NEW YORK (AP) — Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years “trying to catch every breath at every moment” after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe. She is breathing freely again after getting an unusual transplant. In January, doctors at New York’s Mount Sinai replaced her trachea, the tube that […]

ROME (AP) — A top official at the European Medicines Agency said in an interview published Tuesday there is a causal link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots, but that it’s still unclear what the connection is and the benefits of taking the vaccine outweigh the risks of getting COVID-19. Marco Cavaleri, head […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 are causing real-world problems by discouraging some people from getting vaccinated, wearing masks or following other guidelines. Some bizarre theories about the virus have prompted believers to burn 5G cell towers, shut down vaccination clinics or even ingest poisons touted as cures. Experts on misinformation and psychology […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is stressing that it won’t back any system “that requires Americans to carry a credential” to show they’ve been vaccinated. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says “there will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.” She says companies […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the week which has passed since Israel’s fourth inconclusive election, Prime Minister Netanyahu has remained silent, preferring to work behind the scenes in an attempt to establish a viable coalition. Netanyahu depends to a large extent on the decision of Yemina leader Naftali Bennett on whether to support him or to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In recent months thousands of Ethiopian Jews have immigrated to Israel despite the coronavirus travel restrictions. The operation, dubbed Rock of Israel, brought nine flights of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel after a civil war broke out in Ethiopia, threatening the lives of thousands of Jews waiting to immigrate to Israel in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have included “outdated information” and that could mean the company provided an incomplete view of efficacy data, American federal health officials said early Tuesday. AstraZeneca said in a statement that the data it released Monday included cases up to Feb. 17, as […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israelis drag themselves for the fourth time in two years to the polling booth, there is no assurance that this election will end the political impasse which has been plaguing the country recently. The volatile nature of a political system in which the prime minister is dependent on tiny parties to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a landmark Labor Court decision allowed employers to prevent workers who have not vaccinated or taken negative COVID-19 tests coming to work, a number of Israeli companies including communications giant Bezeq have annouced a new policy requiring workers to either vaccinate, take a test or take a vacation without pay from […]