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Illustrative: A grandmother passes chocolate to her grandson while keeping distance to reduce COVID-19 risk (kzenon via iStock by Getty Images)
Until vaccine, make 55-plus live separately to save lives, Israeli research says
By Nathan Jeffay
Haifa University study argues that segregating society according to age can prevent COVID deaths, avoid lockdown and get the elderly safely socializing
Israeli writer and artist Etgar Keret during an interview with AFP at his home in Tel Aviv on November 5, 2020. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
‘Suddenly, we see more’: Top writer Keret enjoys pandemic-fueled creative surge
By Delphine Matthieussent
Shlomi Tova with a nurse in a coronavirus ward at Galilee Medical Center (Shlomi Tova)
He lost his mom but survived the virus. Now ‘long COVID’ is wrecking him again
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A grandmother passes chocolate to her grandson while keeping distance to reduce COVID-19 risk (kzenon via iStock by Getty Images)
November 26, 2020, 7:30 pm
Until vaccine, make 55-plus live separately to save lives, Israeli research says
Haifa University study argues that segregating society according to age can prevent COVID deaths, avoid lockdown and get the elderly safely socializing
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli writer and artist Etgar Keret during an interview with AFP at his home in Tel Aviv on November 5, 2020. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
November 25, 2020, 3:56 pm
‘Suddenly, we see more’: Top writer Keret enjoys pandemic-fueled creative surge
With new stories inspired by changes the coronavirus has wrought, 53-year-old decries romanticization of pre-outbreak world, says it’s a chance to improve
By Delphine Matthieussent
A medic at a COVID-19 ward at the Galilee Medical Center. (Shlomi Tova)
November 24, 2020, 11:41 am
Mostly ‘shining green’: Experts say Israel not on the cusp of a 3rd COVID wave
The transmission rate has been rising but the full picture is less alarming than widely suggested, with outbreaks highly localized
By Nathan Jeffay
Shlomi Tova with a nurse in a coronavirus ward at Galilee Medical Center (Shlomi Tova)
November 23, 2020, 1:11 pm
He lost his mom but survived the virus. Now ‘long COVID’ is wrecking him again
Shlomi Tova, 46, hoped for health on leaving the pain and isolation of virus ward, where adults ‘cry like babies,’ but he’s one of many crushed by seemingly unshakable aftereffects
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: To create a pre-recorded online service, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, center, and musicians and singers from Mishkan Chicago recorded the songs and prayers of the High Holidays in August. (Courtesy of See3 Digital Events/ via JTA)
November 23, 2020, 4:52 am
Chicago Jewish community battered by 2nd wave of COVID is ‘pumping its brakes’
A homegrown effort to trace cases within the city’s Orthodox population struggles under the onslaught of new cases, but Jewish schools say their protective measures are working
By Shira Hanau
A general view of Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium in Puurs, Belgium, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
November 20, 2020, 2:36 pm
After trial success, Pfizer seeks emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
Pharma company starts process with government regulators to bring limited first shots as early as next month
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Medical workers draw blood from volunteers participating in a trial of a coronavirus vaccine at the Budenko Main Military Hospital outside Moscow, Russia, July 15, 2020. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
November 20, 2020, 8:24 am
Israel’s Hadassah vies to become a regional hub for Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
Jerusalem hospital turns cheerleader for ‘Sputnik V,’ sparking criticism from some experts; former vaccine assessor ‘unhappy’ at hospital potentially profiting off shots
By Nathan Jeffay
The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, May 4, 2020. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)
November 18, 2020, 3:17 pm
Pfizer to seek FDA okay within days as trial results show vaccine 95% effective
Biotech firm says it now has enough data to seek emergency clearance for coronavirus shots from US regulator agency
By AP and TOI staff
An elderly man receives a vaccine (Prostock-Studio via iStock by Getty Images)
November 16, 2020, 5:00 pm
Israeli expert’s plan to triple impact of 1st shots: Don’t vaccinate the elderly
Immunizing superspreaders is the ‘only way’ to protect society with an initially limited supply of inoculations, says Israel Prize-winning physicist Shlomo Havlin
By Nathan Jeffay
A gym during the pandemic (Drazen Zigic via iStock by Getty Images)
November 12, 2020, 3:52 pm
Huge US study pinpoints top virus hubs: All the venues Israel plans to open next
Researchers say 8 out of 10 transmissions happen in crowded indoor spots, singling out gyms and restaurants, which are slated to open soon under Israel’s lockdown exit plan
By Nathan Jeffay
A man clenching his jaw (Nomadsoul1 via iStock by Getty Images)
November 10, 2020, 2:30 pm
A nation of teeth-grinders, jaw-clenchers: Pandemic’s impact on anxious Israelis
Survey finds 1 in 3 Israelis grind teeth and/or clench jaw during lockdown; among ‘middle generation’ women it’s 50; researchers see ‘very real physiological signs’ of distress
By Nathan Jeffay
Tomer Hertz (right) supervising a clinical trial for the new pooling method for coronavirus test labs (Dani Machlis/Ben Gurion University)
November 9, 2020, 2:40 pm
Israeli lab uses math hack to roll out speedy one-stage pooled virus test
Soroka introduces method that will eliminate second stage of search for positive samples, quadrupling speed without new equipment, with hopes of exporting the solution abroad
By Nathan Jeffay
Wally the llama, source of llama antibodies for COVID-19. (courtesy of Dina Schneidman-Duhovny)
November 8, 2020, 8:53 pm
Wally the llama’s antibodies, analyzed in J’lem, may help millions through COVID
‘They are highly potent,’ says Israeli researcher who scrutinized the Massachusetts llama’s ‘nanobodies’ to pave the way for an inhaler intended to help patients fight virus
By Nathan Jeffay
A man in isolation at home during the pandemic (PIKSEL via iStock by Getty Images)
November 5, 2020, 2:00 pm
Lockdown accelerates aging, causes ‘deterioration that can kill’ – geriatrician
Isolation is fast eroding cognitive function, memory and physical ability, says top Jerusalem doctor, urging government to overhaul attitude to elderly
By Nathan Jeffay
Business owners protest against the ongoing nationwide closure in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2020. (Flash90)
November 4, 2020, 12:51 pm
Rising virus transmission could halt exit, derail store reopening, says expert
Israel’s beleaguered customer-facing businesses are banking on reopening November 15, but their hopes could be dashed by resurgent infections
By Nathan Jeffay
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