Should Pregnant Women Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? Will It Protect Against Asymptomatic Infections And Mutated Viruses? An Immunologist Answers 3 Questions
NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION) - This week I was vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine, which brought to mind some frequently asked questions about the Pfizer and ...
Pfizer To Supply US With Additional 100M Vaccines Doses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine under a second agreement.
The drugmakers said Wednesday...
Trump Assails COVID Relief Bill, Suggests He May Not Sign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is assailing the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it.
Tr...
France Relaxes Its Ban On Trucks Entering From Britain
LONDON (AP) — France has relaxed its coronavirus-related ban on trucks from Britain after a two-day standoff that had stranded thousands of drivers and raised fears of Christmastim...
Can Employers Make COVID-19 Vaccination Mandatory?
CALIFORNIA (AP) — Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?
Yes, with some exceptions.
Experts say employers can require employees to take safety measures, including...
Watch: Jerusalem Faction Closes Entry Road To Jerusalem Over Arrest Of Draft Dodger
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem Faction, a splinter group of Lithuanian charedim who are opposed to any form of contact between yeshiva students and army officials, demonstrate...
Vaccine Injury Claims Could Face Bureaucratic ‘Black Hole’
NEW YORK (AP) - Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the i...
Orthodox Jewish Leaders Are Telling Their Followers To Vaccinate For COVID-19
NEW YORK (JTA) - At the beginning of his weekly video Torah lesson, Rabbi Asher Weiss let his viewers know he was about to broach a contentious topic.
“I know that not everybody...
Fauci: Vaccine To Reach US Residents In Summer
WASHINGTON — The nation's top infectious disease expert estimates that most Americans will have access to the new COVID-19 vaccines by mid-summer.
Dr. Anthony Fauci told Good Mo...
BioNTech CEO Confident Vaccine Will Work On New UK Strain
BERLIN (AP) — German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sur...
Extremists Burn Down COVID-19 Testing Station In Bnei Brak
JERUSALEM (JNS)- United Hatzalah officials on Tuesday condemned the arson attack on its COVID-19 testing station in Bnei Brak perpetrated the day before, calling it “unacceptable” ...
EU Recommends Against Nonessential Travel To The UK
LONDON (AP) — The European Union recommended Tuesday that all 27 member countries should discourage all nonessential travel to and from the United Kingdom until further notice.
...
House Passes $900 Billion COVID Relief, Catchall Measure
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resource...
Illinois Woman Finds Apparent COVID Test In Kohl’s Package
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois woman who ordered flags for her grandmother's garden got a surprise when the package arrived — someone's apparent COVID-19 test specimen.
Andrea Ellis...
California Could See 100,000 Hospitalizations In January
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and in a month could be facing a once-unthinkable caseload of nearly 100,00...
Coronavirus Stimulus Includes Double The Security Funding For Nonprofits
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Congress is set to double security funding for nonprofits to $180 million next year as part of the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus.
The office of Rep. Grace...
Watch: Biden Gets COVID-19 Vaccine, Says ‘Nothing To Worry About’
NEWARK, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American p...
Scientists Assess Risk Of New Coronavirus Strain
WASHINGTON — Moncef Slaoui, the chief science adviser for the U.S. government’s COVID-19 vaccine effort, said scientists are still working to confirm whether the virus strain in th...
With Winter At Hand, The Virus Whips Up Winds Of Uncertainty
NEW YORK (AP)- Coronavirus cases spiking nationwide. A chill, existential and literal, setting in once more. And now: a winter likely to be streaked by a soundtrack of sirens inste...
Major Lockdown: Concerned Over New COVID-19 Strain, Israel Shuts Skies To Non-Nationals
JERUSALEM - (JNS) Israel on Monday decided to ban entry to all non-citizens and require returning nationals to quarantine in special facilities, over concerns regarding a new COVI...