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Illustrative: A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Oregon, December 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
September 22, 2023, 11:48 am
Health Ministry announces new Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are on way to Israel
Latest booster shots target newer Omicron sub-variants and will be available first for people with pre-existing medical conditions and compromised immune systems
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: An Israeli family celebrates together on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on September 25, 2022, in Rananna. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 10:36 pm
Health Ministry advises some to don masks again as Jews gather for Rosh Hashanah
Those with underlying illnesses, compromised immune systems urged to take precaution; authorities promise COVID booster shots soon, urge getting flu shot which is already available
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 11, 2023, 1:20 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 11: Will Netanyahu need to brush up on foreign diplomacy skills?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses the premier and international critics; health writer Nathan Jeffay looks at COVID boosters, a soft drink backlash, and immunotherapy
By ToI Staff
File - a health worker prepares a vaccine dose at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 9:21 am
Israeli study: Omicron-fighting boosters cut hospitalization in over-65s by 81%
Largest investigation of the new COVID shots suggests they also sharply reduce deaths, calling them ‘an effective and essential tool’; research is not yet peer-reviewed
By Nathan Jeffay
A resident of Jackson, Mississippi, receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
October 12, 2022, 9:52 pm
US approves updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5
Combo shots modified to better protect against Omicron strains while still targeting earlier versions of the virus
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
A young girl receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 30, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 14, 2022, 2:56 pm
Facing COVID spike, Health Ministry recommends third vaccine dose for kids 5-11
Health clinics told to ready to open up shots for youngsters as daily caseload passes 7,000; so far, just 20% in that age group have had even a single shot
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A small green sea turtle makes his way through the sand towards the sea after hatching from a nest, at Palmachim Beach on August 17, 2020. (Mila Aviv/Flash90)
May 11, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing May 11: Israel’s biodiversity is in decline. So are COVID cases
Environment reporter Sue Surkes brings a startling comptroller report; health reporter Nathan Jeffay explains global urgency of vaccine booster and talks of ‘prejudice psychology’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: a woman receives a coronavirus vaccine in Kimana, southern Kenya on Aug. 28, 2021. While vaccines have been rolled out in Africa, boosters are lacking there, as in many other parts of the world. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
May 10, 2022, 10:02 am
Israeli study shows importance of COVID boosters, lacking in much of the world
Many Western countries long ago gave 3rd shots, but many poor countries haven’t; new peer-reviewed research spells out their value in upping antibodies’ quality and quantity
By Nathan Jeffay
In this February 2, 2021, file photo, students wear masks as they work in a fourth-grade classroom, at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
April 14, 2022, 4:00 pm
Pfizer seeking to expand COVID booster shots for healthy elementary school-age kids
Company says new data shows healthy 5 to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot; US has yet to allow vaccinations for children under 5
By lauren neergard
A healthcare worker administers an AstraZeneca booster shot for COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Guatemala City, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
March 8, 2022, 4:10 pm
In reversal, WHO calls for ‘urgent and broad access’ to COVID booster shots
After insisting extra vaccine doses weren’t necessary and fueled inequity, UN health agency says expert panel found boosters highly effective against severe disease and death
By AP
Medical staff receive a 4th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, January 06, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 25, 2022, 10:15 am
Health Ministry experts back 4th COVID vaccine dose for over-18s
Advisory panel recommends second booster when five months have passed since third shot or recovery; move pending approval by Health Ministry chief
By ToI Staff
An Israeli child receives his second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Clalit vaccine center for children in Kfar Saba, December 13, 2021. (Flash90)
January 20, 2022, 4:55 pm
Israel to begin giving COVID boosters to at-risk kids aged 5-11
Those with higher potential for serious illness will receive a third dose of Pfizer’s version of the vaccine designed for children
By ToI Staff
Health care staff receive a 4th dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at the Sheba Medical Center, on January 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 7:40 pm
Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron
Expert at Sheba Medical Center says jab raises COVID antibody levels, but there are ‘still a lot of infections’ among those who received it
By ToI Staff
A medical professional with Clalit Health Services waves in his next patient to receive a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, at the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 17, 2022, 2:19 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 17 – There’s science behind those booster shots
Health and science writer Nathan Jeffay offers commentary on vaccine boosters; political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses whether Benjamin Netanyahu will remain at Likud helm
By ToI Staff
As part of the global race to vaccinate against COVID-19, a medical worker at South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia, holds a vaccine vial the she is using to administer third doses on, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
January 15, 2022, 6:36 pm
WHO spurns boosters. That’s not the blow it may seem to be for jab-friendly Israel
Strategy based on repeated boosters ‘unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable’ warns global body. But data shows it is working for people in Israel, which led on 3rd and 4th shots
By Nathan Jeffay
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