vaccine

Britain to offer COVID booster shots next month

Britain to offer booster vaccines against COVID-19 to 32 million citizens starting early next month.

Study: Do recovered COVID patients need to get the vaccine?

New US study finds natural infection to COVID provides robust long-term immunity, with vaccination providing no added benefit.

Haredi party chief: No divine support for Bennett government

MK Moshe Gafni trashes Bennett government while receiving third dose of COVID vaccine. 'Thank you, Netanyahu!'

MDA to give 3rd dose of COVID vaccine at Israeli nursing homes

MDA launches mass vaccination campaign for seniors at Israeli nursing homes.

Watch: House Republican plays video of Dems doubting the vaccine

Rep. Steve Scalise played a video of President Biden and VP Harris slamming Trump's vaccination plan, urging them to admit their fault.

Should a Covid-19 vaccine be a condition for Aliyah?

What is the right thing to do when there are so many conflicting expert opinions/studies regarding taking the vaccine against the virus?

Broadway theatres announce vaccine requirement

Audiences, performers, stage crews and theatre staff will be required to be vaccinated, guests will also have to wear masks inside theatres.

Israel begins mass vaccination campaign for third dose

Prime Minister Bennett, President Herzog kick off campaign for 3rd dose of COVID vaccine. Netanyahu to be among first to receive 3rd dose.

Netanyahu: The government wasted precious time

Opposition leader blasts the government over the delay in bringing COVID-19 vaccines to Israel.

Biden orders workers to get vaccinated or submit to testing

Biden also calls on state and local governments to offer $100 payments to individuals in order to incentivize coronavirus vaccinations.

New report shows vaccine effectiveness dropping over half a year

A new report indicates that the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer will drop by more than ten percent inside half a year.

Bennett: 'Recommendations carry weight, we'll decide today'

PM Naftali Bennett says 'plan of action' almost ready, says Israelis have 'three layers of protection' against coronavirus.

Experts recommend third dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Ministry of Health experts recommend third dose for the elderly. The move could be implemented as early as next week.

Health Ministry to begin offering third vaccine dose - next week

Health Ministry preparing to vaccinate elderly population with booster shot of coronavirus vaccine, report says.

Biden to require federal employees to be vaccinated

Biden expected to announce a requirement that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be regularly tested.

Education Minister: Don't turn schools into vaccination centers

Officials claim Education Minister called vaccines 'controversial' as she works to block plans to encourage children to get the jab.

New study shows vaccine efficacy in preventing serious illness

Study shows vaccine gives between 2 and 8 times more protection from serious case of Covid-19.

Journalist Oshrat Kotler: Why should unvaccinated lack rights?

"There is great controversy among scientists both regarding the vaccines and regarding the method by which coronavirus should be managed."

80% of vaccinated coronavirus carriers didn't infect anyone

New Health Ministry data shows vaccinated coronavirus carriers did not cause mass outbreaks.

US to purchase 200 million more Pfizer doses

The doses are expected to be delivered from October 2021 through April 2022.

Health Ministry chief: I'm against attacking refusers

Professor Nachman Ash: The vaccine is important, but I don't believe in attacking those who refuse to get it.

European agency recommends Moderna vaccine for teens

European Medicines Agency recommends authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17.

Radio host: Netanyahu seems to have forgotten that he is not PM

Radio host Ben Caspit has attacked Netanyahu for attempting to negotiate vaccine shipments from Pfizer.

Health Min: Vaccine much less effective against Delta variant

Study finds Pfizer vaccine drops to 39% effectiveness against infection, but remains above 90% effective at preventing serious illness.

Watch: Mass protests against Macron's vaccine mandate

Protesters gather in masses against French President Macron's coercive vaccine measures.

Netanyahu: Get the 3rd vaccine dose right now

Opposition leader says after talking with Pfizer CEO and other experts that the over-50 population must receive a 3rd vaccine shot.

Netanyahu: We need two million vaccines now

Opposition leader Netanyahu addresses the best plan of action to counter the rising number of COVID-19 cases.

FDA could authorize vaccines for children in midwinter

Emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccines in children under 12 could come in early to midwinter, says FDA official.

Data shows coronavirus vaccine reduces number of serious cases

Initial Health Ministry data shows percentage of serious cases reduced by nearly half.

U.S. suspects 'booster' shots may increase side-affects

The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 shot but health experts fear it may increase chances of severe side-affects.

'Millions of kids at risk' as Delta variant spreads

While Israel is handing out 3rd 'booster shots' of anti-Corona vaccine, half of America yet to receive their first dose.

