COVID
RFK Jr.’s health department ordered withdrawal of studies showing vaccine efficiency - report
During the 2024 presidential election campaign, President Donald Trump promised to give anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. a prominent role in the White House’s health care section.
North Korea executions more than doubled after COVID, human rights group says
Aliyah in wartime Israel: Building a new home, opening an English bookstore
US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness
Teen mental health emergency visits decline in US as pandemic eases, CDC says
While mental health emergency visits for adolescents overall during 2022 fell by 11%, poor mental and behavioral health in this age group remains a substantial public health issue.
Israel marks 12,500th COVID death as WHO says no more global emergency
A total of 12,500 people in Israel had died from the COVID-19 pandemic since the first victim died on March 21, 2020.
COVID is no longer global health emergency - WHO
Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but COVID-19 is here to stay, the WHO has said, even if it no longer represents an emergency.
This week in Jerusalem: Keep in touch
A weekly round-up of city affairs.
WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergency
Since giving its initial high alert for COVID in January 2020, a panel of experts have continued to examine the prominence of the crisis.
Israeli tourism bouncing back despite domestic troubles
Israeli tourism is on an upswing, while facing political and infrastructure challenges
New COVID variant XBB.1.16 under WHO observation as cases spike
The WHO called the new COVID variant "one to watch" and is monitoring the new variant, which has been dubbed Arcturus as it continues to spread.
Average Israeli family makes break for freedom from stress in Thailand
The Rozentals call their venture Only Live Once, or OLO which, neatly, just happens to be the first letters of their sons’ names. Sounds like a perfect seasonal Passover fit.
Shanghai Passover: Celebrating the holiday in China's COVID lockdown
Recollection of the lockdown Passover Seder of 2022 in Shanghai, China.
Pfizer's COVID vaccine factory: Witnessing a modern miracle
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was the first shot approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use, and Israel was the first country to mass vaccinate its population.
