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Democratic-led states seek to block Trump administration from ending public health funding
The states - California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota - said they were being unlawfully subjected to "devastating funding cuts to basic public health infrastructure based on political animus."
US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports
While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains
US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website
Delta variant ‘descendant’ hits Israel – is it time to panic?
It is said there are currently 56 “descendants” of the Delta variant, and they are all spreading at different rates and in competition with one another.
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in 12-18 age group - CDC
The new CDC study was conducted between June and September, when the extremely contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus was predominant.
COVID-19: FDA advisers back Moderna booster shots for older and high-risk people
The CDC will make specific recommendations on who should get the booster shots.
CDC highlights Camp Ramah as proof camping during COVID can be safe
The Centers for Disease Control has published a study highlighting the Jewish camps’ highly successful safety measures for avoiding the spread of COVID-19.
This Jewish woman has become the face of America's fight against COVID
No. 3 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: US director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
CDC: Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19
A CDC study has revealed people unvaccinated against COVID-19 are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.
British study shows COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta
A British study found that protection from either of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta variant weakens within three months.
Israel given highest COVID travel warning by CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Israel at Level 4, the highest for COVID risk.
Odds of COVID-19 re-infection twice as likely if unvaccinated - study
A new study released by the CDC showed that being unvaccinated was associated with 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with being fully vaccinated.
CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought
Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.
