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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
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 21, 2023, 1:26 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 21 – Potential Saudi-US defense pact: Performative politics?
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur digs into PM’s meet with Biden in NY and some overlooked consequences of possible Saudi normalization; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand with updates
By ToI Staff
Among key symptoms that together define long COVID are brain fog, memory loss, and malaise or fatigue (iStock illustration)
September 15, 2023, 11:47 am
As patients suffer, long COVID remains a collection of symptoms with no single cure
With COVID wards and post-COVID clinics in hospitals now closed, the 10-20% of COVID sufferers who have long-term debilitating condition seek help through community health services
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Illustrative: A medical worker at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem treats a patient in the coronavirus ward on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 6:11 am
Most long COVID symptoms are gone in a year for mild cases — Israeli study
Researcher says ‘small number of people’ still suffer from shortness of breath or weakness 12 months after infection, but ‘vast majority’ are OK
By AFP
Illustrative image: A patient (left) and a doctor in Heiligendamm, northern Germany, at one of many clinics around the world that specialises in care and rehab for people with long COVID, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
December 21, 2022, 12:29 am
Poorer people are getting a double dose of long COVID symptoms — Israeli research
Study finds low-income Israelis who recovered from severe or acute infection have averaged 3.3 symptoms per person, while higher-income Israelis average just 1.8 symptoms each
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: Long COVID patient Rohit Patel at a London long COVID Clinic on May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
November 3, 2022, 1:01 pm
Israeli long COVID study: 1 in 3 people fail to regain regular health months later
Spotlighting the ‘immense and evolving’ impact of COVID on human health, large study by health fund points to prevalence of symptoms including memory disturbances and muscle pain
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: patient Gary Millerat a specialist long COVID clinic in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 18, 2022, 10:38 pm
Long COVID seriously shakes sense of wellbeing, first-of-kind Israeli study finds
Giving rare insight into how long COVID impacts people, preprint study finds just a single long COVID symptom can reduce sense of wellbeing by more than 10 percent
By Nathan Jeffay
Former Polish President Alekdander Kwasniewski touches a memorial for slain Jews at a ceremony marking 70 years since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors during World War II, in Jedwabne, Poland, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 12, 2022, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 12: Poland seeks WWII reparations – for Jews killed by Poles
Diaspora reporter Judah Ari Gross delves into a shocking story out of Poland; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings us the latest in COVID research and a cancer detection blood test
By ToI Staff
Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses while organizing her desk space, in Port Jefferson, New York, Jan. 25, 2022. (John Minchillo/AP)
January 31, 2022, 1:55 pm
Omicron virus variant amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
Researchers race to understand exactly what it is about the coronavirus that can keep some survivors suffering from a range of symptoms for a prolonged period
By laura ungar and Lindsey Tanner
The coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, January 20, 2022, close to the height of the Omicron wave. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 30, 2022, 6:51 pm
Study on long COVID finds hidden lung abnormalities not detected in routine tests
Initial results suggest significantly impaired air transfer from lungs to bloodstream, linked to breathlessness, indicating possible microscopic damage to respiratory system
By ToI Staff
File - Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for COVID-19 in a lab at a branch of Leumit Health Care Services in Or Yehuda on January 21, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 26, 2022, 1:14 pm
Researchers discover ‘antibody signature’ that may explain why some get long COVID
Team lead hopes findings will help in early identification of patients at increased risk of illness, in turn facilitating research and development of targeted treatments
By ToI Staff
A man gets swapped during a nuclei test for COVID-19 in Beijing Sept. 18, 2021 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
September 28, 2021, 9:21 am
Early research shows even mild COVID-19 impacts brain, but unclear for how long
Findings, not yet peer-reviewed, show people infected with coronavirus had a loss of brain volume even when the disease was not severe enough to require hospitalization
By jessica bernard
IDF officers and soldiers from the Home Front Command conduct serological testing for antibodies in children aged 3 to 12 in Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, August 22, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 14, 2021, 12:36 am
11% of Israeli kids who got virus now suffer from ‘long COVID’ – study
Health Ministry survey finds 30% of those with long-term effects have cognitive, mental health issues, but cautions these can also be attributed to lockdowns, school closures, war
By ToI Staff
Healthcare workers take on a stretcher a patient suspected of having COVID-19 from an ambulance, at the HRAN public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, March 23, 2021 (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
April 7, 2021, 12:56 pm
1 in 3 of COVID survivors suffer long-term mental, neurological problems – study
Largest study so far on long COVID’s toll shows higher incidence of anxiety, hemorrhages and strokes within 6 months of recovery
By Patrick Galey
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