Dr. Molly O’Shea has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this week's unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance will only make things worse. The biggest change was to stop blanket recommendations for protection against six diseases and recommend those vaccines only for at-risk children or through something called “shared clinical decision-making” with a health care provider. The phrase, experts say, is confusing and

After a joint US-Israeli strike on Iran in late February triggered a war in the Middle East, social media posts falsely claimed that more than 420,000 Israelis had fled the conflict to Thailand. But a Thai immigration officer told AFP the figure represented total visitor entries from Israel in 2025. As of the end of March, officials estimate that 30,000 Israeli nationals were in Thailand.

The firefighters noticed an elderly man trapped in his vehicle after heavy rains flooded the road and used a flotation vest to aid in the extraction. Firefighters rescued two Israelis trapped inside their vehicles due to flooding in the West Bank, Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority said on Thursday afternoon.