LONDON (AP) — Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes days after the study was suspended following a reported side-effect in a U.K. patient. In a statement, the university confirmed the restart across all of its U.K. clinical […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has taken a harsh toll on the mental health of young Americans, according to a new poll that finds adults under 35 especially likely to report negative feelings or experience physical or emotional symptoms associated with stress and anxiety. A majority of Americans ages 18 through 34 — 56% […]

BEERSHEVA (VINnews) — In a tragic end to what should have been the most special day of her life, Dr. Shirley Almasi Arieli, a doctor working in the Pediatrics department at Beersheva’s Soroka hospital, collapsed at her wedding just a short time after the wedding ceremony and was taken in very serious condition to the […]

LONDON (AP) — A woman who received an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed severe neurological symptoms that prompted a pause in testing, a spokesman for drugmaker AstraZeneca said Thursday. The study participant in late-stage testing reported symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, a rare inflammation of the spinal cord, said company spokesman Matthew Kent. “We don’t know […]

ODESSA (VINnews) — A month after a man wielding an ax attacked his Ukrainian shul and after falling gravely ill with coronavirus, Rabbi Mendi Cohen, 39, the Rabbi of Mariopol, warns that the situation in the Ukraine is catastrophic and dangerous and people should not consider travelling to Uman this year. Rabbi Cohen, a father […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — A curious video which went viral Thursday morning shows an Israel Railway inspector allegedly preventing Chareidim from ascending a train at the Bat Yam railway station. The video incensed Chareidi leaders, with MK Eliyahu Chasid even calling for an immediate Knesset discussion of the “blatant discrimination against Chareidim at Bat Yam […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. “You just breathe […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity with other restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Cuomo said all customers will undergo temperature checks at the door and one member of each party will have to provide information for contact tracing if needed. Customers will […]

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s sticking with his projection that a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine may be ready in early 2021. He says it’s possible it could be sooner, but “unlikely.” The White House adviser on the coronavirus told “CBS This Morning “the more likely scenario is that we will know by […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 120 prominent doctors and medical professionals in Israel, including world-famous professors, hospital directors, epidemiologists and emergency care specialists called on Prime Minister Netanyahu, the health minister and the coronavirus project manager to make a renewed count of those who died of COVID-19. During a discussion by the coronavirus cabinet it was revealed […]