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Data from an NIH study suggests vaccines are interchangeable and can act as boosters for each other.

Data from an NIH study on booster shots have convinced the FDA to allow Americans to use a different COVID-19 vaccine for a booster dose than they received for their original vaccination. The ruling could come this week, The New York Times reports.

Screen capture from video of singer Ofer Levi, March 10, 2021. (Channel 12 News) Under the terms of Israel’s mass inoculation program Levi, 56, would have been eligible to get vaccinated since mid-January. Channel 12 did not ask the singer about the vaccinations. Levi said he looked forward to returning to the stage in the wake of the recent easing of virus lockdown restrictions that now permit performances under certain conditions. Last summer Levi had been dismissive of the seriousness of t...

Feature   open Meredith Smith, Kari Apter and Samantha Hornback Congratulations to the 118 members of the 2021 class of OSA Fellow Members, who will be recognized at OSA conferences throughout the year for scientific, engineering and technological contributions, as well as industry leadership and service to OSA and the global optics community. The 2021 class of Fellows reflects the diverse and inclusive community that OSA serves. A record 261 nominations were received, making this program very...

78 shares People who came on a flight from England arrive at Jerusalems Dan Panorama Hotel, which is being used as a quarantine facility, on December 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) 1. Third time’s alarm: After the media went buck wild over hero Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brave decision to cut to the front of the vaccine line on live TV, gaining himself priceless airtime and the cover of every newspaper, the media has shifted to the drive to get everyone else vaccinated, f...