Flu

Health funds launch flu vaccination campaigns as supplies gradually reach clinics

Health officials are urging the public to get vaccinated early, warning of high infection rates among children and the risk of complications.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
Flu vaccines at Clalit’s logistics center
A test tube labelled "Bird Flu", eggs and a piece of paper in the colours of the Australian national flag are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.

After mass seabird death event, Australia warns of wider H5N1 bird flu threat

"Australians should expect to see more spread and larger numbers now of wildlife being affected," said Agriculture Minister Julie Collins.

|ByREUTERS
Flu shot

FDA approves world's first mRNA-based flu vaccine, signaling start of a new illness-prevention era

The vaccine, intended for people 50 and older, is based on mRNA technology and was found in an advanced trial to be more effective than a standard flu shot.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
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Israel reports first bird flu outbreak in a year after disease detected in ducks in North

The outbreak, the first in a year in Israel, was detected in a flock of 2,000 ducks in the village of Sde Yaakov, causing the death of 90 birds, the Paris-based WOAH said.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Coronavirus: A hyped-up flu or a fatal pandemic?

Please keep safe.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByMICHAL KORACH
Belinson hospital team members wearing protective clothes as they work at the Coronavirus ward of Belinson hospital in Petah Tikva on October 04, 2020

COVID: More Israelis die in January than in any month in 20 years

Of the dead, some 1,459 people died from COVID-19 – also the highest in any one month since the start of the pandemic.

FEBRUARY 17, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Heartbeat flatlining (Illustrative)

Israeli startup working to develop chickens resistant to bird flu

"As is well known, the coronavirus has also been transmitted from animals to humans, so the risk to public health is real."

FEBRUARY 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chicken

Hundreds of dead pelicans in Senegal test positive for H5N1 bird flu

JANUARY 29, 2021ByREUTERS
Pelicans gather at the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary in Senegal, January 2020, in this still image obtained from social media video. Instagram/@David.W.Nystrom/via REUTERS

While COVID-19 surges, Israel has zero cases of influenza, RSV

Flu season in Israel usually starts in November.

JANUARY 22, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Pre-filled M-001 universal flu vaccine syringes

Amid COVID outbreak, no flu infections recorded in Israel this season

More Israelis decided to vaccinate this year compared to last year, with 25.3% of the population vaccinated this season compared to 22% last season.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
An Israeli medical worker holds vials containing a vaccine for H1N1 flu virus in Tel Aviv, 2009

Shaare Zedek Medical Center prepares for an unprecedented cold season

This winter, people need to take extra care to stay healthy.

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM
DR. TAMAR LACHISH, senior physician, Infectious Diseases Unit at Shaare Zedek.

Could COVID knock out flu in Europe this winter? - Analysis

"Steps adopted to prevent transmission of COVID-19 are very efficient against influenza and other respiratory viruses," senior virologist Bruno Lina said.

DECEMBER 1, 2020ByREUTERS
A woman blowing her nose into a tissue, possibly after or sneeze or while sick

Norway makes its first discovery of highly pathogenic bird flu

Several cases have also been reported in Israel in the past couple of months.

NOVEMBER 27, 2020ByREUTERS, TOBIAS SIEGAL
bird flu sde moshe

100,000 flu vaccines to arrive in Israel to combat shortage

A pharmaceutical company in the UK will send 100,000 flu vaccines to Ichilov, targeting populations in the 2-49 age range, as they have not yet received them due to shortage.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli medical worker holds vials containing a vaccine for H1N1 flu virus in Tel Aviv, 2009