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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

epidemiology

Illustrative image: a patient is inoculated with the monkeypox vaccine in a vaccination clinic on August 19, 2022, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
October 28, 2022, 1:00 pm
Israel rolls out 2nd monkeypox vaccines as US research spotlights ‘tragic’ outcomes
Following earlier limitations due to short supply, Health Ministry now urging people to complete recommended two-shot regime and expanding eligibility for vaccines
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: A health worker prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
September 6, 2022, 1:41 pm
New Omicron-busting shots score a point in race against variants – expert
Vaccines will increase protection even though Omicron has already changed since they were developed, says Bar-Ilan epidemiologist
By Nathan Jeffay
Epidemiologist Prof. Michael Edelstein in conversation with Nathan Jeffay on 'Behind the Headlines,' October 1, 2020. (Times of Israel)
October 2, 2020, 4:23 pm
WATCH: Epidemiologist Michael Edelstein on Israel’s mishandling of virus crisis
In video interview, the former UK health policy driver explains why lockdowns aren’t ideal, and what can be done to avoid them in the future
By ToI Staff
Epidemiologist Michael Edelstein (courtesy of Michael Edelstein)
September 29, 2020, 1:20 pm
Join ToI Community for rapid-fire COVID FAQS from top UK-Israeli epidemiologist
Gain access to Thursday’s Behind the Headlines webinar with Bar-Ilan University Prof. Michael Edelstein by becoming a ToI Community member today
By ToI Staff
Hospital team members work at the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 27, 2020, 1:31 pm
Israel could see 3rd, 4th lockdown, warns top UK epidemiologist who moved here
Michael Edelstein answers ToI’s questions, from risk of outdoor Yom Kippur prayers to herd immunity; lauds Swedish model; and cautions: ‘Real make or break comes after lockdown’
By Nathan Jeffay
An Israeli man stands on his hands on an empty road during a lockdown following government measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 16, 2020, 12:13 pm
State virus adviser slams lockdown as ‘stupidest and most hazardous solution’
Closure will ‘kill the Israeli spirit,’ says Hagai Levine of COVID-19 czar’s expert panel, as another critic predicts bad results and a rerun in 3 months
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: The Mamilla pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. (iStock/ YKD)
September 6, 2020, 9:47 pm
Lawmakers extend Shin Bet phone tracking by 10 days, but voice reservations
Head of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee urges government to consider economic effect of sending hundreds of thousands to quarantine due to controversial program
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) bumps elbows with Brig. Gen. Nissan Davidi, who was tasked with leading the military's Coronavirus Command on August 4, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 4, 2020, 3:11 pm
Brig. Gen. Nissan Davidi picked to lead IDF’s ‘Coronavirus Command’
Newly formed unit tasked with ‘breaking the chain of infection’ by rapidly finding COVID-19 carriers and those who may have come in contact with them
By Judah Ari Gross
An iPhone running the Health Ministry's HaMagen app, which aims to track the spread of the novel coronavirus and warn users if they have interacted with someone infected. (Sam Sokol)
July 27, 2020, 11:19 pm
Health Ministry launches revamped COVID-19 tracking app
First version of HaMagen app was marred by mistakes; new features include use of Bluetooth, which is said to improve accuracy
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jews are seen lining up in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. (Courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives via JTA)
July 26, 2020, 11:45 am
In hellish Warsaw Ghetto, social distancing and hygiene defeated deadly pandemic
Research led by Tel Aviv University bio-mathematician discovers astonishingly simple means used by starved, persecuted Jews to stop typhus in its tracks
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom medical workers test Israelis for the coronavirus at a drive-through site in Lod, on July 10, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 16, 2020, 2:22 pm
1 epidemiologist per 300,000 people: Why Israel’s contact tracing lags behind
Health Ministry seeks to boost figure tenfold, but that would still pale in comparison to US, UK and Germany
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a nurse at the Ramle Health Office conducting an epidemiological investigation with a known virus carrier. (Channel 12 news)
July 5, 2020, 12:53 pm
Israel’s contact tracing system said to be vastly overwhelmed by virus spread
As number of diagnosed cases continues to surge, nurses tasked with following up on those who may have been exposed are unable to keep pace
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Medics from Beijing Fengsheng Special Hospital of Traditional Medical Traumatology and Orthopaedics prepare for their shift at the Jinrong Street testing site, inside a room where a Communist Party flag and a piece of red tissue with words that reads "Beijing Fengsheng Special Hospital of Traditional Medical Traumatology and Orthopaedics" (back on wall) in Beijing on June 24, 2020. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
June 30, 2020, 8:22 am
New swine flu strain found in China has pandemic potential
Tests indicate G4 strain of pig-carried H1N1 may have already infected 4.4% of general population, but no evidence yet of human-to-human transmission
By AFP
A Shaare Zedek Medical team member wearing protective gear takes a swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on April 20, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 2:56 pm
Ministry says it can do 15,000 virus tests daily, but nobody’s showing up
Without enough people showing symptoms of COVID-19 to get tested, authorities plan to roll out randomized sampling in high-risk areas to get clearer picture of spread of virus
By ToI Staff
A microscopic 3D rendering of coronavirus, a pathogen that attacks the respiratory tract. (Naeblys/iStockPhoto)
April 5, 2020, 10:47 am
Reinfection unlikely among COVID-19 patients, say experts
Reports of discharged patients testing positive for coronavirus believed to be connected to testing errors or unresolved cases
By ToI Staff
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