A number of countries may be initially excluded from potential framework of allowing in non-group travelers, due to absence of deals to recognize vaccination certificates

New variants will be held at bay for now, says Rivka Abulafia-Lapid, whose optimism comes as number of new serious COVID cases per day almost halves over two weeks

Health and science editor Nathan Jeffay discusses the drop in coronavirus cases; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur looks at a push for Likud power from politician Yuli Edelstein

Swabs are intended for 'Green Classrooms' plan that mandates daily testing instead of quarantine for students exposed to virus

Salman Zarka warns against too rapid lifting of health rules, hopes eased quarantine plans for school students will also be applied to kindergartens

Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization says target people are less likely to respond adequately to vaccination with just two doses

Phase III test on 900 participants with mild to moderate coronavirus symptoms finds medication caused statistically significant reduction in severe illness and death

Since the beginning of October, there have been 35 cases of PIMS, which shows up 2-6 weeks after children recover from the coronavirus

Fewer people moving from Russia, but US, France, Ukraine, Belarus, Argentina, UK, Brazil, South Africa and Ethiopia all see an uptick in rate, despite pandemic

Educators are turning to rabbis outside of their own communities to find the endorsements necessary to circumvent a new citywide requirement that educators be inoculated