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A dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Clalit Health Services, in a gymnasium in the central Israeli city of Hod Hasharon, on February 4, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Israel may begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds by end of May
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Health Ministry expert panel holds talks with Pfizer officials ahead of official OK to begin inoculation campaign for younger teens
Illustrative image: a member of medical staff cares for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England. (Neil Hall/Pool via AP, File)
Why does COVID make people so sick, so quickly? Israeli geneticist has an answer
By Nathan Jeffay
Paramedics take a COVID-19 patient to a ward after doing an X-ray at a government-run hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Israel’s promising ‘precision’ COVID drug starting trial in Greece next week
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a member of medical staff cares for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England. (Neil Hall/Pool via AP, File)
Why does COVID make people so sick, so quickly? Israeli geneticist has an answer
By Nathan Jeffay
A dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Clalit Health Services, in a gymnasium in the central Israeli city of Hod Hasharon, on February 4, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 15, 2021, 6:15 am
Israel may begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds by end of May
Health Ministry expert panel holds talks with Pfizer officials ahead of official OK to begin inoculation campaign for younger teens
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Palestinian doctors and medics walk inside the emergency room of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, May 13, 2021. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
May 14, 2021, 1:12 pm
Gaza’s hospitals, already struggling amid COVID, now face wounded from strikes
Director of medical center warns Strip’s health system won’t be able to treat virus cases soon if fighting with Israel continues
By Agencies and TOI staff
Paramedics take a COVID-19 patient to a ward after doing an X-ray at a government-run hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
May 13, 2021, 1:54 pm
Israel’s promising ‘precision’ COVID drug starting trial in Greece next week
Medicine hailed as a ‘huge breakthrough’ by inventors and as a ‘miracle drug’ by Netanyahu embarks on path to possible approval, in hope it will help crisis spots like India
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a member of medical staff cares for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England. (Neil Hall/Pool via AP, File)
May 12, 2021, 1:58 pm
Why does COVID make people so sick, so quickly? Israeli geneticist has an answer
SARS-CoV-2 uses a three-pronged approach to keep cells from recruiting immune system to fend off the attack until it may be too late, says Weizmann Institute researcher
By Nathan Jeffay
A vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle, January 24, 2021. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
May 11, 2021, 11:21 am
Israel set to vaccinate 12- to 15-year-olds after FDA okays Pfizer shot
Officials holding talks with medical groups and HMOs in preparation for launching inoculation campaign for younger teens, Health Ministry says
By Stuart Winer
Rabbi Jennifer Weinstein inside Gutterman's Funeral Home, May 15, 2020, Woodbury, New York. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)
May 11, 2021, 3:47 am
US synagogues touched by COVID adapt to serve grieving congregations
Reeling under a staggering number of deaths, many communities create support groups, hold online memorial services and hire social workers to help congregants cope with losses
By Stewart Ain
A medical worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine injection, at a Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem, on March 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 10, 2021, 11:56 pm
Israeli research explains post-vaccine grogginess, and why it’s not worrying
First digital monitoring of COVID shot recipients shows vitals spike but return to normal within three days, demonstrating ‘vaccine safety’
By Nathan Jeffay
A window of Al-Aqsa Mosque is seen shattered following renewed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2021 (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
May 10, 2021, 1:18 pm
Daily Briefing May 10 – On Jerusalem Day, marking 54 years of (dis)unity
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By TOI staff
Israelis on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, on May 5, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 9, 2021, 1:33 pm
Active COVID cases in Israel fall below 1,000 for 1st time since March 2020
Vaccination campaign continues to bear results, as all municipalities now classified as ‘green’ with low infection rating; virus czar says talks to be held on wearing masks indoors
By TOI staff
Protesters take part in a march demanding an end to the restrictive coronavirus measures in Kassel, Germany, on March 20, 2021. (Armando Babani/AFP)
May 8, 2021, 10:06 pm
Outrage after German anti-mask protesters co-opt Nazi resister Sophie Scholl
Bavaria’s antisemitism commissioner says comparison to resistance fighter ‘trivializes the Holocaust and dictatorship’
By Mathieu FOULKES
In this picture taken on May 5, 2021, relatives grieve as they arrive for the cremation of their loved one who died due to the COVID-19 coronavirus at a crematorium in Moradabad (Prakash SINGH / AFP)
May 8, 2021, 9:38 am
India records over 4,000 COVID deaths in a day amid devastating virus surge
Experts, who express doubts about the official death toll, say wave may not peak until the end of May; mounting calls for tough nationwide lockdown measures
By AFP
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)
May 8, 2021, 8:37 am
WHO panel okays emergency use of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Decision means inoculation could be included in the UN-backed COVAX program; vaccine vials have sticker that changes color as it is exposed to heat, indicating if safe to use
By Jamey Keaten
Aid ready to be loaded onto an Indian Air Force plane at Ben Gurion Airport before it is sent to the virus-wracked country, May 8, 2021 (Foreign Ministry)
May 8, 2021, 8:04 am
Israel sends 2nd planeload of medical aid to virus-wracked India
Shipment includes oxygen generators, ventilators; Ashkenazi: ‘We stand by India in these difficult times just as India stood by us in the first weeks of the coronavirus crisis’
By TOI staff
Tablets of ibuprofen. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
May 8, 2021, 6:44 am
Ibuprofen does not worsen COVID-19 symptoms — study
At start of pandemic there was concern over potential effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on illness; most extensive research yet appears to rule out any issues
By Paul RICARD
Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
May 7, 2021, 2:38 pm
Health Ministry set to add Argentina to travel ban list as virus cases soar
All returnees — even those vaccinated or recovered — would need to quarantine if nation added to 7 countries on list: India, Mexico, S. Africa, Brazil, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Turkey
By TOI staff
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