Health and Medicine

The patient, a resident of Migdal Ha’Emek in the north, visited with his family in Milan last week, where he was infected.

BioTheryX recently bought the rights to this promising drug from HU’s technology transfer company Yissum.

A delegation of the IDF, Defense Ministry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs landed in Turkey at 6 AM Tuesday.

Israel sits on an active geologic fault line – the “Syrian African Rift” – with predictions of a serious earthquake that could ravage the country.

Rabbi Sinai Halberstam issued a ruling to the volunteers of the United Hatzalah in the city that It is a mitzvah and absolute obligation to carry the weapons with them even on Shabbat and holidays as long as the threat of terrorism exists.

After a quick check that the child’s condition was fine, and that no pieces of candy were left behind inside the child's throat, Shalom handed him to his frantic mother.

The Iowa delegation is slated to sign two inter-university agreements with Tel Aviv University and the Volcani Center.

The meeting concluded with an initial agreement to deliver 15 ventilators and screening devices this week.

Also: Japanese officials on Saturday admitted that 23 of the Diamond Princess passengers had been cleared to leave by mistake.

On the good news side, a new rapid test for the virus has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that can detect the coronavirus in about 45 minutes.

United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit were dispatched to the scene.

Tahina produced by RJM Food Industries on June 23 of this year has been recalled by Israel's Health Ministry.

As the number of fresh cases continues to rise, health and education officials consider shuttering the school system for the rest of the academic year.

Researchers at the Institute led by Professor Shmuel Shapira, said the development phase of the antibody has been completed.

NYSED’s Office of Counsel found that Yeshiva of Spring Valley’s blanket statement that it does not accept any religious exemptions was in violation of state law.

"The Israeli people, time after time, open their hearts, acting for the wellbeing of society,"

By the end of the day Monday, Cuomo reported a total of 130,689 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a death toll of 4,758 statewide.

According to the scientist's calculations, Israel needs 1.16 million people with antibodies in order to achieve herd immunity and it is very close to that number.

It comes after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio upset many with a series of tweets about hundreds gathered in the Williamsburg neighborhood for the funeral of a respected rabbi.

The new fast-track coronavirus relief program will issue working capital loans of up to NIS 100k to businesses affected by the crisis.

The researchers urged global decision-makers to "conduct population-wide screening for identifying mutation carriers and prioritize them for vaccination once COVID-19 vaccines have been approved."

Delta Airlines employs a total of 90,000 workers worldwide.

As Governor Cuomo shuts down schools in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews feel unfairly targeted.

Bridging the gap between early detection and early therapeutic intervention may very significantly reduce the severity of lifelong developmental deviation.

The Chinese wet markets have reopened, bats and other animals are again being sold for food.

"Prof. Sela made numerous discoveries that forever changed the face of immunological research worldwide."

New York City will provide a COVID-19 vaccination, at home, to "anyone who wants one."

"The findings establish LCN2 as a new prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target."

NCFJE's Operation Survival program is again shaking up the Jewish world with a new opioid overdose prevention project.

“That one night in Williamsburg I let my frustration and concern get away with me and I should have been more careful in my language."