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Two more Roshei Yeshivos in Israel tested positive for COVID on Friday, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael, HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, and Rosh Yeshivas Kisei...

When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed...

Israeli senior government officials have reached a decision to end mandatory quarantine for students exposed to COVID, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening. Students who...

Australia reported a record high of COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, and its second-largest state declared an emergency in hospitals to cope with surging patient admissions...

As Israel's daily COVID cases continue to mount and the number of seriously ill patients skyrockets to over 500 (from just 100 a few...

An Israeli hospital on Monday said preliminary research indicates a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine provides only limited defense against the omicron variant...

Hundreds of Israel are refusing to be treated with Regeneron's life-saving monoclonal antibody treatment and at least ten Israelis, and likely dozens more, subsequently...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced that he has accepted the recommendation of Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz to shorten quarantine for asymptomatic coronavirus...

As Omicron cases continue to soar in Israel, the increasing number of seriously ill COVID patients along with flu patients is beginning to strain...

The rapid spread of the Omicron caught the Jewish kehilla in Moldova at the height of the harsh Eastern European winter. Due to the increasing...

Israel has administered a 4th vaccine dose to more than 500,000 people, the Health Ministry said Friday. Israel began administering second boosters to the most...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday tried to calm Israelis anxious about the rapid spread of the omicron variant, insisting the government is managing...

The chairman of the Teacher's Union Ran Erez excoriated Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Education Minister Shasha Biton on Monday, accusing the government of...

Aviran Yael fetched rapid antigen kits from a pharmacy in Tel Aviv’s busy center, placed them in the light blue bag strapped to the...

Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on...

Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash on Tuesday evening announced that the quarantine period for Israelis with COVID has been shortened to seven days...

Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The...

The majority of Israelis are disgruntled with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government management of the COVID crisis, a Channel 12 News survey on Sunday...

In what is becoming a daily occurrence, Israel reached a new record high number of coronavirus cases on Monday, with the Health Ministry confirming...

Israel's Health Ministry on Monday issued new guidelines for COVID testing with antigen tests. The tests should be carried out three days after contact...

Following the report that Rosh Yeshivas Ponevezh, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein tested positive for COVID on Sunday morning, dozens of other Roshei Yeshivos and mashgichim...

As predicted by public health experts, Israel is recording a record number of new daily coronavirus cases, with the Health Ministry reporting 17,521 cases...

Prof. Ron Balicer, the head of the Health Ministry's pandemic response team, said that millions of Israelis will contract the Omicron COVID variant, which...

A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a new COVID variant that combines traits of the Delta and Omicron, Cypriot media reported over the weekend. The...

An Israeli doctor living and working in New York said that the health system in the city is slowly collapsing, Ynet reported. Dr. Amos Dodi, an ICU...

Israel confirmed its highest-ever number of new COVID cases on Wednesday since the pandemic began, with 11,978 cases diagnosed in the previous 24 hours. Although...

Like many people, Alberto Pérez of Madrid used a home test to discover that his headache and cold-like symptoms were caused by COVID-19. Unable to...

Israel's Health Ministry confirmed 6,562 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest number since September and three times the number of cases a week...

Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won’t be like flipping a light...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday morning that "the storm is coming. There will be tens of thousands...

As Israel confirmed over 4,000 new COVID cases on Thursday for the second consecutive day, Health Ministry director-general Prof. Nachman Ash announced on Wednesday...

Israel has approved a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to COVID-19, an official said Thursday, becoming one of the first countries to...

As Israel grapples with its worst avian flu outbreak ever, health experts are warning citizens to take precautions amid fears the flu could spread...

Israel on Monday began trials of a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in what is believed to be the first study of its kind. The...

Israel's Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that cases of the flu are increasing throughout the country. There are currently 1,894 people hospitalized with the flu,...