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A nurse collects a swab sample from at a coronavirus testing center in Jerusalem, Jan. 6, 2022. Photo by Shalev Shalom/TPS.

As cases mount, Israeli hospitals to test patients for COVID

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Israel’s Health Ministry instructed hospitals to test new admissions for COVID-19 as figures showed a rise in the number of people testing positive for a new variant of the virus. “In order to more accurately...
Israel Schachter with opera singer Andrea Bocelli in Tel Aviv. Credit: Courtesy.

In his philanthropic matchmaking, Israel Schachter reaches to the stars

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Driving an Aston Martin across a frozen Iceland lake. Meeting the pope. Golfing with a U.S. president. Sitting on stage during an Elton John concert. These are among the experiences—all benefiting charity—that Israel Schachter, 42,...
Magen David Adom workers at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Jerusalem, on March 22, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel cancels mandatory quarantine for COVID-19 patients

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Israelis testing positive for COVID-19 will as of Tuesday no longer be required to enter quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday. However, although quarantine is no longer mandatory, it is still recommended, according...

One in three Israeli Covid-19 patients suffer ‘long Covid’ symptoms

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A study published by researchers from Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO has found that long Covid–lingering symptoms after recovery from Covid-19–affects one in three people. In September 2021, the researchers asked 2,755 subjects (819 who had Covid-19 one...
Tel Aviv, April 20, 2022. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90.

107 entrepreneurs apply to Israeli Tourism Ministry to establish new hotels

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Israel’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday that it had received 107 applications for grants to build new hotels, or to expand existing ones. The ministry received 70 building permit applications, 22 building restoration applications and...

Conspiracy theories muddy the waters on needed WHO reform

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Conspiracy theories cast a shadow over the 75th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), as hundreds of health officials and diplomats converged on Geneva last week. One of...
Protective face masks hang on a fence in Glilot, Feb. 14, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

After two years of COVID, Israelis no longer required to wear masks indoors

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Israel’s indoor mask mandate ended on Saturday evening, marking the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 that Israelis are no longer required to wear masks in enclosed public spaces. Announced by...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Education Minister Yifat Shasha Biton visit students at a school in Kfar Saba, Feb. 9, 2022. Photo by Dana Kopel/POOL.

Israel to lift indoor mask mandate

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Israel’s indoor mask mandate is to be lifted on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval by the Knesset Health Committee, Israel’s prime minister and health minister announced in a joint statement on Wednesday. The...
The new Passover Haggadah produced by Chabad.org. Credit: Courtesy.

Why is this Passover different from other Passovers?

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Millions of Jews around the world will soon start celebrating Passover. In the Passover Haggadah, the classic text and centerpiece of the entire evening ritual known as the seder, there is a famous set...
Peter Salk receives a polio vaccination from his father, Dr. Jonas Salk. Credit: March of Dimes.

Polio found in sewage samples in Tiberias

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Remnants of poliovirus were discovered in sewage samples in Tiberias, adding to the growing list of hot spots in the country, Israel’s Ministry of Health said in a statement. A 4-year-old girl from Jerusalem tested positive for...