Pandemic

Senate panel obtains Fauci’s COVID-era iPhone records as contempt vote approaches - report

The device could provide additional records concerning the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a Senate committee considers holding Fauci in contempt of Congress.

Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and medical advisor to several U.S. presidents, attends a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 29, 2026.
A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) stands near displaced people waiting for the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp, one month after an outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 18, 2026.

Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard testifies before a US House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 19, 2026.

US DNI releases documents alleging COVID-19 origin cover-up effort


Israel's health minister meets with UNGA chief to discuss pandemics

Israel and Morocco are jointly leading the promotion of plans at the UN to help deal with future pandemics.

From left to right: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, UNGA Chief Csaba Karoshi and Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel.

Who were the first people to catch COVID-19? - report

The report also claims that WIV researchers were developing COVID-like diseases in November 2019.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

Japanese get trained in 'Hollywood' smiles as masks slowly come off

"Culturally, a smile signifies that I'm not holding a gun and I'm not a threat to you," said smile instructor Keiko Kawano.

 Smile coach Keiko Kawano teaches students at a smile training course at Sokei Art School in Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2023.

A post-COVID world means changes for the Israeli work day - survey

A recent Israel Democracy Institute study finds that 61% of working people in Israel are satisfied with their work-life balance 

 Work from home (illustrative)

Is COVID over? A requiem for the coronavirus pandemic

For many people, the arbitrary nature of the pandemic, with tough rules one day about things like masks, and then rules discarded the next, has left an imprint.

 IN NOVEMBER 2021, Israel moved to vaccinate children over age five (Illustrative).

Post-COVID pandemic traveling fear and what to do about it

Most people gradually overcame their worries about venturing out to the world again, but some are still so traumatized by COVID.

 MANY PEOPLE are avoiding crowds: Jerusalem’s Navon train station.

Israel marks 12,500th COVID death as WHO says no more global emergency

A total of 12,500 people in Israel had died from the COVID-19 pandemic since the first victim died on March 21, 2020.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

COVID is no longer global health emergency - WHO

Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but COVID-19 is here to stay, the WHO has said, even if it no longer represents an emergency.

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021.

WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergency

Since giving its initial high alert for COVID in January 2020, a panel of experts have continued to examine the prominence of the crisis.

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospitall in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021, as Jerusalem hospital reopens COVID ward.

Three years after pandemic, key questions grow

US-China tensions in the background as Congress and media push for answers

 MEDICAL WORKERS in protective suits work inside a makeshift nucleic acid testing laboratory amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Beijing, last year.