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.
What to watch in Israel: War is over with ‘Murder at the Dead Sea’
Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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,
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?
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.