We’re after the peak, but next 2 weeks likely to be just as bad as last 2, says Hebrew U. team modeling infection patterns; 4th shot credited with reducing hospital load by 30%

As most of world’s young kids not yet eligible, research shows kids living with 2 inoculated parents during Alpha outbreak had 72% fewer infections than unvaxxed parents’ offspring

The healthcare providers that delivered Israel’s turbo-speed vaccination drive just over a year ago are now enabling country to face mass infection without health system meltdown

Ariel Rokach speaks to ToI minutes after yet another patient dies; Israel’s hospitals will cope, he says, but doctors are being pushed to their limits, emotionally and physically

Virus cases have passed half a million and are about to peak, but all indications are that the number of seriously ill patients is small enough to avoid health system crisis

Did the travel ban help? Why aren’t vaccines working the same as with previous variants? Why don’t antibody counts tell us if we’re protected? Immunologist Dr. Yariv Wine answers

Health Ministry-led research also shows teens who got booster shot over four months ago only slightly better off than unvaccinated; hospitalizations among kids reportedly on rise

‘It’s not bringing down the hospital to point we can’t function but it does make it very hard,’ says director-general; nationally 7,716 health employees in isolation

Research dashes hopes that new boosters will deliver Omicron-proof protection, but they may still help the elderly and at-risk by reducing chances of serous illness

Strategy based on repeated boosters ‘unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable’ warns global body. But data shows it is working for people in Israel, which led on 3rd and 4th shots