vaccination

Health Ministry expected to recommend mandatory vaccine law

Medical law expert: Law forcing citizens to immunize 'constitutes fatal violation of basic rights and freedoms of the individual.'

Online forums for anti-vaxxers are ‘hotbeds’ of anti-Semitism

'Jewish conspirators' blamed for creation of the coronavirus on many anti-vaxxer forums, British report finds.

Another Israeli company to test COVID-19 vaccine on humans

The MIGAL Galilee Research Institute has finished the testing phase on animals and will soon recruit volunteers for test on humans.

'The vaccine will arrive within three to six months'

Outgoing coronavirus project manager Professor Ronni Gamzu predicts a vaccine the virus will be available in several months.

'Widespread vaccine likely won't be available until next year'

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Amount of doses that will be available in December will not certainly be enough to vaccinate everybody.

Report: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial to resume this week

Sources say AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial in the United States is expected to resume as early as this week.

Johnson & Johnson pauses study of COVID-19 vaccine

Study of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine paused due to unexplained illness in a study participant.

An October surprise could drain the coronavirus swamp

Vaccine or antibody treatment - which will it be and when will they be ready? Opinion.

Moderna to produce 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

The company continues to expect to make 500 million to 1 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021.

Trump: COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as October

Trump: We’re very close to that vaccine as you know and I think much closer than I think most people want to say.

Young doctor explains why he’s against forced COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine should not be mandatory, and getting people to take it 'serves certain special interests,' physician tells LifeSiteNews.

Pfizer and BioNTech aiming for COVID-19 vaccine by October

Pfizer and BioNTech confident they can have a vaccine ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or early November.

AstraZeneca pauses trial of COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca pauses late-stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine after a suspected serious adverse reaction in a study participant.

US states told be ready for COVID-19 vaccine by November 1

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking US states to remove barriers to distributing a coronavirus vaccine.

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Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak interviews Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines

Renowned rabbi discusses issues surrounding vaccines with Children's Health Defense head.

US to purchase 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Trump announces the government will purchase 100 million doses of experimental coronavirus vaccine which is currently in late-stage trials.

Pfizer begins advanced trial of experimental coronavirus vaccine

Drug giant Pfizer and its partner BioNTech testing experimental coronavirus vaccine in volunteers in the United States.

Report: Russian elite given experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Scores of Russia’s business and political elite have been given early access to experimental vaccine against COVID-19, according to sources.

Moderna experimental vaccine shows it is safe

Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 provokes immune responses in all 45 healthy volunteers.

Maryland man may be first person vaccinated against COVID-19

First person to take trial coronavirus vaccine at University of Maryland says he is producing anti-bodies against the disease.

Debate:

Dershowitz defends compulsory coronavirus vaccine remarks

US constitutional lawyer: 'If you refuse to be vaccinated, state has power to take you to doctor's office and plunge needle into your arm.'

Trump: We're working with other countries on coronavirus vaccine

Trump expresses hope that a COVID-19 vaccine will be in place before the end of the year.

Expert: Coronavirus vaccine could be approved early next year

European Medicines Agency says a vaccine for COVID-19 might even be approved in early 2021 in a “best-case scenario”.

Expert: 'Everyone should be considered at-risk'

Dr. Levi-Nissenbaum, an expert in cellular and molecular biology, describes the potential role of vaccines in combating coronavirus.

Tel Aviv court orders mother to vaccinate her children

Mother ordered to vaccinate her two children within 14 days, after court rejects her opposition to vaccinations as 'not backed by evidence'.

OpEd: Dispel the myths — Vaccines are vital

Vaccinations are universally accepted by doctors and scientists and are only controversial due to conspiracy theorists.

Vaccination - the unending controversy

Scientist Dr. Chana Gabay says parents must get as much info as possible and make an independent, personal decision about their children.

Health Ministry to travelers to Uman: Vaccinate against measles

Ministry warns against measles outbreak in Ukraine, calling on those traveling there to make sure they are vaccinated.

