Tag: COVID-19
A pregnant pause to consider vaccine denial
A tragedy that befell a Jerusalem family this week and resonated throughout the country should serve as a cautionary tale. A pregnant mother of four was admitted last Tuesday to the COVID-19 intensive-care unit...
Israeli Health Ministry: Pfizer vaccine close to 99 percent effective
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is close to 99 percent effective in preventing death, hospitalization and severe cases of the disease, according to data released on Saturday by the Israeli Health Ministry.
The study compared those...
Masking all of our fun on Purim? Well, sort of …
Purim begins at sunset on Feb. 25, the 14th day of Adar. The most jubilant holiday in the Jewish calendar, it’s a celebration of good over evil; the defeat of Haman and his heinous...
Israeli government flies 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia for cardiac treatment
The Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), along with the medical team at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, has provided life-saving treatment to thousands of children from around the world in the...
Netanyahu urges those over age 50 to get vaccinated ASAP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a fervent appeal on Tuesday to the 570,000 people over 50 years old in Israel who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Almost 100 percent of the deaths...
Dr. Fauci among seven laureates of 2021 Dan David Prize honoring public health
The Dan David Prize announced on Monday that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been named a recipient of the award for 2021, along with...
Israel, Cyprus announce ‘green passport’ travel agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades announced at a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday that the two countries had reached a “green passport” tourism agreement.
Under the agreement, which...
Israel’s Cabinet OKs plan for second, third stages of lockdown exit
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved in principle a Health Ministry outline for the second and third stages of the exit from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown.
The second stage is slated to begin on Sunday at...
Pfizer vaccine 94 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, new study finds
Data from 1.2 million members of Israel’s largest health-maintenance organization shows the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 94 percent effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 92 percent effective in preventing serious disease in vaccinated people who...
Israeli, Cypriot presidents meet in Jerusalem to discuss ‘green passports’ plan
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met on Sunday with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The two leaders discussed plans for “green pass” that would allow the resumption of flights between...