Israel has seen a 25% rise in internet use over the past 2 weeks as citizens log in for online schooling, business videoconferences, Pilates lessons

Program headed by Israel Innovation Authority to provide grants to firms with potential technological solutions for combating pandemic

Shops and alleyways that should be bustling with tourists are empty; holy sites see just a trickle of faithful as outbreak-curbing restrictions flatten tourism industry

Health Ministry deputy head says Israelis appeared to get message about staying inside on Wednesday, after minister warns shut down enforced by police 'inevitable'

Spy agency reportedly planning to import some 4 million more in coming days, but senior health official says swabs, not kits, needed

White House presses for $1 trillion rescue package as global economic crisis sparked by coronavirus continues to spiral, deaths shoot up in Italy

Experts warn that resilience learned in times of terror may not be enough to equip people emotionally for the new reality

Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami, Democrat Ben McAdams of Utah, both put themselves into self-quarantine; attending physician describes lawmakers as ' ill, but in good condition'

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says people must have devices available in case Health Ministry needs to notify them to go into quarantine or seek medical treatment

With several leading rabbis reluctant to comply with Health Ministry orders to shut down schools and yeshivas, many students believe they are not at risk from coronavirus pandemic