Official spearheading inoculation program in schools resigns just days after Education Ministry director is fired, allegedly over disagreement with Shasha-Biton

Yifat Shasha-Biton decries as 'smear' reports that ministry director Yigal Slovik was axed because he backed student inoculation campaign she opposed

A variety of jabs have long been required for kids to attend school, but with COVID-19 not yet on the list, it's largely up to individual districts or institutions to make the call

UN health agency cites data indicating infections from new variant are 'mild' or asymptomatic, predicts it will overtake Delta 'where community transmission occurs'

PM says border regulations bought time for vaccine campaign; announcing plan to give shots in schools, premier says inoculation rates must rise to protect children from new strain

Coalition party leaders agree to new restrictions to limit travel; Health Ministry confirms another 20 cases of the new variant; Bennett says vaccinations rates 'insufficient'

Maccabi survey finds 70% of young children only suffered from light pain at injection site; nearly 100,000 kids inoculated in the past two weeks

Research carried out by NIAID, Moderna and other institutions showed vaccine was safe and effective against an HIV-like virus

Researchers looked at data of over 840,000 people who got booster; paper co-author says study 'unequivocally' shows value of extra dose against Delta strain

Vaccine producer says it is working on a shot specifically designed for the variant that is slated to be ready in March