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.

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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

The ban comes ahead of a planned protest in Kinshasa on July 8 against constitutional reform, with opposition figures calling it "politically motivated."

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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

As the ministry emphasizes, a fever following travel from affected areas requires immediate assessment, but Ebola remains rare among returning travelers.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
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

Former US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci of suppressing information regarding the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ

Taiwan to allow more China flights in show of goodwill

Taiwan is set to resume allowing flights to China after they had previously been frozen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resuming direct flights is said to be an expression of goodwill.

MARCH 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Flag of Taiwan

Investing in animal health prevents pandemics and saves lives - A4AH

Action for Animal Health released a report on how animal health affects human health and saves lives.

MARCH 6, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Cows at a dairy farm

Spain says patient does not have Marburg disease

The Marburg virus is believed to have a fatality rate of up to 88% and there are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByREUTERS
A health worker burns food waste of Ebola patients at an Ebola treatment center (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2019

Face masks had little effect in preventing COVID-19 infection, British study claims

During the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israelis were fined by government authorities for not wearing face masks in public places, and violent incidents ensued when people refused to don them.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
PEDESTRIANS WEAR protective face masks as they walk through the Carmel market in Tel Aviv, last month.

‘Hindsight is 20/20’: Israel's lessons after 3 years of COVID-19

HEALTH AFFAIRS: On Israel’s three-year COVID anniversary, ‘czars’ look forward and back.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
RONNI GAMZU, then-CEO of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, receives a COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020.

All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC

The report said that countries should review their legislation to ensure it is in line with their pandemic preparedness plans by the end of 2023.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance (illustrative)

COVID remains a public health emergency, says WHO

It is three years since the WHO first declared that COVID represented a global health emergency.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

Took a COVID test at home and got a faded line? This is what it means

Many people who do antigen tests at home are confused when the second line comes out faded, almost invisible.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByWALLA! HEALTH
QuickVue At-Home coronavirus testing kit

Health Ministry doesn't change policy as COVID-19 cases in China reportedly surge

Other countries are reinstating Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China, while the Israeli Health Ministry has not yet announced any new measures.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) behind barriers of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China June 9, 2022.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic finally over? - opinion

I wish COVID never came into our lives. Moreover, I wish masking could be a personal choice, free of stigma. 

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByBRIAN BLUM
Face masks fly off, but is the COVID-19 pandemic really over? (Illustrative)