Antibody treatment could be used to reduce deaths in nursing homes if immediately deployed upon discovery of infection; 10 people injected so far upon exposure to pathogen

Moscow continues to resist imposing lockdown; excess death rates suggest true toll of the pandemic is far higher than authorities will admit

Chezy Levy says hundreds of test samples undergoing genetic mapping, additional confirmed cases likely

Roman pontiff urges leaders of nations, businesses and international organizations to 'promote cooperation and not competition, and to search for solution for all'

TV report predicts life could return to 'something like normal' by end of Feb. because the at-risk population will be vaccinated and threat of overwhelmed health service will pass

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

Clalit vaccine chief says army to send in medics to help out; hopes that immunization fever will spread to Palestinian parts of Jerusalem as well

PM asserts that lockdown, combined with vaccination campaign, can make Israel the 1st country to overcome coronavirus crisis