NEW YORK (VINnews) — One in three people who recover from COVID-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental issues which COVID-19 leaves on its survivors. The research, which was published Wednesday in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, proved that people who […]

WASHINGTON — A variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain is now the most common strain of coronavirus circulating in the United States. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rachelle Walensky, says the strain, formally known as B.1.1.7, is “now the most common lineage circulating in United States.” The […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus was “dying out” in the country, albeit slowly. Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry, said on Tuesday that the coronavirus in the country is “dying out” at a slower pace. […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday urged Chicago union members to share their experience receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and act as “role models” for family and friends who may be reluctant even as Illinois prepares to open access to all adults. Harris visited a vaccination site in Chicago that opened last week […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A team of Israeli scientists is endeavoring to use umbilical cord blood to effect changes and improvements in the lives of autistic children. To mark World Autism Awareness Day which fell last Friday, the team published some of its findings and called on mothers to collect and save the blood as it […]

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. public health official says young people are driving the latest uptick in COVID-19 cases, as the increasing rate of vaccination in older Americans is preventing the most serious cases among seniors. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a briefing Monday that […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 102-year-old Rabbi Yaish Giat, a resident of Ashkelon from the day it was founded in 1949 and an immigrant from Yemen, has been chosen to light a torch at the 73rd anniversary Independence Day celebrations. Giat was a Mori (teacher) who taught children Torah as well as writing Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and […]

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Monday called his Argentine counterpart, who has tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving a Russian vaccine. The Kremlin said in its readout of the call that Argentine President Alberto Fernández told Putin that he only had minor symptoms thanks to receiving the Sputnik V vaccine. Fernández thanked Russia […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. regulators have approved the first new drug in over a decade for children with ADHD, which causes inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The Food and Drug Administration late Friday OK’d Qelbree (KELL’-bree) for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children ages 6 to 17. It comes as a capsule that’s taken daily. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli president Reuven Rivlin handed the mandate for forming a government to Prime Minister Netanyahu, not before he had expressed his reservations over the decision. Rivlin lamented the fact that he had been compelled while in office to oversee the formation of five governments, four in the past two years. He said […]