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Palestinians cancel deal for Israel to supply 1 million COVID vaccines

Fri, 2021-06-18 14:49 — mike kraft

Palestinians cancel deal for Israel to supply 1 million COVID vaccines PA claims that expiration date on doses Israel has started to deliver is too close; Israel transferred first 100,000 inoculations on Friday after months of international pressure timesofisrael

The Palestinian Authority on Friday evening dramatically announced that it was canceling a deal in which Israel would supply them with some 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses to help them with their floundering coronavirus vaccination campaign.

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Overview: Delta variant expected to be dominant in US; international developments

Fri, 2021-06-18 09:41 — mike kraft

The Latest: CDC: Delta variant expected to be dominant in US WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky says she expects the delta variant will become the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States. The delta variant, first detected in India, has become dominant in Britain. AP NEWS

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U.S. CDC eases travel recommendations on dozens of countries, including Japan

Tue, 2021-06-08 22:42 — mike kraft

U.S. CDC eases travel recommendations on some 110 countries, territories including Japan The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan just ahead of the Olympics. David Shepardson Reuters

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Israel reports some mild myocarditis cases among young men who received Pfizer vaccinations

Wed, 2021-06-02 11:19 — mike kraft

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination. Jeffrey Heller Reuters

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Israel removes many Covid restrictions, ends green pass system now that most adults are vaccinated

Tue, 2021-06-01 10:39 — mike kraft

With new coronavirus cases dropping to below 20 a day, Israel on Tuesday retired its Green Pass system and will now allow equal access to restaurants, sports events, cultural activities and the like to vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens.

Restrictions on the sizes of gatherings have also been lifted.

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U.S. State Department eases travel advisories for UK, Israel

Mon, 2021-05-10 20:04 — mike kraft

U.S. State Department eases travel advisories for UK, Israel The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has eased travel advisory ratings for the United Kingdom and Israel after raising both countries to its highest warning level last month amid COVID-19 concerns. David Shepardson Reuters

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Overview of studies showing vaccines working against variants

Fri, 2021-05-07 10:35 — mike kraft

Covid vaccines can take on new coronavirus variants, studies show A batch of new studies out Wednesday shows how Covid-19 vaccines can take on new variants of coronavirus. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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Analysis: Vaccine Skepticism is More Than a Lack of Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.

Thu, 2021-04-29 21:46 — mike kraft

For years, scientists and doctors have treated vaccine skepticism as a knowledge problem. If patients were hesitant to get vaccinated, the thinking went, they simply needed more information.

But as public health officials now work to convince Americans to get Covid-19 vaccines as quickly as possible, new social science research suggests that a set of deeply held beliefs is at the heart of many people’s resistance, complicating efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

“The instinct from the medical community was, ‘If only we could educate them,’” said Dr. Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, who studies vaccine skepticism. “It was patronizing and, as it turns out, not true.”

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