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Fourth vaccine dose protects elderly from Covid but protection wanes quickly: StudyThe study, published in New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday, used the Israeli Ministry of Health database to extract data on 1,252,3...
Maharashtra puts administration on alert as global cases riseIn a letter to district collectors, municipal commissioners and CEOs of Zilla Parishads - Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary asked th...
Israel records new Covid variant; check symptoms and severityThe strain, combining two sub-variants of the Omicron version of the Covid-19 virus -- dubbed BA.1 and BA.2 -- was recorded during PCR test...
Israel begins fourth Covid jab for over 60s, health workersIsrael has begun administering fourth Covid vaccine shots to people over 60 and health workers amid a surge driven by the Omicron variant.
Covid infection risk increases gradually after second Pfizer jab: StudyIsrael was one of the first countries to roll out a large scale COVID-19 vaccination campaign in December 2020, but has seen a resurgence o...
Israel begins administering COVID vaccine to children aged 5 to 11Israeli media reported low demand for the shots on the first day they were available to this age group. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Benn...
Covid booster dose effective in reducing severe disease outcomes: Lancet studyIt is the first to estimate the effectiveness of a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine against severe outcomes with adjustm...
Pfizer vaccine very effective against Delta variant in adolescents in Israel: StudyThe findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, will likely provide further reassurance the shot is effective against the v...
What is a breakthrough infection? Six questions about catching COVID-19 post-vax answeredMembers of the New York Yankees, US Olympic gymnast Kara Eaker and UK health secretary Sajid Javid are some of those diagnosed with what is...
Pfizer Shot just 39% effective in halting delta, says IsraelThe vaccine provided 88% protection against hospitalisation and 91.4% against severe illness for an unspecified number of people studied be...
South African variant can 'break through' Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study saysThe study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one o...
Pfizer/BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine likely to prevent asymptomatic infectionThe companies also said the latest analysis of the Israeli data shows the vaccine was 97% effective in preventing symptomatic disease, seve...
Pfizer vaccine stops Covid's spread, finds Israeli studyThe Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing th...
Younger people under age of 20 half as likely as adults to catch CovidThey are also less likely to transmit the disease to others.
Covid 19 vaccines bringing down infections, shows Israel studyThis is one of the first studies that link vaccination and a drop in infection rates. The study analysed data on Covid-19 infection and hos...
Israel begins coronavirus vaccine trials"We can see the light at the end of the tunnel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. Ea...
Israel's health minister has coronavirus, top officials to isolateYaakov Litzman and his wife, who also has contracted the virus, are in isolation, feel well and are being treated, the statement said.