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This image provided by the Wolf Foundation shows Pamela Björkman of the California Institute of Technology, who won this year's prestigious Wolf Award for her research into treating coronavirus and HIV. (Wolf Foundation via AP)
March 11, 2025, 4:22 am
US biochemist researching treatment of HIV and coronaviruses wins Israel’s Wolf Prize
Prestigious award in arts and sciences also goes to Chinese architect and American, British and German researchers
By AP
Cleaning workers disinfect the Western Wall due to the COVID-19 virus in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 7:57 pm
5 years later: Things we know and still don’t know about COVID-19
Half a decade after a viral outbreak in Wuhan, China, forever changed the world, a look at the global pandemic and its ongoing effects
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, laura ungar and Mike Stobbe
An Israeli health worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine shot against COVID-19, at a health clinic in Katzrin, on November 16, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 8:04 pm
Ombudsman: Health Ministry didn’t check 82% of reports on COVID vaccine side effects
Comptroller says ministry failed to sufficiently combat vaccine misinformation during pandemic, made decisions on vaccine’s safety based on incomplete data
By ToI Staff
Merck's new antiviral medication molnupiravir. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)
September 25, 2023, 7:17 pm
New study suggests anti-COVID drug may be causing virus to mutate
Merck’s molnupiravir has been used in Israel and other countries since late 2021 to treat symptomatic patients with risk factors that could lead to hospitalization or death
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The expansive interior of the Chicago Loop Synagogue is conducive to social distancing. (Paul Harding/FAIA via JTA)
September 15, 2023, 9:09 am
Some US synagogues adopt COVID measures for holidays, but ‘business as usual’ for most
Precautions range from provision of masks for congregants who want them to requiring they be worn; several rabbis say rising cases won’t change their Rosh Hashanah plans
By jacob gurvis
A child receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 30, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 8, 2023, 12:00 pm
As COVID variant Pirola gathers pace, Health Ministry mum on plans to fend off threat
With cases mounting in Israel and abroad, some are raising alarms and making moves to combat the fresh coronavirus threat, amid concerns over a new vaccine aimed at other mutations
By Renee Ghert-Zand
First lady Jill Biden greets people as she and President Joe Biden survey damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Live Oak, Fla. (AP/Julio Cortez)
September 5, 2023, 6:02 am
Jill Biden diagnosed with COVID, US president negative
First lady experiencing only mild symptoms in second bout with coronavirus in as many years, but unable to start teaching at Northern Virginia Community College as planned
By AP
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pauses as he delivers his speech, during a protest against the COVID-19 vaccination green pass in Milan, Italy, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
July 18, 2023, 6:11 am
House Republicans refuse request to pull RFK testimony after antisemitic COVID claim
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. condemned for claiming virus spares Jews and Chinese, but GOP lawmakers say he can still attend censorship hearing
By ALI SWENSON
An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion international airport on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2023, 3:59 am
NY alleges El Al owner used Medicaid funds meant for elderly to buy airline instead
Lawsuit accuses Kenneth Rozenberg and others behind Centers Health Care of neglecting nursing home residents, defrauding US out of $83 million; airline not named as defendant
By ToI Staff and AP
A demonstrator wrapped in a flag of the German empire stands opposite riot policemen standing guard in front of the Reichstag building, which houses the Bundestag lower house of parliament, after protesters tried to storm it at the end of a demonstration called by far-right and COVID-19 deniers to protest against restrictions, in Berlin, on August 29, 2020. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
May 24, 2023, 4:03 am
Germany clears anti-vaxxer who called Israel worse than Nazis
Despite Sucharit Bhakdi commenting on ‘the terrible thing about Jews’ and comparing vaccines to Holocaust, court reportedly unsure if remarks were antisemitic or Israel criticism
By AP
A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
May 2, 2023, 10:12 pm
US says COVID vaccine requirement for international travelers will end on May 11
White House announcement, which also covers government employees, comes with coronavirus deaths at their lowest levels since start of pandemic
By AFP
In this photo taken Thursday, February 23, 2017, researchers work in a lab of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Chinatopix/AP)
February 27, 2023, 1:22 am
US agency believes COVID-19 likely escaped from Chinese lab — report
Based on unspecified new intelligence, US Energy Department now thinks lab leak theory most likely explanation for pandemic, but expresses ‘low confidence’ over finding
By AFP
A man receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Maccabi vaccination center in Modi'in, on January 6, 2022, soon after fourth shots were introduced. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 14, 2023, 8:23 pm
Health Ministry announces cancellation of few remaining COVID restrictions
Obligatory home isolation for those with the virus to end in May, rule requiring masks in medical facilities and retirement homes discontinued this week
By Luke Tress
File: A nurse prepares a vaccine at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 27, 2023, 1:39 am
FDA adviser: Israel’s fast actions, big data, gave US a ‘window to future of COVID’
Acting chair of FDA vaccine advisory committee hopes Israel’s stellar performance in COVID research will persist in other topics and have ‘continuing effect’ on US health policy
By Nathan Jeffay
January 25, 2023, 1:53 pm
Israelis should get annual COVID shots when virus cases low, vaccine panel advises
Top epidemiologist hails decision as wise move to deal with coronavirus as part of ‘new normal,’ but critic says case for regular population-wide vaccination not compelling
By Nathan Jeffay
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