COVID

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, MetroWest Jewish Day opened in 2003 and enrolls students in pre-K through eighth grade.

An empty classroom
Photo from Murder at the Dead Sea

What to watch in Israel: War is over with ‘Murder at the Dead Sea’

JPost sits down with Professor Michael Edelstein.

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

The fate of Israeli tourism.

The fate of the Israeli tourism industry


COVID pandemic erased gains in early autism identification

In a new report focused on early intervention, researchers compared the rates of autism identification of 4-year-olds in 2020 to what eight-year-olds had received four years earlier.

Susana Cristo Anzola is pulled by her daughter Olivia, a 4-year-old on the autism spectrum, to enter a closed playground during the lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 9, 2020.

WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

The WHO and other scientists have also said they cannot rule out the possibility that the virus emerged from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan that studies dangerous pathogens.

 A man holds boxes from the first shipment of Pfizer's oral COVID medicine arrives at Teva's storage facility.

Raccoon dogs might have caused the COVID-19 pandemic – report

The report suggests that raccoon dogs, which were being illegally sold at a wet seafood market in Huanan in China, might have been the source of the pandemic.

An artist performs with a raccoon dog during the presentation of the new show "Wonderful Home" at the Belarus State Circus in Minsk, Belarus February 1, 2019

New discovery could help high-risk COVID19 patients- study

UVA scientists say a drug used to lower blood sugar levels shows potential in fighting severe cases of COVID-19, especially for people with obesity and diabetes

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

Too much Israeli COVID aid to hotels, not enough to tour guides - comptroller

The comptroller report criticizes Israel for giving NIS 60m. of emergency funds to hotels making a profit and only NIS 300 a month to tour guides during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, outside the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021

COVID, flu or RSV? How to tell the three common diseases apart

Lots of people suffer from breathing difficulties, coughs, sore throat and fevers – and these could be symptoms of all three of these viruses. So how do you know when to do a COVID test?

A woman blowing her nose into a tissue, possibly after sneeze or while sick

Can the rats of New York City carry COVID? Study says yes

The study raises concerns over a potential second zoonotic outbreak of the virus from rats to humans and stresses the need to monitor COVID in rats.

Rats

Israeli-Canadian firm sprays COVID, the flu away - opinion

You can buy enovid in Israel, Europe and parts of Southeast Asia, but not yet in North America, where NO is approved only as a prescription drug to help with blue baby syndrome,

 PACKED HALLWAYS: At the OurCrowd Global Summit last month.

Why China's COVID-19 'lab leak' still matters - analysis

How can people prevent a future pandemic if they don’t know basic details about how the recent one began?

 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.

COVID-19 likely originated in Chinese lab leak, US Energy Dept. says - report

Claims that a lab leak in China led to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been circulating for years, but they remain a subject of considerable dispute.

 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.