Source: The Hill
Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Tuesday 27 July 2021 11:17:21
Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer Vaccine Boosts Antibody Levels: Research
A new study found that antibody levels were boosted in people who got a shot of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and then a shot of the Pfizer vaccine, Reuters reported on Monday.
If the results hold, they could lead countries to combine the AstraZeneca vaccine with another vaccine to improve results. The AstraZeneca vaccine is in wide use in some countries, though the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are much more widely used in the United States.
The study was conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in South Korea and involved 499 medical workers.
In the study, 100 participants received one shot each of the two vaccines, while 200 others took two doses of the Pfizer shot and the remaining participants got two doses of the AstraZeneca shot.
Those who received a shot of AstraZeneca and then a shot of the Pfizer vaccine saw their neutralizing antibody levels boosted six times compared to those who got the two AstraZeneca shorts, Reuters reported.
Antibodies prevent a virus from replicating in cells. The results showed that the mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shots had the same effect of neutralizing antibodies for those who received the two Pfizer shots, according to Reuters.
The new study comes as British scientists conducted their own study in June, showing that an AstraZeneca shot followed by Pfizer can produce the best T-cell and antibody response to the virus.
The delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has fueled the rise of cases throughout the world, with unvaccinated people being the vast majority of those contracting the virus.
