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COVID-19: Unvaccinated Are More Than Twice As Likely To Get Virus A Second Time, CDC Says COVID-19: Unvaccinated Are More Than Twice As Likely To Get Virus A Second Time, CDC Says
Covid-19: Unvaccinated Are More Than Twice As Likely To Get Virus A Second Time, CDC Says A new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that COVID-19 vaccines offer better and more protection against reinfection of the virus than just natural immunity among those who already have been infected. On Friday, Aug. 6, the CDC released the findings of a new study of nearly 1,000 Americans who previously tested positive for COVID-19 but remained unvaccinated. According to the study, those who were unvaccinated proved to be more than twice as likely to become infected for a second time than those who were fully vaccinated against the virus. Researchers …

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by Zak Failla
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'Unfathomable': Levittown Teen Manny Barrios Dies After Valiant Brain Cancer Battle 'Unfathomable': Levittown Teen Manny Barrios Dies After Valiant Brain Cancer Battle
'Unfathomable': Levittown Teen Manny Barrios Dies After Valiant Brain Cancer Battle The family of a Levittown teen who died after a valiant brain cancer battle is turning to the community for support. Emmanuel "Manny" Barrios, 13, died on April 24 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after a 13 month battle with stage four brain cancer, according to a GoFundMe campaign. "Unfathomable to us, the universe took him at only 13, and with the ground crumbling from all around us, we have to continue on," fundraiser organizer Monica Gutierrez wrote. Barrios was remembered as someone who loved "music, watching soccer, and playing Minecraft." "Manny was an extraordinary hum…

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Conjoined Twins From Alabama Born In Philadelphia Hospital (Photos) Conjoined Twins From Alabama Born In Philadelphia Hospital (Photos)
Conjoined Twins From Alabama Born In Philadelphia Hospital (Photos) An Alabama Pastor and his wife welcomed conjoined twin girls at a Philadelphia hospital Thursday morning. Susannah and Elizabeth Castle were born at 10:06 a.m. at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Stephanie and Dwight Castle, pastor of missions at Redeemer Community Church in Avondale, Alabama. The girls each weigh less than five pounds and are connected at the torso, sharing the lining around the heart – the pericardium-- a liver and possibly a portion of their small intestines, according to PennLive. The girls are here!! They were born at 10:06am EST and are stable and doing w…

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by Jillian Pikora