Researchers, medical officials complain that ministry's strict regulations prevented laboratories from developing extensive testing capabilities in the past few months

American president says closure will not affect trade, as both countries see rise in number of coronavirus cases; Trudeau to make an announcement

Technion and Rambam Hospital set to publish research showing testing the samples of 32 or 64 patients at a time can quickly rule out entire groups

Israeli citizens, permanent residents still allowed in, but non-nationals, even those who can quarantine, now barred; border crossings with Egypt, Jordan sealed

NY Governor Cuomo says USNS Comfort has 1,000 rooms, 'which will add capacity' to house those infected with COVID-19

Hillel Furstenberg becomes 1st Israeli to win Abel Prize, with Yale's Gregory Margulis, for work on 'probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics'

Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 8,000, as new measures cause miles of traffic near European and Southeast Asian borders

Those in nursing homes are under lockdown and at risk of contagion, while those at home pass the time as best they can cut off from family, friends and activities

More people die from the flu than will from COVID-19, says Leonid Eidelman, and exacerbating damage to economy will ultimately hurt already dismal state of Israel's health system

Palestinians who work in Israel have until Friday to decide whether to stay home or remain in Israel for 1-2 months