COVID
Rabbis hold key to safety in Israel's haredi society - opinion
In haredi society, religious authority matters more than warnings when it comes to missile safety.
Editor's Notes: This Passover, Israeli children deserve a future that's more than sirens
Is your COVID shot effective against the new variant? Here’s what to know
Birthright travelers look different after October 7, but the effect remains the same, study shows
Anti-vaccine activism melded with US antisemitism - study
This phenomenon is occurring through an “enabled and empowered anti-science ecosystem, with antisemitism and the targeting of Jewish biomedical scientists at its core.”
US CDC still looking at potential stroke risk from Pfizer bivalent COVID shot
FDA officials said they had not detected a link between the shots and strokes in two other safety monitoring databases.
90 seconds to midnight: World closer to doomsday than ever - Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock is now 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to a global catastrophe.
In China, doctors say they are discouraged from citing COVID on death certificates
Chinese medical professionals felt they needed to doctor the truth.
A surprising effect: People wearing masks may have trouble identifying other faces
It's obviously harder to identify someone with a mask - but apparently, it is also harder to identify someone else while wearing a mask yourself!
US FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke
Health concerns rise as pattern shows people 65 and older were more likely to have an ischemic stroke 21 days after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent shot
Blood plasma transfusion may be effective for immunocompromised COVID patients - study
The research sheds light on treatment methods for the deadly pandemic that could help many high-risk immunocompromised COVID patients.
WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads
With a new variant of COVID on the loose, the World Health Organization sets new recommendations for travelers.
Israeli study finds Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in 65+
Researchers from Israeli healthcare provider Clalit, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Sapir College have uncovered new details about the effectiveness of a recent COVID-19 booster.
COVID can change male immune response to other vaccines - study
Immune systems of men who had recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 responded more robustly to flu vaccines than women who had had mild cases or men and women who had never been infected.
