After ramping up efforts to curb COVID-19 misinformation, social media bans 12,000-member group associated with Amnon Yitzhak

At briefing for Haredi media, Nachman Ash also urges 'responsible' celebration of the coming Purim festival to prevent further spread of coronavirus

Initiative by city hall and hospital aims to help Israel 'vaccinate everybody within the nation’s borders'

Netanyahu has been briefed on what he called potential 'miracle drug' and recruited Greek PM to advance clinical trials: ‘If this succeeds, it will be huge'

International health body announces findings by mission dogged by fears of whitewash, with US demanding 'robust' probe and Beijing warning against 'politicizing' investigation

Amid concerns of low vaccination rates in city's eastern sector, Moshe Lion tells local leaders that residents who aren't inoculated may be prevented from entering some places

Move includes banning groups that repeatedly spread misinformation and debunked claims about coronavirus and vaccines

Proposals include sending health workers to offices of major companies, bonuses for convincing members of public to vaccinate; firms offer cash, mull bans on those without shots

Cabinet to reconvene again, with education minister demanding resumption of classes in low-infection towns; shuttered malls and restaurants threaten revolt

How long immunity lasts from natural infection is one of the big questions of the pandemic. Recent global developments have scientists worried that the calculation is changing