Friday, March 29, 2024

Health

Some GOP Governors Shift On Mask Mandates As Hospitals Fill

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — After Republicans expanded their control of Iowa’s Legislature this month, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the outcome was a validation of her small-government approa...

Trump’s White House Is Throwing An In-Person Hanukkah Party Despite COVID Concerns

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House is throwing an in-person Hanukkah party, one of a series of recent events the administration has held despite coronavirus concerns. The ...

South Dakota Nurse: Patients Deny Existence Of COVID-19 Even On Their Deathbeds

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — A South Dakota nurse gained national attention when she described on Twitter and later in a televised CNN interview her experiences with patients suffering fro...

‘It’s Knocking On Everyone’s Doors’: Chicago’s Jewish Community Is Battered By Second Wave Of Coronavirus

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CHICAGO (JTA) — Like many places, Chicago is facing its most serious wave of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic. This week, the city’s 7-day test positivity rat...

Challenges Ahead as, Sub-Arctic Temperatures Key to Molecular Stability in Pfizer Covid Vaccine

NEW JERSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A taste of Antarctica is heading our way in the form of two highly anticipated COVID vaccines, one of which will need to be kept at temperatures ...

Dr. Fauci Recommends ‘Uniform Wearing Of Masks’

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WASHINGTON -- Dr. Anthony Fauci is recommending “uniform wearing of masks” to help curb the surge of coronavirus cases in the United States. The nation’s top infectious disease ...

A Lifetime Of Pain In 24 Hours: A French ICU In The Pandemic

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Four more calls to go, each with careful words, painful silences. It’s 2 p.m. in the intensive care ward of Marseille’s La Timone hospital, and Dr. Juli...

California Governor Imposes New Restrictions In Pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was pulling the “emergency brake” Monday on reopening the state's economy as coronavirus cases surge at the fastest r...

Mikael Dolsten, The Jewish Immigrant Leading Pfizer’s Vaccine Charge, Hopes The US Stays A Melting Pot

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NEW JERSEY (JTA) - When Mikael Dolsten, the head scientist at Pfizer, heard the news last week that the COVID-19 vaccine that he has been helping to develop for the better part of ...

As Deaths Spiral, South Dakota Governor Opposes Mask Rules

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday showed no sign of budging from her hands-off approach to the pandemic, despite finding herself among a dwindling nu...

‘More People May Die’: Biden Urges Trump To Aid Transition

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to refuse to coordinate with his t...

Moderna’s Israeli Chief Medical Officer Helps Spread His Company’s Good Covid Vaccine News

JERUSALEM (JTA) - As the American drug company Moderna announced Monday that it had developed a COVID-19 vaccine that is 94.5% effective, Israeli scientist Tal Zaks was among the c...

Fauci Says Moderna Vaccine News ‘Impressive’

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WASHINGTON — The United States' top infectious disease expert says news from Moderna that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 94.5% effective “is really quite impressive.” Dr. Ant...

2 States Announce New Virus Restrictions As US Cases Hit 11M

MICHIGAN (AP) — Michigan has joined Washington and several other states in announcing renewed efforts to combat the coronavirus as more than 11 million cases of COVID-19 have now b...

UK To Run Final Stage Trials Of Janssen Covid Vaccine

LONDON (AP) — Britain will be the first country to run final stage trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the pharmaceutical company Janssen, a subsidiary...

Britain’s Johnson In Self-Isolation; Has No Virus Symptoms

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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after being told he came into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Sund...

51-Year-Old Woman Serves As Surrogate Mother To Her Own Grandchild

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Many couples go through excruciating difficulties in order to have children of their own, including expensive fertility treatments which do not always succeed....

BioNTech Scientist: Vaccine Could Halve Virus Transmission

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LONDON (AP) — One of the scientists behind the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer said Sunday that he was confident that it could halve the transmiss...

Pfizer Trial Participant : ‘My Fever Rose And My Arm Swelled Up’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 66-year-old Anne Nelson, an author and researcher at New York's Colombia university, lost two of her close friend to coronavirus and searched for a way to be ...

28-Year-Old Nurse Succumbs To COVID-19 Hours After Posting Reassuring Video

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — 28-year-old Sergio Hernandez was a nurse working on the frontlines trying to save those who contracted COVID-19. A healthy young man with no previous problems,...