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Ariel, 6, who died of the flu on December 3, 2025, and whose last name has been withheld at the request of his family. The day after his death, his small intestine was transplanted into Daniel Haim Biton. (Courtesy)
December 8, 2025, 10:53 am
Flu comes early and hits hard, with five times more cases than last year
Center for Disease Control records 394 new Influenza A cases in 14 hospitals in November, with children accounting for 163 of them; vaccination rates under 15%
By Diana Bletter
An ambulance at the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 3:05 pm
Unvaccinated baby dies of measles in Jerusalem, 11th fatality in outbreak
Also, 10-year-old girl without underlying health conditions dies of flu; Health Ministry says virus has passed epidemic threshold
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Ziv hospital in Safed on October 18, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
January 24, 2025, 11:27 am
13-year-old with no underlying conditions dies of flu in Safed, as cases rise
Flu morbidity this year is worst since 2012, data shows, as health experts urge vaccinations; more than 2,000 patients have been hospitalized for flu so far this year
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a discussion and a vote on the expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90).
March 5, 2024, 9:42 am
PM’s office slams rumors Netanyahu faking the flu to avoid work meeting
Rumors circulate on social media after premier cancels entire Sunday schedule, with his health under scrutiny following recent pacemaker surgery
By ToI Staff
A sick baby with an inhalation mask to treat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) on a hospital bed. (GOLFX vis iStock by Getty Images)
December 9, 2022, 12:13 pm
RSV hospitalizations jump 31% in a week, stoking ‘tripledemic’ fear
As doctors battle COVID and flu, they are also facing fast-spreading Respiratory Syncytial Virus, in apparent knock-on effect of pandemic
By Nathan Jeffay
Magen David Adom emergency service staff with a patient from the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 9, 2022, 2:29 am
Coronavirus czar calls for return to masking in public as infections climb
Salman Zarka urges Israelis to take precautions during Hannukah, get updated vaccine; Health Ministry warns flu, RSV viruses spreading
By ToI Staff
An Israeli man receives a second booster of the COVID-19 vaccine in Modi'in, on January 6, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 18, 2022, 12:40 pm
Israeli health officials brace for combined wave of flu and COVID ahead of winter
Health Ministry’s Sharon Alroy-Preis urges vaccines against both viruses, noting that shots for influenza and coronavirus can be administered at the same time
By Amy Spiro
Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital staff wear safety gear as they work in a coronavirus ward on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 5, 2022, 4:28 pm
Nearly 3,000 hospitalized with flu since September, amid ‘twindemic’ fears
Health Ministry urges vaccinations to counter both COVID and influenza, after first ‘flurona’ case identified
By ToI Staff
Health care workers take test samples in COVID-19 testing complex in Ma'ale Adumim, on December 30, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2022, 2:13 am
‘Flurona’: Israel records its first case of patient with COVID and flu at same time
Unvaccinated pregnant woman infected with both viruses is released from hospital in good condition; health officials say there may be many similar cases
By ToI Staff
Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members in the coronavirus ward in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 30, 2021, 12:24 pm
Nearly 4,000 new cases as virus surge brings rise in serious patients, transmission
Daily cases nearly triple in a week; PM said to warn surge may leave hospitals on verge of collapse; Pfizer pill shipment set to arrive; 1st case recorded of both COVID and flu
By ToI Staff
Medical staff at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital wear safety gear as they work in the hospital's newly reopened COVID ward in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 29, 2021, 6:28 pm
Close to 2,000 hospitalized with flu in Israel, says Health Ministry
Ministry urges public to get vaccinated amid fears of ‘twindemic’ from COVID and influenza, notes anyone older than 6 months can receive shot
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2021, 10:54 am
Pregnant woman, 31, dies of flu in Jerusalem amid rise in cases; baby born healthy
Woman was 9 months pregnant when she contracted virus; son delivered by Caesarean section before mother put on ventilator, but doctors unable to save her
By ToI Staff
A man wearing a mask takes cover from the rain on Jaffa Road in the city center of Jerusalem on December 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 22, 2021, 11:28 pm
Israel scrambles to avoid paralyzing economy ahead of Omicron ‘tsunami’
Officials looking to fix rules amid fears hundreds of thousands will be sent to quarantine; Liberman: Hysteria worse than virus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israelis above 60 years old receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Tel Aviv, on August 10, 2021 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 22, 2021, 6:54 pm
Health minister: Israelis over 60 can get 4th COVID shot from Sunday
Patients at risk and medical workers also eligible as Israel becomes first country in world to offer fourth shot to combat Omicron variant
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: Medical staff in the COVID-19 isolation ward at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern city of Ashkelon (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
December 14, 2021, 10:59 pm
Officials believe child who died after COVID recovery succumbed to flu complications
Sudden death of young child a month after coronavirus recovery had puzzled doctors; they now think he was stricken with myocarditis
By ToI Staff
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