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Johnson & Johnson vaccine approved

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Russ Roberts

The approval makes the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine available to plug gaps in the nation’s immunization campaign.

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Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is cleared for use in the U.S.
  • By Bloomberg News
  • Today
  • Updated 1:33 pm
  • 14 Comments

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine was cleared for use in the U.S., making a third shot available that could plug gaps in the nation’s immunization campaign as concern grows over an influx of virus variants. Read more

Hawaii records 2 new coronavirus-related deaths and 106 additional COVID-19 infections; Higher case count blamed on Maui lab reporting issues
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • Updated 12:49 pm
  • 20 Comments

Health officials said today that of the state’s total infection count, 623 cases were considered to be active. Read more

Flash flood watch in effect for Maui; Flood advisory in effect for Hawaii County
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • Updated 1:52 pm

Hawaii County police reported at 1:27 p.m. that a landslide occurred in North Hilo due to heavy rainfall and water runoff. Read more

Pedestrian, 47, critically injured in Barbers Point; driver arrested for fleeing scene
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • Updated 12:52 pm
  • 4 Comments

A 47-year-old man was critically injured Friday night in the Barbers Point area while he crossing Coral Sea Road. Police said he was not in a marked crosswalk. Read more

Hawaii baseball team falls to No. 15 Arizona State in first game of doubleheader
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • Updated 2:35 pm
  • 2 Comments

Arizona State’s Hunter Haas hammered a two-run inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Sun Devils held off a Hawaii rally in a 6-5 win in the first game of today’s doubleheader in Phoenix, Ariz. Read more

Archeologists announce first-ever discovery of intact ceremonial chariot near Pompeii
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 11:24 am
  • 9 Comments

Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site near Naples, announced the first-ever discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park following an investigation into an illegal dig. Read more

Biden hails House passage of $1.9T coronavirus bill, which now heads to the Senate
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 9:47 am
  • 44 Comments

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. Read more

DOH warning ocean users at Kailua Bay of high levels of bacteria from wastewater
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 9:36 am
  • 1 Comments

On Feb. 18 the city violated its state permit by discharging wastewater that exceeded bacteria limits. It reported the violation on Saturday, the DOH said, which was caused by “operational issues.” Read more

In latest attack on Asians, woman dragged by car in Oakland robbery
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 12:59 pm
  • 33 Comments

A woman was dragged by a car in Oakland’s Asian business district during a robbery that her husband says left her bruised and shaken, marking the latest in a series of attacks against people of Asian descent in the San Francisco Bay Area and in other parts of the U.S. Read more

Growing tension in Minneapolis as trial looms in George Floyd’s death
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 4 Comments

Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd will soon go on trial, a sign of the deep uneasiness hanging over a city literally set ablaze almost a year ago in the anger over his death. Read more

WWII-era plane honors veteran and U.K. fundraising hero Captain Tom Moore, 100, at his funeral in England
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 2:12 pm
  • 1 Comments

A World War II-era plane flew today over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honor of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain’s health workers by walking laps in his backyard. Read more

Myanmar police deploy early to crank up pressure on protests over coup crisis
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 1 Comments

Myanmar police on Saturday moved to clear anti-coup protesters from the streets of the country’s biggest city Yangon. Read more

Russians lay flowers to mark opposition leader’s killing
  • By Associated Press
  • Today

Thousands of people streamed to a Moscow bridge overlooking the Kremlin today to lay flowers and mark the sixth anniversary of the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a top Russian opposition figure. Read more

Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 9:21 am
  • 18 Comments

The woman who dropped off the dogs appears to be “”uninvolved and unassociated” with Wednesday night’s attack, Tippett said. Read more

Man, 23, charged in fatal stabbing in Hawaii Kai appears in court
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 9:35 am
  • 7 Comments

His bail is set at $1 million Read more

BLNR fines Hawaii island couple $272,000 after aquarium fish collecting incident
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • 17 Comments

Married couple Stephen Howard and Yukako Toriyama were ordered to pay the civil fines after a Sept. 15 incident that involved the two on a boat fishing within the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area. Read more

Hawaii receives more than $87M in federal funds to administer COVID-19 vaccines
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 9:32 am
  • 7 Comments

The amount in approved funding, HI-EMA said, represents 50% of Hawaii’s estimated cost of administering the vaccination program statewide for the first 90 days. Read more

University of Hawaii baseball team opens season with 3-2 win over No. 15 Arizona State
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 9:34 am
  • 14 Comments

The series concludes with a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game scheduled for 11 a.m. and the finale set for 3:30 p.m. Read more

New COVID variant found in Hawaii, while uptick on Maui attributed to predominate California variant
  • By Nina Wu
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • Updated 11:48 pm
  • 81 Comments

Health officials said a new COVID variant has been identified through surveillance testing conducted on Oahu, where it has been found in one individual. Read more

Saudi prince signed off on plan to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. says
  • By Bloomberg News
  • Feb. 26, 2021
  • 57 Comments

The report builds on classified intelligence from the CIA and other agencies after Khashoggi’s murder in October 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Read more

VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 26, 2021

“The CO2 RUN DWN” runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and feature insights, interviews and commentary from the former CFL most valuable player and UH all-time career yardage leader. Read more

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