Virus

Ebola alert: The Ministry of Health established an isolation tent at a cost of NIS 0.5M

A document obtained by Walla Money reveals the costs of establishing the special complex for receiving patients, which was approved under an exemption from tender.

|ByAVICHAY CHAIM, YOAV ETIEL
Medical teams with protective equipment against the Ebola virus, Congo, May 2026
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.

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

As the ministry emphasizes, a fever following travel from affected areas requires immediate assessment, but Ebola remains rare among returning travelers.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Ebola risk remains low, health ministry says, as second DRC returnee showing symptoms hospitalized

The European Centre for Disease Control said the outbreak continues to affect the DRC and Uganda, while the risk to the general population in European and other Western countries remains low.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
DRCONGO-HEALTH-EBOLA EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Medical staff walk towards the doffing and decontamination station at the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) after providing care to patients suffering from or suspected of having Ebola virus disease in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democrati

Health Ministry investigates suspected Ebola case after traveler develops symptoms

Israel’s Health Ministry is investigating a suspected Ebola case after a traveler returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo developed fever and headache.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bird flu has been circulating in cows for months, may be spreading among farm workers

The H5N1 subvariant of bird flu has been increasingly reported in cattle in recent months.

MAY 3, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

WHO warns bird flu 'significant concern' as virus spreads between cows

Analyses of viruses found in the cows have so far not found any changes affiliated with transmission between people.

APRIL 21, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
A sign at the edge of an exclusion zone warns of the closure of a footpath after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England, February 3, 2015.

Technion team discovers important adaptive strategy of the microbiome, impacting immune system

The study focused on species of the Bacteroidales order, some of the most abundant species in the human gut microbiome.

APRIL 14, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Testicular organoids generated from mice pups and incubated in a dish for 21 days. Sertoli cells, which are the cells responsible for the formation of the tubules in the testicle, appear in red and germ cells, which will produce the sperm cells, appear in green. Germ cells always stay close proximi

Fifteen-year-old teen from Israel's north diagnosed with cave fever

The little tick that bites and sends people to the hospital

APRIL 10, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A cave where ticks live.

Bird flu continues to spread in cows in US, human infected

The CDC stressed that the overall human health risk of the bird flu remains low.

APRIL 7, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

Dairy cows in US sickened by bird flu for first time

Unlike poultry, the cattle do not need to be culled and are expected to make a full recovery.

MARCH 29, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

Goat infected with bird flu in the US for first time

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health noted that the risk to the public is “extremely low.”

MARCH 24, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Baby goat (illustrative)

Bird flu found on mainland Antarctica for first time ever

Scientists have warned that the impact of the bird flu on Antarctic wildlife could be "immense."

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Penguins are seen in Curverville Island, Antarctica, February 15, 2018.

Dozens of cranes killed by bird flu in northern Israel

Avian influenza has affected tens of millions of birds and thousands of mammals worldwide in recent years.

FEBRUARY 18, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Workers from the Agriculture Ministry in protective gear retrieving dead cranes who were infected with the Avian Influenza (bird flu) from the Hula Lake in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel, January 2, 2022.

Elderly man first person to die from Alaskapox virus

Symptoms of Alaskapox include lesions - an abnormal or damaged tissue caused by injury, infection, or disease.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.