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Mar 04 2024
Fact Check
Blood Donations from COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Are Safe, Contrary to Online Claims
People vaccinated with an authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood immediately after receiving a shot if they’re feeling well. Social media posts distort a question from the American Red Cross to baselessly claim the vaccines are unsafe.
Nearly two years after related claims about COVID-19 vaccination and blood donation first surfaced, posts on social media are now
FactCheck.orgNov 01 2023
News
Egypt official says 76 wounded Gazans, 335 foreign passport holders exit Strip
Seventy-six wounded Palestinians and 335 foreigners or dual-nationals have left the war-torn Gaza Strip for Egypt so far today, an Egyptian official at the Rafah crossing says.
By 4:30 pm local time (1430 GMT), ambulances had transported 76 wounded Palestinians into Egypt and six buses took 335 foreign passport holders, the official tells AFP.
The Egyptian authorities had said
The Times of IsraelFeb 14 2018
News
The IRS Is Coming for Your Passports
A draconian new policy tramples on a basic civil right.
National Review (News)Feb 20 2024
News
Largest multicountry COVID study links vaccines to potential adverse effects
A new study on COVID-19 vaccines that looked at nearly 100 million vaccinated individuals affirmed the vaccines’ previously observed links to increased risks for certain adverse effects including myocarditis and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The study was conducted by the Global COVID Vaccine Safety project and took into account 99,068,901 vaccinated individuals across eight countries:
The HillFeb 20 2024
News
COVID vaccines linked to slight increases in heart, brain, blood disorders
COVID vaccines from companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca have been linked to rare occurrences of heart, brain, and blood disorders, according to the largest vaccine study to date.
Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network analyzed 99 million people who received jabs in eight countries and monitored for increases in 13 medical conditions, Bloomberg News reported.
New York Post (News)Feb 20 2024
News
Largest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health Conditions
Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global vaccine safety study to date.
The rare events — identified early in the pandemic — included a higher risk of heart-related inflammation from mRNA shots made by Pfizer
BloombergAug 05 2021
Opinion
The Tyranny Of Smartphones And Dumb Covid Passports
In a striking passage near the beginning of his contribution to the Penguin History of the Church, R.W. Southern writes:
The identification of the church with the whole of organized society is the fundamental feature which distinguishes the Middle Ages from earlier and later periods of history. At its widest limits it is a feature of European history from the fourth to the eighteenth
The American ConservativeFeb 19 2024
News
New study links COVID-19 vaccine to possible health issues
A new study discovered possible links between the COVID-19 pandemic and possible neurological, blood and heart-related conditions.
The new study, published in Vaccine, is the largest study of its kind since the pandemic began and could reignite the debate over the risks and benefits of the vaccine.
Over the past three years, more than 13.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have
NewsNationMar 09 2024
News
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country's strictest child vaccination laws
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature has voted to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country’s strictest child vaccination lawsBy LEAH WILLINGHAMAssociated PressThe Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-
Breitbart NewsMar 09 2024
News
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country's strictest child vaccination laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — (AP) — West Virginia's GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don't attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a
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