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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...

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Israel's Health Ministry's Public Health division, announced at a press conference on Sunday that the UK and Denmark...

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

How will the world decide when the pandemic is over? There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of...

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...

Amid fears of the new Omicron COVID variant, Israel's government on Tuesday approved the resumption of the controversial Shin Bet phone tracking program to...

The number of Israelis suspected of being infected with the new Omicron COVID variant rose to 34 on Tuesday, with two Israelis confirmed to...

Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to...

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...

Israel on Sunday approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to...

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...

The Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting midnight Sunday to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country. The...

Wang Lijie planned to spend three days in the Gobi Desert last month to take in the area’s famous poplar forest as its trees...

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...

Sometimes when she’s feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky...

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...

A 49-year-old Israeli man who decided not to vaccinate due to anti-vax "fake news" spread on social media expressed his regrets for his anti-vax...

An Israeli girl is seriously ill due to post-COVID syndrome about a month after her mother intentionally exposed her to COVID. Naama Bar-Ziv, 7, was...

In a fascinating and first-of-its-kind study carried out at the Emek Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Afula, it was found that...

A teenager died on Shabbos of pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) in Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, in what is believed to...

A 6-month-old baby was hospitalized in the Safra Children's Hospital in the Sheba Medical Center in critical condition on Wednesday after developing pediatric inflammatory...