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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

immunization

Palestinian boy Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian who contracted polio a month ago, sleeps surrounded by family members in their displacement tent in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 27, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 29, 2024, 11:48 pm
Behind Gaza polio case, experts see ‘horrible’ WHO decision fueling outbreaks worldwide
UN body removed strain from oral prophylactic in 2016, leaving children vulnerable to vaccine-derived viruses circulating silently, with over 3,300 paralyzed by disease since
By AP and ToI Staff
A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
April 13, 2022, 2:55 pm
Israeli researchers propose vaccine trial overhaul: Smart sensors instead of surveys
Today’s trials rely heavily on participants saying how they feel, but Tel Aviv researchers publish a study showing process can be automated
By Nathan Jeffay
This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells. (NIAID/NIH via AP)
December 14, 2020, 6:07 pm
‘Long COVID’ may be caused by body attacking itself, not the virus – study
In study not yet peer-reviewed, Yale researchers find that coronavirus patients had high levels of autoantibodies that targeted organs and tissue instead of latching onto virus
By ToI Staff
Dr. Sharon Moalem's new book 'The Better Half' argues that women's genetic superiority gives them an edge when it comes to fighting off diseases such as COVID-19. (iStock photos/ SIphotography)
August 21, 2020, 11:28 pm
Women’s more complicated genes help them survive COVID more than men, claims MD
In new book ‘The Better Half’ Dr. Sharon Moalem says genes, not behavior, responsible for women’s increased longevity and immune response, but also heighten effects of ‘Long Covid’
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Pediatricians preparing to vaccinate a baby. (Getty Images)
March 13, 2019, 12:54 pm
Study shows that with targeted vaccines, future babies may need fewer shots
Israeli member of Harvard research team says discoveries may ‘change the face of medicine’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Baby suffering from measles (CC BY CDC Global, Flickr)
January 22, 2017, 9:14 pm
LA Orthodox Jewish community hit by measles outbreak
Despite California legislation requiring vaccination, opposition by some Jews to immunization sees 20 people infected
By David Sedley
Illustrative: A child receives a vaccination shot (Shutterstock/JTA)
January 26, 2015, 12:53 am
At day schools, anti-vaxxers surge even as disease spreads
Vaccinations rely on ‘herd immunity’ for efficacy. What happens when up to 26% of the flock opt out?
By Anthony Weiss
An illustrative photo of a patient receiving an injection. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
December 11, 2013, 12:16 pm
Measles vaccine developer warns Jewish anti-vaxxers
Ultra-Orthodox communities refusing the 50-year-old vaccine were linked to a third of US measles cases last year
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President Shimon Peres (right), watches as a medical worker administers a dose of polio vaccine to a young boy at a clinic in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
August 27, 2013, 10:52 am
Polio found in the north
Samples taken in Wadi Ara before commencement of nationwide vaccination campaign reveal traces of virus
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Take two drops and call me in the morning. An Israeli child receives the oral vaccination against polio in Beersheba in August 2013. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/FLASH90)
August 18, 2013, 2:53 am
30,000 vaccinated against polio as national campaign kicks off
Israel facing a ‘wild’ virus that’s passing from person to person, Health Ministry says, calling danger ‘real and imminent’
By Haviv Rettig Gur
June 12, 2013, 11:37 pm
More polio virus traces detected in Israel
Sample taken from sewage in Kiryat Gat and Ashdod reveals new trace of paralyzing disease, but ministry says no cause for alarm
By Adiv Sterman and Stuart Winer
June 4, 2013, 3:29 pm
Polio virus detected in Israel
Routine sample taken from sewage near southern town reveals trace of paralyzing disease; no reports of people infected
By Stuart Winer
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