Pandemic
Israeli, Czech scientists recreate COVID-19’s evolutionary journey in a test tube
Scientists and doctors keep closely monitoring viruses that could jump from animals to humans, such as emerging strains of avian flu and bat coronaviruses.
Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility
Health Ministry prepares Israel’s hospitals in event of Ebola case amid Central Africa outbreak
Scientists race to develop Ebola vaccine amid DRC outbreak
Biden marks 1 million Americans dead from COVID
Biden will mark the grim milestone by ordering flags to be flown at half-staff, said the White House, which will also host a second global COVID Summit.
2022 sets the record in Jewish youth groups visiting Israel
After two years of the pandemic, 2022 has been a record year in the last decade so far in the arrival of Jewish youth groups from all over the world.
Coming soon: Israelis, too, will call in their national guard - analysis
Effectuating Israeli sovereignty may seem like a contradictory idea. The country is the sovereign, that should be enough. But it's not.
How COVID-19 changed e-commerce for good - interview
Webzie CEO weighs in on the current state of e-commerce, how it was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of the online commerce industry.
Can China preserve both its economy and its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy?
The costs of prioritizing the pandemic over all else are creating a dilemma for President Xi Jinping as he prepares to assume a third term later this year.
COVID-19: Israel doesn't require masks anymore, but there are others we wear
Now that masks are no longer required against COVID-19, we need to tune in with ourselves and get rid of the other masks in our lives, the ones which aren’t visible.
Stress during pregnancy may affect fetal brain development
Researchers examined MRI scans of babies' brains and found those whose parents reported high stress during pregnancy had larger left hippocampi.
BGU research team praised by Dr. Fauci for detecting early COVID-19 variants
Hertz and his students are part of the SARS-CoV-2 Assessment of Viral Evolution (SAVE) program at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Large-scale study identifies severe COVID-19 risk groups
From the elderly to the poor, researchers found several specific groups that are at a higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.
Climate change may cause more frequent pandemics - study
Global warming will push wild animals to relocate to habitats closer to humans, making the spreading of diseases easier.