As Israel’s third wave rages, university says swift saliva checks it developed can help prevent outbreaks in dorms and allow school to reopen when lockdown ends

Scenes demonstrate challenge of instituting a national closure, which perhaps unintentionally lead citizens to gather in large crowds both before and after restrictions take effect

Bank of Israel says economic damage of latest closure actually expected to be somewhat less than previous ones, due to more lax restrictions and schools staying partly open

Day before Israel enters its third national lockdown, Health Ministry says over 74,000 people got their first shots on Thursday

British health minister warns latest virus version 'appears to have mutated further than the new variant that has been discovered' in the UK

Regulators say kits made by California-based Ellume, which will sell for around $30 and can be purchased over the counter, identify up to 96% of positive samples

Serial start-upper Jonathan Rothberg aims to turn tide of pandemic with a coronavirus testing kit he devised while isolating with vulnerable family members aboard his superyacht

Health officials said preparing to inoculate 80,000 a day, weighing local approval without FDA; Health Ministry chief warns of new restrictions as infections rise

Beijing only approved tests made by 3 companies that officials had personal ties with; early kits were faulty and scarce, causing backlog and aiding virus to circulate unchecked

As US hospitalizations top 100,000, CDC survey shows antibodies for COVID-19 in blood samples taken more than a month before America's first case was diagnosed