Head of Education Ministry's own expert committee opposed move meant to alleviate doctor shortage; former Health Ministry chief calls closures 'unnecessary and wretched'

Health Ministry's Sharon Alroy-Preis urges vaccines against both viruses, noting that shots for influenza and coronavirus can be administered at the same time

Strain linked to cases in upstate New York and Jerusalem found in samples taken from several boroughs, leading authorities to launch vaccination drive for kids aged 1-9

Health Ministry says investigation launched to discover where 36-year-old resident of northern Israel came into contact with extremely rare, but often fatal organism

Physician at Tel Aviv hospital infected while examining patient for virus, as Health Ministry considers expanding access to shots beyond most at-risk groups

Burden of 26-hour shifts drove thousands of trainee doctors to threaten resignation last year; promised changes were never implemented

Health Ministry says 101 men have been infected with disease since first detection in May

Despite recent discovery of new subvariant BA2.75 in Israel, Salman Zarka says mask mandate not expected to return anytime soon

Pro-Iranian group Altahrea Team purportedly claims responsibility for incident, says assault prompted by weekend IDF strikes in Gaza Strip, Israeli support of sanctions on Iran

Cases confirmed in Israelis returning from abroad; scientists say the BA.2.75 COVID variant may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and past infection