Tag: Israel ministry of health

Zero Young Healthy Individuals Died of COVID-19, Israeli Data Show

Zero healthy individuals under the age of 50 have died of COVID-19 in Israel, according to newly released data. “Zero deceased of 18–49 years of age with no underlying morbidities,” the Israel Ministry of Health (MOH) said in response to a formal request from an attorney. Officials noted that the statement only applies to COVID-19 deaths where…


Israeli Ministry of Health Produces Controversial Report on COVID-19 Vaccine Mortality

An Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) study could not determine mortality risk from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and found no evidence of cardiovascular events after COVID-19 vaccination, the MOH said, though an outside expert said the conclusions are contrary to the data. The study (pdf) was published in Hebrew on the MOH website on Feb. 27….


Israel Extends COVID-19 Special Powers Law Until February 2024

Israel’s Parliament has approved an extension of special powers for the Ministry of Health (MoH) to deal with COVID-19 for one more year until Feb. 15, 2024. The parliament, known as the Knesset, passed a new law that extends the ability of the government to impose restrictions on the public for another year. “The Plenum of…


Wearing Masks to Prevent Infection Is Not Evidence-Based Medicine: Experts

There is no scientific and medical basis for mandating wearing masks in the general public and medical facilities to prevent infection with COVID-19 or other respiratory viruses, experts said in a letter sent to the Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ). The letter, published in the December 2022 issue of the monthly journal, was written by…


Halt Vaccination of Young People Until Vaccine-Linked Myocarditis Is Studied: MIT Professor

Retsef Levi, a former Israeli military intelligence officer, an expert in risk management and health systems, and a professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, coauthored a paper that found a 25 percent rise in heart attack emergency calls among young Israelis after the country’s rollout of the COVID genetic vaccine. Levi…