Immunity

Leaked draft reveals Trump's Gaza Board of Peace seeks total legal immunity, free property - report

The immunities, extending to all BoP members, include "any arrest, detention or legal proceedings in the courts or other entities in Gaza."

US President Donald Trump holds a gavel during a signing ceremony at the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026.
MK Tally Gotliv and and MK Ofir Katz attend a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

Turning Knesset into a ‘sanctuary city’ for lawbreakers will bury its ability to function - opinion

The Knesset’s House Committee voting in favor on Monday of granting Likud MK Tally Gotliv immunity.

Knesset panel approves immunity for Tally Gotliv in Shin Bet identity disclosure case

A protest group holds up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Federal courthouse on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

Jeffrey Epstein and the system that protected him – opinion


89-year-old Dutch woman dies after reinfected with coronavirus

The patient tested positive for coronavirus a second time, and antibody tests showed that she had no antibodies against the virus. Researchers said they were two different strains of the virus.

The coronavirus ICU at Galilee Medical Center

Tel Aviv U. researchers develop antibody cocktail against COVID-19

Lead scientist: ‘Asymptomatic patients may possibly contract disease a second time’

Ph.D. student Michael Mor

Israelis who fell sick with COVID-19 twice: Second time was worse

"I feel like a leper," said one repeat victim, who was first infected in June. "They put it into our heads... that we were immune for at least three months and that we were developing antibodies."

Magen David Adom medical team members, wearing protective gear, is handling a Coronavirus test from patients in Jerusalem, on April 17, 2020.

When ready, the coronavirus vaccine will only be 50% effective

When referring to a 50% effectiveness, this means that for every 100 people, only 50 will become immune to the disease.

Scientists develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

Will a coronavirus vaccine be a ‘cure’ for the pandemic?

The answer to this is more complicated than one might think and centers around the question of the strength and longevity of the immune response.

Scientists develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

Some uninfected, unexposed patients may be resistant to COVID-19

Even more surprising is the fact that this was also seen in blood samples taken years before the coronavirus pandemic even began, meaning some people have pre-existing resistance against the virus.

A healthy human T cell.

Israeli doctor reinfected with coronavirus 3 months after recovering

This is the second case at Sheba Medical Center in which a patient recovered from the virus and was subsequently reinfected.

MAGEN DAVID ADOM workers, wearing protective clothing, bring a patient to the coronavirus unit at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan

Doctors attack the Health Ministry's coronavirus combating policy

As an alternative, the group of doctors offered to keep the older population safer and to allow more freedom to Israel's youth.

A woman reacts as a doctor wearing a protective glove takes a swab to test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a residential area in Srinagar

Swiftly waning COVID-19 immunity poses vaccination challenge

There is no data from any human trials showing whether any protective antibody immune response would be strong- and long-lasting enough.

Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

Could Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews have herd immunity?

“That’s the feeling, that they’ve had it, everybody they know has had it, and the people they know who haven’t had it have some kind of immunity that we just don’t understand yet.”

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