Epidemic

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.

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.
 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Ebola risk remains low, health ministry says, as second DRC returnee showing symptoms hospitalized

 Shanghai, China.

Hospitals in China overwhelmed by surge in HMPV patients raising concerns about a new epidemic

 PROF. PINHAS DANNON, chief psychiatrist of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem and a leading expert on opioid addiction.

Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster


Israeli Health Min. issues workplace guide amid whooping cough epidemic

IIOSH issues recommendations to employers in an attempt to boost workplace productivity amid whooping cough epidemic.

 3D simulation of the dispersion of 'corona clouds' - droplet and aerosol spray emitted by coughing in a closed space

On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel

"The AIDS epidemic is still with us," said Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center.

 A nurse draws a blood sample for an HIV test at the lab of the NGO "Accion Solidaria" (Solidarity Action) in Caracas, Venezuela, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018.

Fuel transfer to Gaza approved; ministers voice opposition

Despite objections from three senior ministers, limited fuel transfer to Gaza was approved; stormy cabinet discussion expected

 Fuel trucks enter the Gaza Strip. October 22, 2023

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.

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.

 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.

Health Ministry holds emergency meeting on monkeypox

"No concern of a pandemic of the same magnitude as COVID-19," says Health Ministry official on Monkeypox.

 Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Health Ministry Director-General Professor Nachman Ash and Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry attend a press conference about the Polio vaccine in Tel Aviv, on April 26, 2022

Britain reports human case of avian flu, no onward transmission

'[T]here is no evidence of onward spread of the infection to anyone else,' the UK Health Security Agency said on Thursday.

A sign at the edge of an exclusion zone warns of the closure of a footpath after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England, February 3, 2015.

Bird Flu outbreak: 5,500 chickens infected in north

The affected farm produces about 100,000 organic eggs every year, about 2.4% of the organic market.

 Workers in protective gear seen in Moshav Givat Yoav, in northern Israel, December 29, 2021, following an outbreak of avian influenza

Israel looks to establish domestic vaccine production facility

COVID-19 accelerated the desire to explore other alternatives that may be less expensive, ensuring a steady supply of vaccines for dealing with the current epidemic as well as future epidemics.

 Empty Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine vials for children aged 5-11 are seen in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, US, November 6, 2021.

Coronavirus: One-of-a-kind epidemiology lab to open in Israel's Assuta

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital will be opening a new lab for research and identification of disease outbreaks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital