers to burnout and lucrative out-of-state temporary gigs. Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana all have […]