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Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel's health and science correspondent
Illustrative: United Hatzalah workers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus test ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, at the Wolfson Yeshiva in Jerusalem on August 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 20, 2020, 10:29 pm
As ‘red zones’ reopen, concern Haredi test avoidance exaggerates improvement
Decision-makers cite falling COVID cases in hotspots to support canceling their restrictions, but Dr. Ian Miskin says his empty test centers suggest that stats are faulty
By Nathan Jeffay
An ultra-Orthodox youth is tested for the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, March 31, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/ AP)
October 19, 2020, 10:48 pm
1 in 7 Bnei Brak residents has had COVID; will antibodies make city virus-safe?
While one expert says degree of protection is in the works, researcher behind the survey says talk of local immunity is ‘dangerous’
By Nathan Jeffay
A medic works in the underground parking of Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus, which was transformed into an intensive care facility for coronavirus patients, on September 23, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 19, 2020, 5:38 pm
Flu could shut newly opened schools, says doc, amid worries over vaccine supply
So-called twindemic effect may keep kids home, says top hospital physician, as community health leader voices concern flu shots won’t be given as needed
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A Knesset committee meeting on October 14, 2020. (Shmulik Grossman/ Knesset)
October 19, 2020, 4:09 pm
Knesset health expert charges lawmakers ignoring professional advice
Leading academic who has briefed Knesset members says most politicians have made their minds up, on political lines, long before debates begin
By Nathan Jeffay
A doctor in the coronavirus section of Rambam Health Center in Haifa (courtesy of Rambam Health Center)
October 16, 2020, 9:50 am
Experts fear fresh virus outbreaks if ‘red zones’ not kept under lockdown
Adviser to coronavirus czar expresses concern as make-or-break question left hanging, says maintaining restrictions in cities with high infection rates key to fighting virus
By Nathan Jeffay
The baby born October 14, 2020, after an ex utero intrapartum procedure at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)
October 15, 2020, 1:00 pm
Halfway through birth, Tel Aviv doctors open baby’s tumor-blocked airways
With the baby’s head in doctors’ hands and the body still in the mother’s uterus, a staff of 30 bypassed his tumor, avoiding fatal oxygen deprivation
By Nathan Jeffay
Police officers clash with Haredi men during a protest against the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, October 4, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 14, 2020, 11:32 pm
Resentment of Haredim on virus violations set to dominate next election – expert
Ultra-Orthodox towns provoking anger, prompting ‘turning point’ for Israel and its politics, says Yohanan Plesner, former MK who leads Israel Democracy Institute
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: The newly-opened emergency underground hospital at Rambam Medial Center in Haifa (courtesy of Rambam Medical Center)
October 13, 2020, 10:21 pm
81 Israelis suspected of being reinfected with coronavirus — Health Ministry
Admission comes as first confirmed Israeli and American reinfections documented in journals; Expert: Don’t worry, these are exceptions that prove rule of immunity
By Nathan Jeffay
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav (courtesy of ZAKA)
October 12, 2020, 9:40 pm
Haredi health pioneer: COVID-19 defiance fuels anti-Semitism, sullies God’s name
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav says many ultra-Orthodox are fighting virus, but a worrying number refuse and won’t reconsider even as death toll rises and hatred of community spreads
By Nathan Jeffay
A throat swab for a coronavirus test. (Galina Sandalova via iStock by Getty Images)
October 12, 2020, 8:50 pm
Slowest part of COVID tests ‘eliminated’ with Israeli single-molecule method
Nano team at the Technion says it can check molecules one by one, meaning labs won’t need to spend hours ‘amplifying’ samples to generate more material for analysis
By Nathan Jeffay
US President Donald Trump removes his mask upon his return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
October 11, 2020, 8:22 pm
Hoping to outdo Trump’s ‘miracle cure,’ Israelis develop new antibody cocktail
US president took lab-made cocktail reportedly based on antibodies of mice and humans; Tel Aviv team says its version uses only human antibodies, potentially boosting reliability
By Nathan Jeffay
3D illustration of sperm cells moving to the right towards an egg (Christoph Burgstedt via iStock by Getty Images)
October 8, 2020, 6:48 am
COVID is harming sperm, Israeli researchers say, raising infertility worries
Reviewing studies worldwide, experts see a 50% drop in sperm’s quantity and ability to move in patients who had moderate or serious coronavirus
By Nathan Jeffay
A coronavirus ward at Galilee Medical Center (Ancho Gosh Jini Photo Agency via Galilee Medical Center)
October 7, 2020, 5:28 pm
Lockdown is slowing virus spread, but hospitals still have it ‘worse than ever’
Netanyahu has expressed ‘cautious optimism’ over falling infections, but doctors say it could take weeks before there is any relief on their COVID-19 wards
By Nathan Jeffay
David Vodiansky, right, with his wife Alin Zaraabel (Courtesy of Alin Zaraabel)
October 6, 2020, 10:58 pm
‘But there is no coronavirus,’ shocked cynic told doctors, waking up in hospital
Alin Zaraabel is praying for the life of her 51-year-old husband, in serious condition for a month now, at the mercy of a virus they both doubted was real
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Chevra Kadisha workers wearing protective clothes carry the body of a patient who died from complications of COVID-19 at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, March 29, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 6, 2020, 5:03 pm
Doctor: Carelessness killing my patients, Trump’s example may make things worse
‘The death of every patient who didn’t need to die upsets me,’ says physician Daniel King, who lost four people under his care in one day
By Nathan Jeffay
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