Alisa Odenheimer

Benny Gantz makes fist

Benny Gantz quits Israel’s government, saying Netanyahu is preventing a ‘true victory’ over Hamas

By Alisa Odenheimer, Galit Altstein, and others

Gautam Adani

In first public appearance since one of the biggest ever wealth wipeouts, Asia’s richest man was relaxed, smiling and quiet on fraud allegations

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg

Israel recommends fourth COVID shot for adults

Israel panel recommends fourth vaccine dose for adults 18 and over

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg

TOPSHOT – An Israeli medical worker tends to a Covid-19 patient inside a coronavirus isolation ward at the Ziv Medical Centre in the city of Safed in northern Israel on January 16, 2022. – Israel’s response to the Covid pandemic has been closely watched worldwide, notably for its rapid vaccine rollout and early decision to offer booster shots before there was broad scientific support for a third dose. The country is now confronting an unprecedented caseload fuelled by the Omicron variant, with more than 37,000 new cases reported Tuesday, shattering previous records. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

4th COVID shot triples protection from severe illness among older adults, study finds

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine seen in mass vaccination in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on October 5, 2021. as Indonesia’s vaccination ranks fifth in the world for the number of injections. (Photo by Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Two recent studies help explain breakthrough infections in those with two COVID-19 vaccine doses

By Alisa Odenheimer, Robert Langreth, and others

A man receives a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the outpatient clinics of the Cardiovascular Centre at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 12, 2021. – Israel on July 12 began administering a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to patients with compromised immune systems, as cases in the country rise, the health ministry said. Those immediately eligible for a third shot include people who have had heart, lung and kidney transplants and some cancer patients. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel is offering a third COVID vaccine dose to those with weak immune systems

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg

A medical worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a boy at a healthcare services center in central Israeli city of Modiin on June 22, 2021. Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 139 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total number in the country to 840,079. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Israel data reportedly shows drop in efficacy of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as delta variant spreads

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg

KFAR CHABAD, March 1, 2021 — A medical worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a clinic in the central Israeli town of Kfar Chabad on March 1, 2021. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Gil Cohen Magen via Getty Images)

Israel to investigate mysterious heart inflammation cases following Pfizer jab

By Alisa Odenheimer and Bloomberg