Vaccinations
The vaccine that reduced the risk of infant hospitalization by 83%
Some 130,000 infants in Israel have already received protection against RSV, and in Europe, an 83% decrease in the risk of hospitalization was measured. What should parents know before the winter?
Bill Gates: Anti-vaccine attitudes in rich countries makes herd immunity for measles impossible
Australia to vaccinate vulnerable native birds against bird flu following New Zealand's lead
Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses
Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, Hamburg city authority says
The findings marked the first wild virus detection from environmental sampling in the country since this type of routine monitoring began in 2021.
Measles death toll rises to nine in Israel, health officials push emergency vaccinations
As the measles crisis in Israel heads to its ninth fatality, a seven-year-old child from Jerusalem, doctors appeal for parents to vaccinate their children, citing claims of vaccine safety.
Sourasky Medical Center doctor diagnosed with measles after treating unvaccinated patient
The doctor, who was vaccinated, was treating an unvaccinated child at Sourasky Medical Center's Ichilov Hospital. Two other hospital employees could also be infected.
The Health Ministry warns: The flu is arriving early this year, and it’s going to be severe
Looking at the Southern Hemisphere, we can predict a tough winter ahead — so it’s best to get vaccinated now to ease or even prevent the illness.
Israeli infant becomes eighth measles fatality amid nationwide outbreak
Israel’s measles outbreak has claimed an eighth victim, as cases spread to nine cities and vaccination rates surge.
Did you get a flu shot? Three mistakes that weaken it
The Ministry of Health recommends getting a flu vaccine, preferably right now – but it turns out there are several things that can reduce the vaccine’s effectiveness, and they depend entirely on you.
The tragedy continues: Seventh Jerusalem baby dies from measles
A 1-year-old toddler in Jerusalem died from measles, marking the seventh fatality in the outbreak. The Ministry of Health stresses the disease is preventable through vaccination.
Over 1,700 cases of measles diagnosed in Israel
The areas currently defined as outbreak zones are Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modi’in Illit, Nof Hagalil, Kiryat Gat, Ashdod, and Safed.
Chief rabbis call for public vaccination following four measles deaths
In a public letter, the rabbis argued that "you shall take great care of yourselves" is not just a verse from the Torah, but a halachic and moral obligation.
WHO: No evidence linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism
The clarification followed remarks by US President Donald Trump, who had claimed such a connection existed at a press conference earlier that day.