US officials: No need for 3rd vaccine dose

Officials meet with Pfizer representatives, conclude no need for fully vaccinated citizens to get another jab at this time.

Natural infection vs vaccination: Which gives more protection?

Nearly 40% of new COVID patients were vaccinated - compared to just 1% who had been infected previously.

World Health Organization blasts plans for third dose of vaccine

WHO slams pharmaceutical companies over bid to push third dose of COVID vaccine. 'No indication 3rd dose is needed now.'

FDA adds new warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine

FDA says Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Auschwitz museum slams Congresswoman for vaccine comparison

Museum says Rep. Lauren Boebert's tweet comparing vaccination efforts to Nazi Germany “is a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decline.”

International company signs agreement on Israeli COVID vaccine

Israel Institute for Biological Research, NRx Pharmaceuticals signed MOU to complete trials and commercialize “BriLife” COVID vaccine.

Fauci: 'Too soon' to recommend a third shot

Top US infectious diseases expert says “it is entirely conceivable” that Americans will need a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Health Ministry concerned COVID shot ineffective against 'Delta'

Senior Health Ministry officials presented with data indicating correlation between early vaccination and Delta variant infection.

Smotrich lambasts government for failure to procure new vaccines

'Serious failure on the part of the government' that Israel is 'out of vaccines,' MK Smotrich says.

PM Bennett: We're looking into manufacturing vaccines in Israel

PM Bennett to propose formation of committee to seriously examine establishment of vaccine factory in Israel.

'Did I wake up in Communist China?'

Rep. Lauren Boebert says Biden’s COVID vaccine staff are ‘Needle Nazis.’

Pfizer to seek authorization of booster of its COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer to ask US regulators to authorize booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month.

'Expect children under 12 to be vaccinated in November'

Bar Ilan University Immunotherapy Laboratory head explains process of clinical trials for children.

Marjorie Taylor Greene compares vaccine-pushing to brownshirts

'Biden pushing a vaccine that is not FDA approved shows COVID is a political tool used to control people,' Georgia Rep. Greene says.

Ex-Health Ministry Chief:

'Too many unvaccinated people, vaccinate everyone'

'If we wouldn't have had the vaccine, this would have been a catastrophe,' says former Health Ministry director, Moshe Bar Siman Tov.

Study: Pfizer less effective against Delta strain

An Israeli study found that the vaccine is substantially less effective against the more infectious delta strain, raising new questions.

Biden: 'We're going to go door-to-door' vaccinating people

Biden warns the government may have to go house-to-house 'offering' vaccines to people who have 'not received the information.'

Plane carrying Israeli COVID vaccines leaves for South Korea

700,000 vaccines which will expire at the end of this month shipped to South Korea in an exchange deal.

'The vaccine's effectiveness is much lower than 95%'

Director of Jerusalem hospital laments Health Ministry's 'semi-apocalyptic vision' of COVID, says vaccine's effectiveness has dropped.

Israel and South Korea sign COVID-19 vaccine agreement

Israel will provide 700,000 expiring doses of Pfizer vaccines to South Korea, in exchange for an identical number of doses ordered by Seoul.

IRGC commander: We'll share our vaccines with America

At the unveiling of Iran's 'Noora' vaccine, IRGC Commander-in-Chief mocks the US, offering them 'extra supplies' if 'they have a shortage.'

Health Ministry: Vaccine efficiency drops to 64%

Health Ministry tracking finds effectiveness of vaccine against infection drops to 64%, but effectiveness against hospitalization is 93%.

Patents, Intellectual Property and saving human lives

The US government recently announced that it would support a patent waiver for the COVID vaccine. What does the Talmud think of that?

'Vaccine less effective against Delta variant'

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine seems to be 60-80% effective at preventing infection by Delta variant, Hebrew University's Prof. Nadav Katz says.

Third vaccine dose planned for vulnerable populations

Studies show people with underlying health issues don't have sufficient immune response to provide protection.

Bennett, Pfizer CEO mull possible vaccine trade

Israeli PM speaks with Pfizer CEO in bid to solve 'vaccine crisis', including possible trades.

Johnson & Johnson says vaccine works well against delta variant

Johnson & Johnson says its COVID-19 vaccine works well against variant first discovered in India.

Health Ministry: We must return to 'green pass' system

Following spread of Indian variant of COVID, Israeli Health Ministry pushing for reinstating vaccine passport system.

Report:

Pfizer rejects Israel's request to extend vaccines beyond July

Israel will have to throw out hundreds of thousands of vaccines which are nearing their expiration date.