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  • Your questions on the Covid vaccine answered

    ISRAEL21C|Mar 5, 2021

    By ISRAEL21c The Covid-19 vaccine is one of the most pressing issues of our times, and because it’s so new and we are all being encouraged by governments and health authorities worldwide to take it, everyone has questions. To help ease minds and fill these gaps of knowledge, we invited two experts, vaccine specialist Dr. Ronald Ellis and virologist Dr. Ella Sklar, to take part in a Zoom webinar with ISRAEL21c editor Nicky Blackburn to discuss the vaccine, and what it means for us and for the world. Questions poured in. And because we c...

  • You can kill Covid with a flick of a switch, study shows

    ISRAEL21c|Jan 8, 2021

    As the world continues to race toward a vaccine for Covid-19, new Israeli research shows that the humble light bulb could become a major player in the fight against the pandemic. Researchers have discovered that coronavirus can be killed quickly, efficiently and cheaply using ultraviolet light-emitting diodes, or UV LED lights. In a study recently published in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology researchers found the optimal wavelength for killing the coronavirus is 267...

  • The tiny NGO that helped heal Paradise

    ISRAEL21c Staff|Nov 8, 2019

    The headlines called it Paradise lost: The northern California town of Paradise, population 27,000, devastated in November 2018 by the so-called Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's recorded history. In addition to 86 people killed and 15 injured, the raging fire destroyed 18,804 structures over 240 square miles and took 17 days to get under control. Paradise residents lost homes, friends, relatives, pets and treasured possessions. It takes many professionals...