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Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 6, 2026. (AP/Peter Dejong)
May 8, 2026, 6:39 am
Health officials race to find dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality
No hantavirus in Israel, Health Ministry says; up to 40 people left cruise ship without contact tracing in late April; virus can spread between people
By AP and Diana Bletter
Tamar Noy, left, and Aviezer Silverman at the Melamed Lab in Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Courtesy/Yosef Adest)
December 19, 2025, 10:10 am
Newly discovered RNA molecule could lead to new treatments in war against ‘superbugs’
As antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten global health, Hebrew University scientists use innovative method to discover PreS, a ‘secret switch’ that boosts bacteria-eating viruses
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: An area at a date field in Eilat where West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes were found in 2020. (Gal Zagron/Environmental Protection Ministry)
July 15, 2024, 6:44 pm
Health Ministry says 440 people diagnosed with West Nile fever, 32 dead
Virus can be deadly to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems; 80% of infected show no symptoms; ministry urges vigilance
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative photo of newborn babies in an Israeli hospital nursery. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 27, 2024, 6:39 pm
COVID protocols pave new way of detecting common congenital viral infection in newborns
Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center researchers prove the efficiency and accuracy of pooled saliva PCR testing for congenital cytomegalovirus
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A 16-month-old child with 'fifth disease' caused by parvovirus B19 (Andrew Kerr via Wikimedia Commons)
December 20, 2023, 8:37 pm
New study shows Israel experiencing unprecedented outbreak of ‘fifth disease’
This year has seen a huge increase in parvovirus B19 infections, causing common childhood illness that can be threatening to some adults and fetuses in early pregnancy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: A medical worker prepares a vial of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health Service's center in the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 3, 2023, 10:48 am
Piqued by COVID, storyteller Simon Schama takes a stab at the history of vaccines
In his new book ‘Foreign Bodies,’ the famed historian follows the journey of the emerging microbiologist community of the 18th and 19th centuries toward protecting public health
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Merck's new antiviral medication molnupiravir. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)
September 25, 2023, 7:17 pm
New study suggests anti-COVID drug may be causing virus to mutate
Merck’s molnupiravir has been used in Israel and other countries since late 2021 to treat symptomatic patients with risk factors that could lead to hospitalization or death
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Doctoral student Uri Neri, left, and Prof. Uri Gophna of Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)
December 26, 2022, 7:58 pm
Israeli-led study claims to uncover 100,000 previously unknown viruses
Researchers hope groundbreaking findings into RNA pathogens could help develop new kinds of antimicrobial drugs and protect against agriculturally harmful fungi and parasites
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
A new device, invented by scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which mounts on a hat and provides an "air screen" to protect from viruses. (courtesy of Wisdom Wearables)
November 24, 2022, 3:58 pm
Israeli scientists invent face mask made of thin air, which blows virus away
Instead of fabric on face, small air-pressure device is worn on baseball cap, creating a ‘shield’ blocking 62% of incoming, 99% of outgoing virus droplets, says peer-reviewed study
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A man near a poster promoting vaccination in Beijing, China, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
August 11, 2022, 4:14 am
Researchers tracking new Langya virus after it infects 35 in China
Disease jumps from shrews to people, but no human-to-human transmission recorded and cases described as mild
By ToI Staff
The first shipment of monkeypox doses arrives in Israel, July 27, 2022 (Health Ministry)
July 27, 2022, 12:29 pm
First shipment of 5,600 monkeypox vaccine doses arrives in Israel ahead of rollout
Health minister says further shots ‘on their way’; priority will be given to men born after 1980 who have HIV, are on HIV pre-exposure meds, or have contracted an STD this year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine before the opening of a new mass vaccination site at the Bushwick Education Campus in Brooklyn on July 17, 2022, in New York City (Kena Betancur / AFP)
July 25, 2022, 1:38 pm
Israel’s initial monkeypox vaccine rollout to focus on HIV-positive and at-risk men
Rollout to start within days; priority for men born after 1980 who have HIV, are on HIV pre-exposure meds or have contracted an STD this year
By ToI Staff
A man receives a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine as part of DC Health's first vaccination drive in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. (REUTERS/Gavino Garay via Alamy)
July 19, 2022, 9:46 pm
Israel’s monkeypox vaccines strategy: Stop sexual spread to those most at-risk
Most cases are among men who have sex with men; shots reserved for those in this demographic who are also HIV-positive or taking HIV-preventing drugs, and recently had an STD
By Nathan Jeffay
MeMed Diagnostics founders Dr. Kfir Oved and Dr. Eran Eden. (Courtesy)
January 10, 2022, 2:21 pm
Medical tech firm MeMed nabs $93m investment to decode body’s immune responses
Company’s BV blood test to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections recently cleared by FDA; investors include Hong Kong’s Horizons Ventures
By Ricky Ben-David
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