Rossella Tercatin

A helmet found in the ruins of the famous Roman city wiped out by a volcano eruption a few years after the destruction of Jerusalem depicts a palm tree, a symbol of Judea.

Prof. Hanoch Kashtan who recently joined Assuta Ashdod and his team have trained over twenty Ethiopian surgeons and nurses. 

The right approach is to look for signs of Egyptian culture in the Torah, Bar Ilan Prof. Joshua Berman says.

New cases reach record of 65,259 • Decision to shorten quarantine was made to "find a balance between medical and social needs"

According to preliminary results of a Sheba Medical Center study, the new variant is very infectious even among individuals vaccinated four times.

Starting from Wednesday, all individuals who are fully vaccinated or recovered of all ages and had tested positive will be able to leave quarantine on the fifth day after undergoing an at-home test.

Of the individuals who received Paxlovid, 60% started to feel better within the first day, a survey by the second largest healthcare provider in Israel showed.

The number of serious patients in hospitals has been the crucial parameter to assess the severity of a wave.

While the number of deaths in January remains limited, in the last seven days 27 died of COVID-19, a 93% increase compared to previous weeks.

With Omicron cases surging, Ben Gurion University immunologist Tomer Hertz says getting vaccinated or getting a booster is crucial.