Following earlier limitations due to short supply, Health Ministry now urging people to complete recommended two-shot regime and expanding eligibility for vaccines

Vaccines will increase protection even though Omicron has already changed since they were developed, says Bar-Ilan epidemiologist

In video interview, the former UK health policy driver explains why lockdowns aren't ideal, and what can be done to avoid them in the future

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Michael Edelstein answers ToI’s questions, from risk of outdoor Yom Kippur prayers to herd immunity; lauds Swedish model; and cautions: ‘Real make or break comes after lockdown'

Closure will ‘kill the Israeli spirit,’ says Hagai Levine of COVID-19 czar’s expert panel, as another critic predicts bad results and a rerun in 3 months

Head of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee urges government to consider economic effect of sending hundreds of thousands to quarantine due to controversial program

Newly formed unit tasked with 'breaking the chain of infection' by rapidly finding COVID-19 carriers and those who may have come in contact with them

First version of HaMagen app was marred by mistakes; new features include use of Bluetooth, which is said to improve accuracy

Research led by Tel Aviv University bio-mathematician discovers astonishingly simple means used by starved, persecuted Jews to stop typhus in its tracks