Health

Pfizer reportedly halts shipment of 700,000 COVID vaccine doses to Israel after it fails to pay

Israel still hasn’t paid for its previous shipment of 2.5 million doses, the company claims.

By Gabe Friedman April 7, 2021 1:43 pm

Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivors

(JTA) — The German government is providing $13.5 million to get Holocaust survivors to COVID-19 vaccination locations around the world. The new Holocaust Survivor Vaccine Assistance Program (HSVAP) will be administered by the New York-based Claims Conference, which announced the program on Wednesday, through its network of more than 300 agency partners. Funds will cover […]

March 24, 2021 12:01 am

After losing her father, this NY paramedic went back to work responding to COVID calls

“I heard the cold and a little bit of cough, and I just knew,” Carol Ackerman, a paramedic, recalled about losing her father, Stanley Teich, to COVID-19.

March 22, 2021 10:53 am