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The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, March 30, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 11:03 am
Health officials suspect Ebola in man who returned from DR Congo
Health Ministry says patient sought treatment after developing fever, now in isolation at Beersheba hospital; test results expected within 24 hours
By ToI Staff
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
June 23, 2026, 5:03 pm
Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel
However, Health Ministry is taking precautions as there are no vaccines yet for Bundibugyo virus; UN health agency reports 896 confirmed cases and 232 suspected deaths globally
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A laboratory technician at bioMérieux's Salt Lake City, Utah, manufacturing facility on June 11, 2026, prepares a sample of a diagnostic test that detects the Ebola Bundibugyo strain responsible for recent outbreaks in Central and East Africa. (Niki Chan Wylie/AP Content Services for bioMérieux)
June 21, 2026, 4:49 pm
Second person hospitalized in Israel for possible Ebola after trip to DR Congo
Health Ministry says man not confirmed to have contracted deadly disease, has been taken to Sheba Medical Center for testing; results expected in coming days
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Health workers attend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
June 21, 2026, 1:50 am
Suspected Ebola patient being treated at Haifa hospital after recent trip to DRC
Health Ministry says patient in isolation with contact tracing underway, but final test results not expected before Monday; if confirmed, it would be 1st-ever Ebola case in Israel
By ToI Staff, Diana Bletter and AP
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
May 17, 2026, 8:48 am
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
UN health agency reports 80 suspected deaths, warns outbreak could spread to neighboring countries; there are no approved virus-specific therapeutics or vaccines for this strain
By Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi
Illustrative: An Ebola victim is put to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Beni, in Congo, on July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
September 30, 2022, 6:15 pm
Health Ministry warns against travel to Ugandan regions amid Ebola outbreak
Israelis advised to avoid traveling to Uganda’s Mubende and nearby districts, where the outbreak, first reported on September 20, has led to six confirmed deaths so far
By ToI Staff
A child is vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, DRC, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)
September 17, 2021, 11:05 am
‘Ebola is defeated,’ says Congolese professor who discovered virus
More effective treatments and availability of vaccines mean the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever that once proved almost always fatal can now be contained
By AFP
In this Oct. 5, 2016, file photo American political operative Ron Klain arrives at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's home in Washington (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
December 2, 2020, 6:06 pm
With power-player consigliere Klain, Biden puts White House reins in an old hand
Incoming chief of staff is experienced master of policy with a reputation among Democrats and, strikingly, even some Republicans for competence, combined with authority on pandemic
By ASHRAF KHALIL and Laurie Kellman
ILLUSTRATIVE -- A health worker wearing full protective gear takes an X-ray of a patient in a ward reserved for COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Juarez, in Mexico City, June 26, 2020 (AP Photo / Eduardo Verdugo)
July 7, 2020, 6:30 am
Regeneron COVID-19 drug treatment enters final stage trials
REGN-COV2 is a combination of two antibodies that block the coronavirus’ ‘spike protein,’ which it uses to invade human cells
By AFP
Johnny, the bus driver from East Jerusalem who recovered from the coronavirus, is released from hospital, photo undated. (Maya Tzaben/Baruch Padeh Medical Center)
March 30, 2020, 8:37 pm
Bus driver who was Israel’s first serious virus patient makes full recovery
Johnny, from East Jerusalem, drove a group of Greek tourists later found to be carrying coronavirus; was treated with Remdesivir, which was originally developed for Ebola
By ToI Staff
A municipality worker wearing a face mask and protective suits disinfects chairs outside the the historical Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as Blue Mosque, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Istanbul, March 21, 2020 (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
March 21, 2020, 2:51 pm
World underestimated pandemic, says former World Bank VP who saw it coming
Professor Ian Goldin argues pandemics have always threatened humanity more than wars, but governments overfund armies and don’t give enough to health systems
By Veronique DUPONT
Illustrative: Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
October 28, 2019, 3:36 pm
Workings of Ebola vaccine decoded; smaller dose seen yielding similar protection
Existing medicines are unwieldy and poorly understood, but breakthrough by Israeli and German scientists could help protect more people for the long-term
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: A rat ( anatolypareev/iStock)
March 23, 2018, 9:01 pm
Jordanian TV host claims Israel sent Bubonic plague-infected rats to Egypt
Bakr Al-Abadi also says Jewish state created Ebola, poisons Egyptian crops in effort to ‘annihilate the Arab world’
By ToI Staff
Sydney Kamen with a village leader in rural Burma in an unofficial refugee camp that is one of SOAP’s partner communities. (Courtesy of Kamen/via JTA)
August 12, 2017, 11:53 pm
Armed with soap, Jewish teen targets disease and poverty in the Third World
Sydney Kamen saw 1.8 million dying annually due to poor hygiene. Now, her nonprofit trains women and children to recycle, resell, and teach others about proper soap use
By Abigail Pickus
This file photo taken on November 15, 2014 shows a health worker wearing protective equipment giving a drink to a young Ebola patient at Kenama treatment center run by the Red Cross in Sierra Leone. (Francisco Leong/AFP)
May 12, 2017, 10:31 pm
Ebola outbreak reported in remote part of DR Congo
Three people dead so far; health minister urges population ‘not to panic’; outbreak is first in three years
By AFP
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