Month: October 2021

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness drops after 6 months, study shows – Reuters
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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness drops after 6 months, study shows – Reuters

A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File Photo Oct 4 (Reuters) - The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to data published on Monday that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots. The data, which was published in the Lancet medical journal, had been previously released in August ahead of peer review. The analysis showed that the vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalization and death remained high at 90% for at least six months, even against the highly contagiou...
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Dale Moss Breaks His Silence on “Unfortunate” Breakup From Clare Crawley – E! NEWS
4Oct By No Comments
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Dale Moss Breaks His Silence on “Unfortunate” Breakup From Clare Crawley – E! NEWS

Dale Moss says he wants nothing but the best for Clare Crawley after they broke up weeks ago. In what marked the Bachelor Nation star's first public statement on the matter, Dale's rep told E! News on his behalf that they officially parted ways in mid-September, when Clare visited him in New York City. The timeline of events continues, according to Dale's rep, when "Clare then chose to fly home to Sacramento and asked Dale to send her things." Then, the exes reunited "a couple of weeks later," when Clare's mother's health took a turn for the worse, the rep shared with E! News. Clare previously confirmed on Instagram that her mother, who has Alzheimers and dementia, recently entered hospice care. "Dale flew to Sacramento last Tuesday morning to be with Clare, her mother and their fam...
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Russian actor and director will launch to film first movie made in space – CNN
4Oct By No Comments
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Russian actor and director will launch to film first movie made in space – CNN

Veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actor Yulia Peresild and film producer Klim Shipenko will travel to the International Space Station on Tuesday. Peresild and Shipenko will be filming segments for the movie "Challenge" -- the first feature film set in space. The movie will tell the story of a surgeon who has to operate on a sick cosmonaut in space because his medical condition prevents him from returning to Earth to be treated. The three space travelers will launch aboard a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:55 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The speedy Soyuz will deliver them to the space station around 8:12 a.m. The current crew on the space station, including European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Ki...
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Northwell Health Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Employees – The New York Times
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Northwell Health Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Employees – The New York Times

Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider, announced on Monday that 1,400 employees — less than 2 percent of its staff — refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and had to leave their jobs. New York is requiring that the state’s more than 650,000 hospital and nursing home workers be vaccinated, a mandate that started to take effect last week, prompting tens of thousands of employees to get their shots. Others filed lawsuits, and courtrooms across the state are determining when and how to allow exemptions to the requirement. New York’s health care mandate is particularly strict: Employees do not have the option for weekly testing or exemptions for religious reasons, though the latter is being challenged in the courts. The Biden administration has made a v...
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