Immunity

Turning Knesset into a ‘sanctuary city’ for lawbreakers will bury its ability to function - opinion

With all due respect to political considerations, the coalition, with the ruling party at its helm, must come to its senses. It must put the public interest first.

MK Tally Gotliv and and MK Ofir Katz attend a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.
The Knesset’s House Committee voting in favor on Monday of granting Likud MK Tally Gotliv immunity.

Knesset panel approves immunity for Tally Gotliv in Shin Bet identity disclosure case

A protest group holds up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Federal courthouse on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

Jeffrey Epstein and the system that protected him – opinion

 Surprising find: Same-arm vaccine shots enhance immunity.

Surprising find: Same-arm vaccine shots enhance immunity


Has Israel reached coronavirus herd immunity?

There are three reasons behind Israel still not returning to normal life.

A mall in Israel opens up after the country's third coronavirus lockdown.

Israeli military says its the first army in the world with herd immunity

Maj.-Gen. Itzik Turgeman, head of the IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate, said that 81% of army personnel have either been vaccinated or recovered from the virus.

An IDF soldier is seen getting the coronavirus vaccine.

Israeli health fund: Push off green pass until 2 weeks after second jab

"Removing the restrictions on social distancing and applying the green passport on the eighth day after receiving the second vaccine is too early."

A medical worker is seen filling up a coronavirus vaccine dose at a Meuhedet vaccination center in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2021.

Israel’s Immunai hopes to reprogram immune system with $60m. funding

Immunai is on a mission to reprogram the immune system to advance personalized medicine to better detect, diagnose and treat diseases, company co-founder Noam Solomon told The Jerusalem Post.

Immunai co-founders (from left) Luis Voloch and Noam Solomon

WHO: COVID-19 vaccine roll-out won't achieve herd immunity in 2021

"We won't get back to normal quickly," Dale Fisher, chairman of WHO's Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU). July 3, 2020

Fauci says herd immunity could require nearly 90% to get corona vaccine

More than 1 million Americans have received a first dose of a vaccine since Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, or only about 0.3% of the population.

Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci takes off his face mask prior testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. June 23, 2020

Only 24% of Israelis willing to get coronavirus vaccine immediately - poll

Some 23% of Israeli's don't know if the vaccine is safe, 17% think it is not safe, and 6% are sure it is not safe.

A participant takes part in a simulation for medical personnel at Sheba Medical Center for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Coronavirus humoral immunity may decline in months after infection - study

Researchers called for a larger study of humoral immunity, saying that their small study emphasizes the need for further research.

A medic of the regional hospital receives Russia's "Sputnik V" vaccine shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tver, Russia October 12, 2020.

New study of Ebola may hold answers for long-term COVID-19 immunity

The study, carried out in a joint effort by British and Guinean scientists, is the world's largest and most comprehensive one to date to examine survivors of the Ebola virus.

Nano-vaccine mechanism of action: following injection, the nano-vaccine internalizes into immune cells leading to activation of T cells to recognize and attack melanoma.

89-year-old Dutch woman dies after reinfected with coronavirus

The patient tested positive for coronavirus a second time, and antibody tests showed that she had no antibodies against the virus. Researchers said they were two different strains of the virus.

The coronavirus ICU at Galilee Medical Center