US eyes Israeli military data for COVID booster safety
Health officials hope data on Israeli military personnel will help clarify the risk of heart muscle inflammation in younger people ...
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As Delta wave wanes, Health Ministry vows to push vaccination campaign to the max
Amid concerns that the latest FDA ruling to only recommend high-risk groups get a third COVID shot would hamper national ...
'FDA limit on COVID shot makes sense for US, not Israel'
"With tens of thousands of new cases in Israel every day, the risk of young people getting infected and developing ...
Israel's COVID booster shot campaign could be beating back Delta variant
Country poised to break previous record of 10,118 infections, recorded in January 2021. Infections triple in Haredi community just two ...
4 children hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-19
Children, as well as six women who are either pregnant or have just given birth, are intubated. Military task force ...
Stroke treatment device from Israel's BrainQ wins FDA 'breakthrough status'
Only about 5% of victims in the US currently arrive at the hospital in time to benefit from currently approved ...
Israel crosses grim threshold as COVID deaths top 3,000
Positivity rate stands at 3.4% as 1,707 additional carriers diagnosed with virus. Israel currently has 17,691 confirmed active cases. There ...
FDA panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
In a 17-4 vote with one abstention, government advisers conclude vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appears safe ...
Israel's IceCure gets FDA nod to treat tumors in liver, kidney
The company's treatment uses special needles to inject liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy tumors without the need for surgery.
Israel's Healthy.io gets FDA approval for urine test, raises $60 million
FDA approves Healthy.io's smartphone-based urine test to diagnose chronic kidney disease. Healthy.io CEO Yonatan Adiri: "The smartphone has the potential ...