Polio
Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack
In the incident on Friday night, Montes yelled during the service, disrupting it, and then struck a 63-year-old congregant and headbutted a member of security personnel who was escorting him out.
US Senator McConnell discharged from hospital but not yet 'cleared' to return to work
Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children
Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, Hamburg city authority says
Does Jewish law mandate vaccinations?
The Torah commands us not to stand idly over someone else’s blood, thereby imposing a responsibility to care for others.
Polio cases detected in South
Health Ministry urges vaccination as tests show virus still being found at sewage-treatment plants.
High Court turns down suit by opponents to oral polio vaccine campaign
600,000 children around the country have already received oral polio vaccine to halt the spread of the wild virus.
Oral polio vaccine to be given to all ages up to 10 in well-baby centers
Due to High Holidays, Health Ministry decides offer vaccine at centers that will have more openings than schools next month.
High Court rejects request for interim freeze of polio vaccine campaign
Decision comes shockingly fast, says failure to undertake nationwide campaign unacceptable "risk of people's lives."
Peres recalls contending with son’s polio
On visit to Jerusalem ‘tipat halav’ station, president discloses that his son Yoni contracted virus at eight months, then fully recovered.
Chief rabbis call on public to have children vaccinated
Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef issues a letter on Wednesday advising people to have their children vaccinated against polio.
National polio vaccine campaign reaches total of 170,000 so far
Ministry criticizes "media sensationalism" of effects from vaccine on children with weak immune systems.
Health Ministry vaccinates 30,000 against polio upon nationwide campaign launch
On first day of three-month campaign, 30,000 children around the country receive OPV.
Israel launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Half of southern children younger than 10 already received oral vaccine, Health Ministry gears up for 3-month effort.