Thursday, March 28, 2024

Health

Should Pregnant Women Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? Will It Protect Against Asymptomatic Infections And Mutated Viruses? An Immunologist Answers 3 Questions

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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

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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?

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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...