coronavirus vaccine

A city-operated mobile pharmacy advertises the COVID-19 vaccine in a Brooklyn neighborhood on July 30, 2021 in New York City (SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

As transmissible as chickenpox: US documents sound alarm on Delta variant

CDC presentation declares ‘The war has changed’ as a result of new strain, warns infections in vaccinated individuals may be as transmissible as in the unvaccinated

Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff wearing protective clothes move patients to the new coronavirus ward of the hospital in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Vaccine effectiveness in preventing serious illness falls to 80% – Israeli study

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (R) (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett said to rebuke education minister for feuding with health officials

By TOI staff

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are pictured at a Magen David Adom mobile vaccination in Tel Aviv, on July 5, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP)

July 31, 2021, 10:10 pm

Israel said set to toss 80,000 expiring vaccine doses at midnight

Health minister defends being first country to approve 3rd shot for those older than 60: ‘Any wait or delay in making the decision would cost lives’

By TOI staff

Illustrative -- A protester holds a Yellow Star reading 'Not Vaccinated = Jew' as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan on July 24, 2021, against the introduction of a mandatory 'green pass' for indoor dining and entertainment area, in the aim to limit the spread of the Covid-19 (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

July 31, 2021, 3:42 am

Oklahoma GOP likens vaccine mandates to Nazi persecution of Jews

Local Republican Party’s Facebook page posts image of yellow Star of David with ‘unvaccinated’ on it; Jewish group says post ‘ill-informed and inappropriate,’ calls for apology

By AP

July 30, 2021, 11:03 pm

As transmissible as chickenpox: US documents sound alarm on Delta variant

CDC presentation declares ‘The war has changed’ as a result of new strain, warns infections in vaccinated individuals may be as transmissible as in the unvaccinated

By Issam Ahmed

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, starting the campaign for the third dose booster of the Coronavirus vaccine. (Haim Zach / GPO)

July 30, 2021, 10:13 pm

‘Fast and furious’: Israel seeks to give 3rd dose to 1.5m seniors in 8 days

Bennett tells HMO executives government resources are at their disposal, discusses vaccine rollout with America’s Fauci; health officials weigh quarantine for all arrivals

By TOI staff

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal receive their third COVID-19 vaccine shots at Sheba Medical Center, July 30, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

July 30, 2021, 10:56 am

President leads way as Israel starts giving 3rd COVID vaccine dose to elderly

Isaac Herzog and his wife get booster shots; ex-PM Netanyahu says Israel wasted a month ‘but better late than never’

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

July 30, 2021, 6:07 am

Biden urges $100 payments to tempt vaccine holdouts, tough rules for fed workers

US administration stepping up efforts to boost vaccination rates to combat the spread of COVID-19’s surging Delta variant; Pentagon to examine mandatory shots for soldiers

By Michael Mathes

Israeli teen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Petah Tikva, on July 19, 2021. (Flash90)

July 29, 2021, 11:54 pm

No major side effects among vaccinated children, initial Israeli data suggests

While health officials were worried about myocarditis among 12- to 15-year-olds, data from 200,000 monitored shows just three such cases

By TOI staff

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio encourages Jewish New Yorkers to get a coronavirus vaccine by Monday in time to be fully vaccinated by Rosh Hashana, on July 29, 2021. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

July 29, 2021, 10:46 pm

NYC mayor calls on Jews to get vaccinated in time for Rosh Hashanah

Bill de Blasio tells unvaccinated Jewish New Yorkers to get their first dose next week so that they’re fully protected before the holiday

By Shira Hanau

A man receives his second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a Magen David Adom national emergency service volunteer, at a private nursing home in Ramat Gan, on January 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

July 29, 2021, 9:47 pm

Bennett calls on Israelis over 60 to get third COVID vaccine dose

TV polls indicate that more than 70 percent of those eligible intend to receive the booster shot

By Amy Spiro

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 29, 2021, 4:08 pm

Israelis age 60 and up to start getting third coronavirus vaccine dose next week

Health Ministry director-general tells HMOs to ready for Sunday launch after PM Bennett accepts expert panel’s recommendation

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a farewell ceremony for the French armed forces chief of staff, Gen. Francois Lecointre, at the Invalides monument in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Daniel Cole/AP)

July 29, 2021, 10:10 am

Macron sues billboard operator for Hitler comparison poster over vaccine drive

Michel-Ange Flori, who created banner showing French president dressed as Nazi leader, is questioned by police but insists he is exercising freedom of expression

By TOI staff and AP

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visits the Migdal Nofim retirement home in Jerusalem on July 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

July 29, 2021, 6:17 am

PM set to back 3rd vaccine dose for older Israelis after nod from expert panel

Government-appointed board gives approval to boosters after seeing data revealing drop in vaccine effectiveness over time for ages 60-plus; Health Ministry chief’s approval needed

By TOI staff

Anti-vaccination protesters are seen outside the home of Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of public health services in the Health Ministry, on July 28, 2021. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

July 29, 2021, 4:09 am

‘Nazi murderer’: Anti-vaxxers protest outside senior health official’s home

Dozens demonstrate against Sharon Alroy-Preis, who has spoken in favor of COVID restrictions and child vaccinations amid rising cases; 1 participant dons yellow star

By TOI staff

Health care workers take test samples from a caregiver a at Migdal Nofim retirement home in Jerusalem, July 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

July 29, 2021, 2:15 am

Study: 20% of vaccinated health workers who test positive suffer from long COVID

Majority of 39 ‘breakthrough’ cases among 1,497 monitored were mild, but research author says persistence of symptoms among minority ‘raises concern’

By Nathan Jeffay

July 29, 2021, 12:05 am

Bennett said to rebuke education minister for feuding with health officials

Yifat Shasha-Biton denies run-in with PM, but says giving COVID-19 vaccines at schools is ‘a crime’ despite other vaccinations being available to kids there

By TOI staff