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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

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Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the US Public Health Service, who became known as the whistleblower responsible for ending the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. (Courtesy Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics)
July 18, 2024, 10:34 am
Peter Buxtun, who blew whistle on cruel US medical study on Black men, dies at 86
Born to a Jewish father, Buxtun was reminded of Nazi medical experiments when he heard US health officials withheld treatment from hundreds of syphilis patients to study effects
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A 3D illustration of the brain-eating infectious amoeba Naegleria fowleri.(iStock)
July 7, 2024, 7:14 pm
Man dies after contracting ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, in Israel’s 2nd-ever recorded case
25-year-old patient presented with symptoms caused by rare brain infection last week after swimming at a Tiberias beach
By Diana Bletter
In the foreground is a 3D print created in 2020 of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. In the background is a 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle. The spike protein enables the virus to enter and infect human cells. The spike proteins appear in red on the virus model. (AFP/ National Institutes of Health)
August 18, 2023, 2:48 pm
New ‘very different’ COVID-19 variant detected in Israel, Denmark and US
Health organizations worldwide monitoring Omicron variant with over 30 protein spike mutations; expert says it is too early to know its impact
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A resident of Jackson, Mississippi, receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
October 12, 2022, 9:52 pm
US approves updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5
Combo shots modified to better protect against Omicron strains while still targeting earlier versions of the virus
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, left, listens as Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf testifies virtually during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
August 18, 2022, 6:15 am
Admitting botched pandemic response, CDC head orders major agency overhaul
Dr. Rochelle Walensky says public health body ‘fell short’ in dealing with coronavirus, proposes restructuring plan aimed at making CDC more nimble and improving communication
By Mike Stobbe
A 3D illustration of the brain-eating infectious amoeba Naegleria fowleri.(iStock)
August 5, 2022, 10:52 am
Israeli man dies after contracting very rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’
Health Ministry says investigation launched to discover where 36-year-old resident of northern Israel came into contact with extremely rare, but often fatal organism
By ToI Staff
Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, July 29, 2022. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
August 4, 2022, 11:58 pm
As cases climb, US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
Move paves way for more decisive action against virus, amid criticism of Biden administration over lack of access to vaccines
By Agencies
Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on December 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
April 19, 2022, 4:40 am
US federal judge strikes down CDC’s public transport mask mandate
Requirement to wear face coverings on airplanes, subways, trains, buses and taxis no longer in effect; TSA subsequently announces it won’t enforce directive at airports either
By AFP
Commuters wear face masks and social distance while riding an M Train, on March 9, 2021, in New York's subway system. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
March 10, 2022, 8:11 pm
US to ease mask mandate on mass transit as pandemic ebbs
Official says CDC is developing a ‘revised policy framework’ for when face coverings should be required on transit systems, but requirement to stay until at least mid-April
By Zeke Miller
Illustrative -- A child receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Sacramento, California, Jan. 25, 2022 (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
February 1, 2022, 8:41 am
Pfizer COVID vaccine could be available for under-5s in US by end of February
Regulators urge drugmaker to apply for emergency authorization of 2-dose regimen of shot for kids aged 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on 3-dose course
By AP and ToI Staff
A healthcare worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital, October 5, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
January 22, 2022, 8:53 am
3rd booster shots effective against severe illness from Omicron, CDC studies show
Research finds third dose at least 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations for COVID-19, during both the Delta and Omicron waves
By Mike Stobbe
Registered nurse Morgan Flynn works inside a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, January 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
January 7, 2022, 7:50 pm
In US, hospitalizations skyrocket among kids too young for COVID vaccines
‘Pediatric hospitalizations are at their highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic,’ says CDC chief, but notes they are still lower than for other age groups
By Lindsey Tanner and Mike Stobbe
A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms, Friday, Aug., 20, 2021, in Wrightsville, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
December 28, 2021, 1:55 am
US officials slash COVID isolation, quarantine recommendations
Decision driven by a surge in Omicron cases and growing evidence that people are most infectious in two days before and three days after symptoms develop
By Mike Stobbe
Travelers wait for a shuttle but to arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
December 21, 2021, 1:24 am
Sweeping across America, Omicron now accounts for 73% of all new cases
CDC data shows some 650,000 Omicron cases across US in last week, a six-fold increase in the variant’s share of infections to become dominant strain
By Mike Stobbe
This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)
November 3, 2021, 3:09 am
US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
Move paves the way for Israel to begin vaccinating children of that age group; Biden calls decision a ‘turning point’
By AP and ToI Staff
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