Coronavirus outbreak

China created COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon,' Wuhan researcher claims

Chao Shao asserts that the virus was deliberately engineered by China as a "bioweapon," and that his colleagues were tasked with identifying the most effective strain for spreading.

 Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.
 Test tube labelled "COVID-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken January 15, 2022.

New Omicron vaccines proven safe and effective

 Kinesiologist Maria Luz Porra puts on a mask shield before checking patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit of a hospital, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina October 16, 2020.

Israel's COVID-19 czar: Winter is coming, be prepared

 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un poses for a photo with Korean People's Army medics during a meeting to recognise their contributions in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 18, 2022.

North Korea reports unknown fever cases near China border, denies COVID


Brazil asks women to delay pregnancy over new coronavirus variant fears

"The clinical experience of specialists shows that this new variant acts more aggressively in pregnant women," Parente said.

Pregnant woman receives a vaccine in the US

80% of Israelis angry with haredim, Arabs for conduct during corona crisis

Still, majority of both Jews and Arabs say both communities have ‘shared future’ together.

A sea of haredim attend the funeral of Brisk yeshiva head Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, on January 31 in Jerusalem.

With the end of the pandemic, comes the return of choice - opinion

A recent Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

A RECENT Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

Cross-country 'volcano' marathon in Golan Heights set to take place

The running track is covered by layers of basalt due to volcanoes that that were active 100,000 years ago.

Marathon runners.

Highly contagious COVID strain unknowingly spread in 15 countries - study

Published in the academic journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers discovered that the variant first appeared in the United Kingdom in early December 2020.

This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus parti

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine causes man's skin to peel off

Upon getting to the hospital, Richard Terrell was told by doctors that he had experienced a severe reaction to the vaccine.

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine/ Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

China-WHO probe in Wuhan not extensive enough - WHO director general

"I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough."

Newly elected Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Coronavirus caught us all off guard. Can we prevent a future pandemic?

The system would make it easier for researchers from different nations to communicate the molecular makeup of the next pathogen posing a biological threat.

Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in Jerusalem amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, on January 14, 2021..

Biden urges a pause on COVID-19 reopenings, CDC warns of 'impending doom'

We still are in a war with this deadly virus. And we're bolstering our defenses, but this war's far from won," said Biden.

US President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, March 15, 2021

Andres Abt, first Jewish mayor of district in Montevideo, dies at 47

Abt was raised in an intermarried family in Montevideo and it was his non-Jewish mother who encouraged him to embrace his Judaism.

View of Montevideo, Uruguay