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By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The nearly unanimous vote on the move by a panel of experts comes on the heels of the FDA-CDC decision last week to inoculate kids in that age group.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
However, the benefit of the vaccine in preventing hospitalizations and severe morbidity is estimated at 93%.
Among Israeli smokers, 26.7% reported that they smoked more since the outbreak of the plague; on average, an increase of 13 cigarettes per day was reported.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The health system has noted a significant slowdown in its campaign to vaccinate the population in recent days due to a lack of interest in the public.
The launch of the "sail-in" floating cinema joins a long list of municipal initiatives launched in recent months to support cultural activity in the city.
The renewed operations are subject to strict observance of physical distancing, wearing masks, observance of the rules of hygiene, the marking of places for standing in line, regulating the numbers of customers, and subject to the detailed Purple Badge standard instructions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ten farms, five factories with Health Ministry approval • Companies already closing deals with buyers in Europe and Canada.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel will conduct 100,000 serological tests to assess the threat posed by a potential second wave of COVID-19, the Health Ministry said.
The sites of Western Wall Tunnels remain closed until further notice.
Minister Litzman has been receiving a lot of criticism over his ministry's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Laundries, seamstresses/tailors and shoe repair shops are permitted to open. Barbers stay closed (it's sefirah time anyway).
Netanyahu: "With G-d's help and the cooperation of all of us, we will overcome this crisis."
Sheba Medical Center is preparing to treat Coronavirus victims with a variety of high-tech tools.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The FDA has few branches outside the United States, including those in China, and several European and Latin American nations.
“Non-vaccinated children are exposed to various diseases and may lead to outbreaks of infectious diseases which could end in death.”
By JNi.Media
The Health Ministry's Director General said there are 242 other patients suspected of contracting Leptospirosis.
By JNi.Media
Attorney Ella Skat of the ITIM Institute asked, “Why not compel mohalim to carry malpractice insurance?”
By JNi.Media
Intact Denmark – Association Against Circumcision of Children, began its petition drive on January 1, calling for a ban on circumcising males under the age of consent, 18.
By JNi.Media
The Health Ministry will soon submit for the committee’s approval a directive extending the smoking ban in bars and restaurants.
By JNi.Media
In the settlement of Itamar Health Ministry officials have encountered resistance even when the vaccine was intended to prevent the infection of neighbors.
By JNi.Media
With a $20 million donation from the Adelsons, Ariel will become home to Israel's sixth medical school.
Let us not forget that we are talking about brutal murderers, not petty criminals who will serve their sentences and be rehabilitated.
By JNi.Media
As environmental and religious tit for tat go, in February Adalah fiercely condemned Israel's new 'Muezzin Law,' which set out to curb the imposition of Muslim calls to prayer on non-Muslims.
By JNi.Media
Health Ministry data on the internship preferences of medical students suggest all too clearly that 'they are not interested in going to the periphery!'
By JNi.Media
Despite the delightful news regarding how much longer Israelis are living, in terms of their country's resources for their care the picture is less encouraging.
Over 200 tons of Prince Tahina products are to be destroyed.
Acting Health Minister Yaakov Litzman says it will be supervised like any other drug that is considered a narcotic.
By Meir Indor
Thoughts and proposals on the ongoing nurses’ strike in Israel.
By Shalom Bear
Attorneys for Pathologist Yehuda Hiss, considered the man who knows "where all the bodies are buried" (including the questionable circumstances of the assassination of a prime minister some seventeen years ago) are saying the rumors about his being fired by Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman s on Monday are premature.
Israel’s Health Ministry will begin a more concentrated effort to encourage women to breastfeed their babies, instituting new policies in hospitals starting September 1.
A new Health Ministry reports shows that a whopping 25 percent of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)treatments resulted in pregnancies, with 20% of attempts resulting in live births. The number represents the doubling of success in the last decade, partly thanks to Israeli law supporting free IVF for two live babies.
PM Netanyahu explained that lowering taxes means shrinking the government, and, this time, cutting taxes means cutting public sector jobs. He emphasized that no one needs to be fired if enough workers embrace early retirement or quit, but conceded that this means the ministries will not be hiring for a long time.
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