FDA vaccine advisors to meet December 10 to discuss approval; Germany's Merkel expresses concern that poorer nations will not have access to vaccines

Positive test level hits 2.8% and transmission rate at 1.06; health minister backs opening schools for all grades, but says other eased restrictions would then have to wait

Israel has now signed deals for enough vaccines to inoculate entire population -- but the time of their arrival remains an open question

PM reportedly not in favor of compelling citizens to be inoculated against coronavirus, but discussions said ongoing as to whether public officials can be required to have shot

Shot produced by Defense Ministry's Institute for Biological Research is currently undergoing Phase I trials; volunteers have experienced no side effects, Channel 12 says

PM says talks in final stages to supply vaccine developed by University of Oxford, which has been shown to produce fewer side effects in elderly; would be Israel's 3rd deal

Pharma company starts process with government regulators to bring limited first shots as early as next month

Jerusalem hospital becomes a cheerleader for ‘Sputnik V,' sparking criticism from some experts; former vaccine assessor ‘unhappy’ at hospital potentially profiting off shots

BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin, who is working with the US pharma firm to develop the vaccine, says 'we are working at full speed' to receive authorization to begin distributing shots

Yuli Edelstein asks judges for legal advice on ensuring national inoculation, including taking into account fear that rapid development led to an unsafe product