JERUSALEM (VINnews) —Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) first aid organization aims to treat severely ill coronavirus patients with a new ‘passive vaccine’ taken from donated plasma of patients who have already recovered from the virus, according to a Jerusalem Post report. The treatment assumes that those who have recovered from the disease have developed special […]

GENEVA (AP) — More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe said Thursday. Dr. Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for getting a severe case of […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The director of the Maccabi HMO, Professor Ran Sa’ar, said Thursday that “Maccabi treats about a half of the residents of Bnei Brak and according to various indications we are receiving, about 38% of Bnei Brak’s residents are sick, which corresponds to about 75,000 people.” Sa’ar, who was speaking at the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said Thursday he feels safe despite reports he’s received online threats and has had uncomfortable personal encounters with admirers that prompted the Trump administration to assign him a security detail. Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force who appears […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Tempers flared in Bnei Brak as frightened residents shouted at people davening in a local park and near a local synagogue, calling them “murderers” and “evil people.” A policeman summoned to the scene showed respect for one of the people and did not disturb his davening…

BERLIN — The chairman of the World Medical Association says China’s figures on the new coronavirus infections aren’t credible. But German doctor Frank Ulrich Montgomery says the numbers aren’t credible in many other countries, either. Montgomery says the recent low Chinese numbers were “nonsense” and suggested Beijing was intentionally providing false figures. The radiologist and […]

BOISE (AP) — Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a run on guns from Americans worried about their safety during the coronavirus crisis. According to figures from the FBI, 3.7 million background checks were done in March — the most for a single month […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Filip Palmgren had wanted to work on planes since he was a child. Now, after just two years as a flight attendant, the 21-year old has lost his job because of the coronavirus crisis and will be soon heading to work in a hospital instead to help save patients. He is part […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Grand Canyon closed indefinitely to visitors Wednesday, joining other national parks seeking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Staff at the Grand Canyon had been shutting down visitors services piecemeal as the federal government initially rebuffed its request to shutter completely. On Tuesday, visitors still had access to restrooms, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city’s 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus. Garcetti on Wednesday said people in the nation’s second-largest city who are performing essential tasks such as food shopping should wear homemade, non-medical face coverings, or even bandannas, as […]