New York State to students: Get vaccinated - or leave school

NY ends religious exemption to vaccination requirement, leaving 26,000 unvaccinated students with choice of getting shots or leaving school.

Israel to combat measles with earlier vaccines for 2-year-olds?

Committee of experts proposes Health Ministry offer second dose of measles vaccine at two years instead of in first grade.

Israeli court orders parents to vaccinate son against tetanus

One-and-a-half year old Israeli boy ordered to get vaccination against tetanus, over the objections of his parents.

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Doctors suspected of issuing unnecessary medical exemptions

California Medical Board investigating four doctors suspected of issuing unlawful vaccine exemptions, sometimes for a fee.

Here’s what we know about Orthodox vaccination rates in NY

NY officials say measles outbreak concentrated in Orthodox Jewish areas, blaming low immunization rates. But are other factors to blame?

'Why wouldn't we vaccinate our children?'

NYC posts message from director of kosher soup kitchen network in the city urging Orthodox Jewish community to vaccinate.

Rabbi Asher Weiss: Jewish law obligates vaccination

Leading authority on Jewish law says it is "not a recommendation" to vaccinate children, those who do not violate halakha.

Dear Antivaxxers, not in the Name of God

500 Jewish doctors sign letter calling for vaccinations

Doctors who serve Orthodox communities in North America join mass information campaign to encourage vaccination amid measles outbreak.

Vaccination is Pikuach Nefesh

NY county measles outbreak spotlights religious exemptions

Health commissioner supports push to end religious exemptions for vaccinations, says measles outbreak one of 'most challenging' crises.

ADL: 'Wrong' to compare Holocaust to ban on unvaxxed children

Anti-vaccine activists are using a Holocaust-era yellow Star of David to promote their cause.

The menace of waves of infectious diseases

Vaccination bill passes first reading

Bill would require schools - from kindergartens to colleges - to bar entry to unvaccinated students and teachers during outbreaks.

The obligation to vaccinate

There is no religious excuse for not vaccinating your kids

A 3-week-old baby contracted measles from his mother

3-week-old with measles is listed in stable condition after contracting the disease from his mother.

'Vaccination Bill' advances

Minister clear way for bill to ban unvaccinated students from schools following measles outbreak.

Measles vaccinations on the rise in Israel

Deputy Health Minister Litzman cautiously optimistic as number of residents receiving vaccinations grows. 'Measles still not behind us.'

Infant dies of measles in Jerusalem

Baby with measles rushed to Sha'arei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

Health Ministry to examine mandatory vaccination policy

Dep. Health Minister Litzman asks Health Ministry Director-General to examine possibility of making daycare conditional on vaccination.

MK advances compulsory vaccination bill

New bill seeks to combat parents choosing not to vaccinate children before kindergarten.

Haredi refusal to vaccinate caused measles outbreak

Medical report says 100% of measles cases were haredi Jews, 12 of them babies.

Can't agree on whether to vaccinate? The court will decide

Tel Aviv court ruling: If parents can't decide whether to immunize their child, the parent who insists on vaccinations is correct.

Parents didn't vaccinate, daughter suffers neurological damage

Unimmunized 4-year-old falls ill with pneumococcal disease.

Warning: Measles spreading across Europe

WHO warns low immunization rates leading to measles outbreaks, asks public to get immunized.

Health Ministry urges public to vaccinate against swine flu

13 Israelis now infected with the virus, placing strain on national hospitals.

Government to Compensate Soldiers for Anthrax Vaccine Test

100 soldiers who say they were hurt by anthrax vaccine test to get 36,000 shekels.

Children with Immune Disorders Told: Stay Home until 2014

Children who have weak or absent immune systems were told by the Ministry of Health not to return to school until January.

Anti-Polio Operation to be Expanded to All of Israel

The Ministry of Health has decided that the operation to vaccinate children against the polio virus will be expanded to all of Israel.

Anti-Polio Op. Faces Vaccine Fears

Mass immunization may be slowed as activist groups argue vaccines are dangerous.

Health Ministry’s Anti-Polio Op Begins

Health Ministry urges vaccines after finding 2.5% of children in south carry polio virus.