BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Mimouna festival is a North African tradition on the night after Pesach. It celebrates the continued faith (Emuna-Mimouna) that despite the fact that Pesach is over, Mashiach will indeed come and redeem us soon. The festival has gained wide popularity in Israel in recent years, and even Ashkenazim occasionally dress […]

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — In response to complaints by boys that they had been bullied in school for bringing pink face masks, Taiwanese health officials donned pink face masks at a regular press conference on Monday, according to a Hong Kong Free Press report. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who led the Central Epidemic […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Fox news report claims that there is now increasing evidence accumulating that COVID-19 likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China’s effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United […]

(AP) — Between surgeries one stressful morning, Ben Cayer and Mindy Brock — husband and wife, and fellow nurse anesthetists — peered through layers of protective gear, and locked eyes. It was a lovers’ gaze in the most unlikely situation. A co-worker was there to snap a picture. Now the image, shared on social media, […]

GENEVA (AP) — Nations and health experts worldwide reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. They warned that the move could jeopardize global efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic. At a briefing in Washington, Trump said he was […]

LONDON (AP) — A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has surprised himself by generating millions of pounds within days. Tom Moore’s family used social media to help him get donations to support health care workers during the coronavirus […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A new Forbes study published Monday ranked Israel as the safest country in the world with regard to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The magazine graded 60 countries based on different parameters including: Safest country, most dangerous country, level of efficiency of closure, level of government management, level of discovery and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it’s still a long road to prove if they’ll really work. China’s CanSino Biologics is beginning the second phase of testing its vaccine candidate, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology said Tuesday. In […]

LONDON (JTA) — Avrohom Pinter, a prominent rabbi in the United Kingdom and the first British rabbi to serve as a town council member, has died of the coronavirus. Pinter, who was in his early 70s, died April 13 at a London hospital, the Jewish News reported. He was among the most influential rabbis in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday the U.S. does not yet have the critical testing and tracing procedures needed to begin reopening the nation’s economy, adding a dose of caution to increasingly optimistic projections from the White House. “We have to have something in place that is […]