Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 10, 2020. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 16, 2020, 11:40 pm

Hospitals to send 140 virus patients to other medical centers to ease crowding

Plan to move the sick from medical centers in Jerusalem and north comes to help mitigate potential congestion, amid increased demand for hospital beds

By TOI staff

September 16, 2020, 8:07 am

Major Jerusalem hospital won’t admit any more COVID-19 patients as cases soar

Shaare Zedek becomes second medical center to say its coronavirus ward is at full capacity, as almost 5,000 cases diagnosed in 24 hours

By Marcy Oster

A body wrapped in plastic is unloaded from a refrigerated truck and handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

September 15, 2020, 11:55 am

Deputy minister: If lockdown ignored, we’ll see dead in streets like NY, Italy

Likud’s Yoav Kisch warns against flouting regulations; says restrictions are sign of failure but blames public, Knesset

By TOI staff

A patient receives a mammogram. (iStock)

September 3, 2020, 1:52 am

Study gives life-saving impetus for Ashkenazi women to screen for breast cancer

‘This is absolute evidence that you could well be saving your life’ simply by getting screened, Jerusalem researchers report

By Nathan Jeffay

Israelis wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv on August 4, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 6, 2020, 11:58 pm

Government okays scrapping weekend closures amid warnings of new restrictions

Netanyahu visits Jerusalem hospital with coronavirus czar, as they say they want to give other means a chance to work before going back to lockdowns

By TOI staff

Medical staff in the coronavirus isolation ward of Sheba Medical Center unit, in Ramat Gan, July 20, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

July 27, 2020, 4:44 pm

Coronavirus wards at four of Israel’s largest hospitals are full

COVID-19 department at fifth medical center nearing full capacity; healthcare system also experiencing general strain; ministry reports 3 more virus deaths, raising toll to 473

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Staff at Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer wave national flags as the Israeli Air Force aerobatic team fly over the hospital during Israel's Independence day celebrations in a salute to medical teams fighting the coronavirus outbreak, April 29, 2020. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)

July 9, 2020, 5:58 pm

Don’t panic! Israelis shouldn’t be ‘too worried’ by virus surge – hospital chief

Despite record new cases, Jonathan Halevy of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek confident Israel can curb outbreak, says hospitals better able to cope; stresses need for social distancing

By Nathan Jeffay

Amy Klein, New York, March 8, 2020 (Mira Zaki)

July 7, 2020, 12:53 am

New expert guide lays out what to expect when you’re trying hard to be expecting

In new book, New York Times columnist Amy Klein guides readers through the confusing and fast-changing fertility treatment landscape with empathy and humor

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A medical team at the coronavirus unit at Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 4, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

June 28, 2020, 11:09 pm

‘It’s frightening’: Doctors say half of ‘cured’ COVID patients still suffer

Bnei Brak woman tells The Times of Israel that a month after testing negative she has severe fatigue and anxiety – and her husband is worse than he was when hospitalized

By Nathan Jeffay

An illustrative image of an embryo (Zffoto; iStock by Getty Images)

June 21, 2020, 2:47 pm

Startup hopes to use its IVF-predictive software against coronavirus

Israel’s Embryonics uses AI to help fertility specialists choose best embryos for womb implantation and develops personalized hormonal treatments for IVF patients

By Shoshanna Solomon

Chevra Kadisha workers wearing protective clothes, carry the body of Rabbi Avraham Heber who died from complications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 20, 2020, 4:51 pm

Most people we lost to COVID were already near death — Jerusalem hospital chief

Coronavirus ‘tipped over’ patients who would have died of other causes within year, says Shaare Zedek head Ofer Merin

By Nathan Jeffay

Illustrative: A doctor checks a medical ventilator control panel while wearing protective clothing at the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, March 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

May 13, 2020, 2:40 pm

Israeli doctors using ventilators on virus patients sparingly, but split on why

Some experts maintain the machines can cause damage to a certain type of COVID-19 sufferers, while others say noninvasive measures were preferred all along

By Nathan Jeffay

Holocaust survivor Sara Itzinger (L) and her grandson Nissan Hefetz after she recovered from COVID-19, May 2020. (Courtesy)

May 12, 2020, 4:40 pm

Holocaust survivor, 99, recovers from COVID-19; her husband died from it

Sara Itzinger, whose husband Zvi Herschel was virus victim, hailed by MDA paramedic grandson as a ‘strong, surviving woman’; couple met in the US after WWII

By TOI staff

Shaare Zedek emergency room nurse Zippy Goodman. (Courtesy)

May 7, 2020, 10:24 pm

LISTEN: An Israeli ER nurse opens up about the ‘unimaginable’ COVID-19 fight

2020 is the Year of the Nurse. Hear why Zippy Goodman, who works in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and all medical workers around the world are truly heroes

By TOI staff

Israelis enjoy the beach promenade and beach in Tel Aviv, as some restrictions on exercise are lifted, May 1, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

May 1, 2020, 10:05 pm

‘Spread of COVID-19 halted’: 80% of Israel has had no new cases for days — TV

Ministers on Sunday to consider easing more restrictions; only 4 cities now reporting more than 5 new cases daily; death toll at 225; number on ventilators down to 83

By TOI staff