Pandemic

Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Two people were killed in protests last week in Nanyuki, and the US continues its activities defying Kenyan court orders.

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.
Medical teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2026

Health Ministry prepares Israel’s hospitals in event of Ebola case amid Central Africa outbreak

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Scientists race to develop Ebola vaccine amid DRC outbreak

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say


Took a COVID test at home and got a faded line? This is what it means

Many people who do antigen tests at home are confused when the second line comes out faded, almost invisible.

QuickVue At-Home coronavirus testing kit

Health Ministry doesn't change policy as COVID-19 cases in China reportedly surge

Other countries are reinstating Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China, while the Israeli Health Ministry has not yet announced any new measures.

 A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) behind barriers of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China June 9, 2022.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic finally over? - opinion

I wish COVID never came into our lives. Moreover, I wish masking could be a personal choice, free of stigma. 

 Face masks fly off, but is the COVID-19 pandemic really over? (Illustrative)

COVID-19: Loss of taste, smell? It may actually be a good thing - study

Olfactory loss typically appears early in the onset of COVID-19 and at times could be the sole indicator that an individual is actually sick, as 20% of patients may have no other symptoms.

 Anosmia or smell blindness, loss of the ability to smell, one of the possible symptoms of COVID-19.

Pandemic lockdowns linked to decline in US twin births -study suggests

The largest decline in twin births was seen in women over age 40, the group most likely to use infertility treatment.

 AN ULTRASOUND examination for a pregnant woman at a gynecology clinic in Tel Aviv.

Brains of teenagers have physically aged due to stress caused by pandemic - study

The results were that the developmental process had sped up in those involved while they were experiencing the pandemic.

Mental health [illustrative]

Cancer diagnoses lag after screenings fall during COVID pandemic - study

Diagnoses of breast, cervical and colorectal cancers dropped by roughly 6% to 7% between 2019 and 2020 and by an additional 5% to 6% between 2020 and 2021.

 An image of lung with breast cancer metastasis, surrounded by inflammatory complement protein: Cyan: Cell nuclei; Red: Complement protein; Green: blood vessels;

COVID-19 pandemic may have altered natural course of personality changes

The researchers found that younger adults' maturity was disrupted while the oldest group of adults showed no significant change in personality.

 Neurons in the brain

Syrian health ministry says cholera death toll rises to 29

Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.

 Damascus, Syria, Panorama at sunset

Synagogues exit COVID-19 pandemic with hope for the future

Again: On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish leaders look back on how they kept communal body and spiritual soul together during more than two years of restrictions.

 An outdoor socially distanced prayer service at at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in New York City, June 15, 2020