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‘Plug and Play’: COVID-19 nasal spray’s nanotech could target cancer and other diseases

Pesach Benson — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:10 +0000

Israeli and Portuguese scientists unveiled a novel COVID-19 vaccine that is not only effective against all major variants but can be administered as a nasal spray and — unlike conventional vaccines — stored at room temperature. Moreover, the nano-technology behind it could be adapted for other infectious diseases and other personalized treatments. The innovative vaccine […]

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L’Chaim – to Life: Prof Sharon Lewin – Leading the AUSiMED delegation to Israel to discuss each country’s COVID-19 response

Features Desk — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:51:42 +0000

Morry Frenkel speaks with Prof Sharon Lewin, inaugural Director of the Peter Doherty Institute, co-chair of the COVID19 Health and Research Advisory Council and member of the AUSiMED Board, about the recent AUSiMED delegation she led to Israel. Participants exchanged ideas on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Israel’s effective vaccination response and IT […]

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NSW’s Kerry Chant going to Israel to share COVID-19 notes

AAP — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:40:06 +0000

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant will lead a team of delegates to Israel next month for a high-level information exchange on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifteen Australian public health experts and clinicians will meet with counterparts from Israel’s health and foreign affairs ministries and top academics to discuss the ongoing handling of the viral […]

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Israel welcomes 1 millionth tourist in 2022, in rebound from COVID-19

TPS-IL — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 05:58:41 +0000

Just over four months since Coronavirus restrictions limiting entry into Israel were lifted on March 1, the one-millionth tourist in 2022 arrived on Sunday, indicating an apparent rebound of the industry heavily battered by the pandemic. The tourist, who was welcomed by Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov and Tourism Ministry representatives, is Belinda Desoyo Lee Marcelo, […]

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Israel contemplating fifth COVID vaccine as number of infections rises

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:11:03 +0000

Israel’s health system is contemplating the administration of a fifth Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, as the number of new cases has significantly risen in recent days. The country’s Corona Supervisor, Professor Salman Zarqa, stated on Wednesday at the 2042 Medicine Conference in Tel Aviv that “unfortunately, it seems that we are starting a new corona wave […]

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Has the time come to bribe the unvaccinated?

Ben Cohen — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:56:58 +0000

“How can we as a society stand by and watch people die when a simple shot could prevent a life-threatening illness?” That was the agonised question asked by a group of nine healthcare providers in Minnesota who took the unprecedented step of publishing an advertisement in local news outlets begging people to get vaccinated last […]

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Survey: 80 percent of Israelis concerned about growing antisemitism worldwide

JNS — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:19:20 +0000

A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80 percent of Israelis are concerned about antisemitism globally, with almost three-quarters of citizens (73 percent) believing antisemitism is widespread. More than half (61 percent) believe that the problem of antisemitism has only grown stronger during the past five years. The survey of more than 500 Israeli […]

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Israel begins world-first trial of fourth COVID vaccine dose

JNS — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:39:50 +0000

Israel’s Sheba Medical Centreon Monday began the world’s first trial of a fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Sheba, the largest medical centre in Israel and the Middle East, recruited 150 employees for the study. Each had received a third, “booster” dose in August but now has a low antibody count of below 700, […]

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Israeli hospital launches world’s first study on 4th COVID-19 vaccine

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 06:34:39 +0000

The Sheba Medical Centre launched on Monday a first-of-its-kind study in which a fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine will be administered to volunteers to test the effectiveness of the fourth dose. The study is based on the serology and immunity of the largest group of subjects in the world, numbering about 6,000 people. The fourth vaccine […]

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Israeli study: Pfizer vaccine wears off after six months

Agencies — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 05:06:02 +0000

Published in the “New England Journal of Medicine,” the researchers found a significant waning of immune responses—especially among men, people over 65 and immunosuppressed people.

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