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A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
May 2, 2023, 10:12 pm
US says COVID vaccine requirement for international travelers will end on May 11
White House announcement, which also covers government employees, comes with coronavirus deaths at their lowest levels since start of pandemic
By AFP
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (left), receives the Champion of Global Human Health Award from Professor Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center, Washington, April 30, 2023. (Ron Sachs/CNP)
May 1, 2023, 4:51 pm
Sheba Medical Center presents Dr. Anthony Fauci with award for COVID cooperation
In one of his final acts as director of US infectious diseases institute, Fauci signed an agreement for joint research partnership utilizing Sheba’s unique blood sample bank
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
March 15, 2023, 12:58 am
Researchers oversold Israeli COVID shot, wasted millions on flop — comptroller
State ombudsman faults Defense Ministry institute for mishandling project and misleading officials on costs, timetable and ability to produce homegrown vaccine
By ToI Staff
An Israeli woman receives her fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine in a private nursing home in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 25, 2023, 1:53 pm
Israelis should get annual COVID shots when virus cases low, vaccine panel advises
Top epidemiologist hails decision as wise move to deal with coronavirus as part of ‘new normal,’ but critic says case for regular population-wide vaccination not compelling
By Nathan Jeffay
British lawmaker Andrew Bridgen speaks to the media outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, June 6, 2022 (Alberto Pezzali/AP)
January 11, 2023, 4:46 pm
UK Conservative party MP booted out for comparing COVID vaccines to the Holocaust
Vaccine conspiracist Andrew Bridgen is suspended pending probe into tweet suggesting that vaccine program is ‘biggest crime against humanity’ since Nazi genocide of Jews
By ToI Staff
File - a health worker prepares a vaccine dose at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 9:21 am
Israeli study: Omicron-fighting boosters cut hospitalization in over-65s by 81%
Largest investigation of the new COVID shots suggests they also sharply reduce deaths, calling them ‘an effective and essential tool’; research is not yet peer-reviewed
By Nathan Jeffay
A healthcare worker prepares a COVID vaccine dose at the Sheba Medical Center on January 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 20, 2022, 4:46 pm
Power of 4th vaccine doses is in keeping COVID mild, Israeli study finds
When it comes to avoiding ‘substantial’ disease, boost was 71% effective for Pfizer, 89% for Moderna, but 4th shots give only small edge over 3-dose regimen in preventing infection
By Nathan Jeffay
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates at the end of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, December 18, 2022. Argentina won 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended tied 3-3. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 19, 2022, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 19: Hanukkah ‘miracle’ at World Cup; hands off the Law of Return
Editor David Horovitz on how Qatar allowed Israelis to fulfill soccer dreams; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings a blitz of optimistic Israeli research
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom emergency service staff with a patient from the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 9, 2022, 2:29 am
Coronavirus czar calls for return to masking in public as infections climb
Salman Zarka urges Israelis to take precautions during Hannukah, get updated vaccine; Health Ministry warns flu, RSV viruses spreading
By ToI Staff
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 2, 2022 (Courtesy Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 6, 2022, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 6: Uptick in West Bank TikTok attacks; COVID vaccine study
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses West Bank intel and Iron Beam project as health reporter Nathan Jeffay talks side effects of COVID shots and women’s health research
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: An Israeli receives a COVID shot at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 5, 2022, 12:04 pm
Side effects of COVID vaccines often ‘psychosomatic’: Israeli peer-reviewed study
The more hesitant people were, the more likely they were to experience side effects, scientists found, after quizzing 750 Israelis on vaccine attitudes and post-shot symptoms
By Nathan Jeffay
MK Avi Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset,on November 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 1:26 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 28: Netanyahu’s ‘mind-blowing’ extremist ministerial appointees
Editor David Horovitz on the homophobic anti-pluralistic MK tapped to oversee ‘Jewish identity’; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on promising COVID study and new med-tech
By ToI Staff
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)
November 10, 2022, 4:44 pm
4th COVID shot boosts antibodies for 13 weeks, Israeli study finds
Research shows defense against infection fades by 15 weeks, but protection against serious illness may be longer, according to researchers at Sheba Medical Center
By Nathan Jeffay
A man receives the fifth Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from medical staff at Clalit Health services in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 22, 2022, 10:53 pm
Israel begins rollout of COVID vaccines tailored to Omicron
Health authorities recommend those 65 and up receive vaccine along with other at-risk groups
By AP
Illustrative image: a man receives his fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, at a Clallit vaccine center in Jerusalem on January 3, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 20, 2022, 11:24 am
Clinics to begin rollout of variant-tailored COVID shots this week
Elderly and at-risk to be given priority; unclear whether vaccines will immediately be available to all, with lethargic response expected from public
By Nathan Jeffay
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