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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...

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...

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,...

As the COVID infection rate in Israel continues to dramatically increase and the Omicron variant spreads throughout the country, a pediatric health expert said...

HaGaon HaRav Shimon Badani, the Zakein Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, spoke at a Rabbinical conference at Sheba Hospital in Tel HaShomer last week and told...

As fear of a major COVID wave in Israel spurred by the Omicron variant grows, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky issued dramatic instructions on Monday...

Anti-vaxxer women came to the kabalas kahal of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky's daughter, Rebbetzin Leah Koledetsky, and called her a "murderer" and other derogatory...

Israel's government ministers voted on Monday morning to approve the Health Ministry's recommendation to place ten additional countries under a travel ban: the United...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned at the Cabinet meeting on Sunday that the fifth COVID wave has already hit Israel. Health officials shared alarming data...

Amid warnings that a significant COVID outbreak of "tens of thousands of cases" will hit Israel in less than three weeks, Israel's Health Ministry...

Israel's Health Ministry informed the Knesset on Thursday afternoon that a Knesset security guard who was tested for COVID was found to be carrying...

Amid an increase in Omicron cases and a report by Hebrew University researchers saying that Israel has entered its fifth wave, Prime Minister Naftali...

New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking — a lifetime ban for those aged 14...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday instructed the relevant professionals to "examine options for imposing restrictions on the unvaccinated" during a situational assessment of...

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of the Health Ministry's Public Health division, spoke about the new Omicron coronavirus variant during a discussion of the...

Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday slammed the Israeli government's new restrictions intended to thwart the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, saying that...

Australian officials confirmed Sunday that two overseas travelers arriving in Sydney are the first to test positive in the country for the omicron variant...

Switzerland banned Israelis from entering its territory after the first case of the Omicron COVID variant was discovered in the Jewish state. Those with Swiss...

Israel began vaccinating children aged five and above this week as experts warn that a fifth wave of the coronavirus in Israel has already...

Israel's Health Ministry responded to the report on the high rate of diabetes in the Chareidi sector published by Kol Chai this week. The Health...

Sunday was World Diabetes Day and on Monday, Kol Chai published a report about the diabetes epidemic in the Chareidi sector in Israel, with...

A leading anti-vaxxer in Israel who died of COVID in September was advised by anti-vax doctors to refuse standard medical treatment even as he...

Israel's Health Ministry reported on Tuesday that the first case of the AY.4.2 Delta variant, known as "Delta Plus," has been identified in Israel...

Israel's fourth coronavirus wave has been showing signs of receding, with a steady decrease in the number of new daily cases in recent days. The...