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Health Ministry issues recommendation for Moderna COVID vaccine

Health Ministry recommends getting Moderna’s new Corona substrains’ vaccine as previous ones have lost much of their protective value

Woman gets vaccinated.
 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.

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

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID-19 (Illustrative).

Scientists advance in search for new COVID strain's patient zero

 A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) behind barriers of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China June 9, 2022.

Health Ministry doesn't change policy as COVID-19 cases in China reportedly surge


Indians rush for COVID-19 vaccines as death toll passes 200,000

Coronavirus sufferers - many struggling for breath - flocked to a Sikh temple on the outskirts of the city, hoping to secure some of the limited supplies of oxygen available there.

Healthcare workers and relatives carry the body of a person, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for his burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 28, 2021

US CDC: Fully vaccinated people can unmask outdoors in some cases

The updated health advice comes as more than half of all adults in the United States have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the US CDC.

A woman wears a face mask on the subway as the coronavirus outbreak continued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Number of serious patients drops below 200

At the peak of the pandemic some 1,200 people were in serious condition.

JERUSALEM’S SHAARE ZEDEK Medical Center processes more than 800,000 patient visits per year.

Coronavirus vaccine less effective on leukemia patients – Israeli study

The response was lowest among patients who were in the process of receiving treatment, with only 16% of them developing antibodies.

A healthcare worker shows an ampule with the Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Podgorica, Montenegro, February 22, 2021.

Why the Indian COVID mutation should worry Israelis - analysis

The Indian variant is a “double mutation.” One aspect of it appears to make the virus more infectious.

People on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, during Israel's third nationwide lockdown, Sunday, January 10, 2020.

Can your Apple Watch tell you if you have COVID-19?

Apple is teaming up with UW and Seattle Flu Study to find out if smart watches can detect early signs of respiratory illness.

A woman tries a new Apple Watch

Israel’s coronavirus rules changed again - here are the details

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein: "We must make every effort to open the maximum possible with the least risk for students."

Israeli students wearing protective face masks in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in a school in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Serious patients drop below 300 for the 1st time in 4 months

At the peak of the pandemic around mid-January, the number of serious patients stood for several days at 1,200.

SHAARE ZEDEK hospital team members assist a corona ward patient, in Jerusalem on September 23.

IDF corona unit head tells ‘Post’ his unit cut down deaths by 25-30%

"Corona is not over yet, and we are ready for every possible scenario," he said.

The Alon Command Center

COVID-19 ‘R’ rise might be due to technicality, health official says

“As long as the R rate remains below 1, and even more so below 0.8, I do not think there is a reason to worry, and we can continue to open up our economy,” Public Health Services head said.

A MAGEN DAVID ADOM medical worker tests people for coronavirus at a mobile site in Jerusalem.