Reassuring women worldwide, Hadassah researchers record no difference in ovary function between those immunized and those who are not

The South American country hardly felt the virus last year, but now has the world’s second-highest infection rate and hospitals are under pressure

Even as the economy almost fully reopens with the virus waning, low-paid workers are opting to stay home; demand for restaurant staff surges, Employment Service says

Shlomo Vinker fears inoculation critics slipping into online vacuum left open by authorities, swaying kids; says adult vaccination drive has almost hit ‘ceiling’

For at least 6 weeks after first COVID shot kicks in, nursing moms produce antibody-packed milk, suggesting they are safe from virus while nursed; no adverse events recorded

Prof. Dan Yamin says hospitals became safe from meltdown once 50% of over-60s were vaccinated, even with highly infectious variants

The pandemic has killed more people than most, but not all, other viral epidemics in the 20th and 21st centuries

Strain is more effective at ‘breaking through’ the Pfizer shot than others, Israeli scientists find, in first-of-its-kind study

Brazil this week becomes 2nd country after US to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000

On Holocaust Remembrance Day eve, TAU researchers say that while lockdowns led to drop in physical attacks, conspiracies flourished online about outbreak being Israeli, Jewish plot