Coronavirus

20 stories about Coronavirus
ד"ר טל זקס מנהל רפואי מודרנה

Moderna’s resigning CMO says he achieved what he cared about

25.02.21|Sophie Shulman
Tal Zaks: I never imagined that I’d develop a vaccine for the worst pandemic of our times
מרכז חיסונים ו בדיקות קורונה בתל אביב

With nearly half the population vaccinated, Israel eases lockdown measures

21.02.21|Reuters
Health ministry data finds two-shot regimen has reduced Covid-19 infections by 95.8%
תרופות רפואה ExoProTher

India's Reliance Group acquires millions of Covid-19 breath tests in $15 million deal with Israel’s Breath Of Health

26.01.21|Meir Orbach
B.O.H developed a breath test system that identifies Covid-19 at a success rate of over 95%
נתב"ג אולם הבאים 14.12.20

Israel bans international flights to curb coronavirus spread

24.01.21|Reuters
Israel has the world’s fastest vaccine distribution rate but new Covid-19 variants led to the decision to shut airport
גבי זודיק IBM Research

IBM harnessing blockchain to deliver verifiable Covid-19 vaccine and health passes

23.01.21|Allon Sinai
Director of Blockchain and IoT Platforms at IBM Research in Haifa believes blockchain is the ideal technology to tackle the challenges of coronavirus
אווירה כלכליסט דובאי מינגלינג גלריה

Who raised $132 million at a $1.4 billion valuation and should Israelis be worried about Pfizer getting private info?

19.01.21|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Quali raises $54 million to expand cloud infrastructure automation at scale
צילום ריאות CT

Facebook's algorithm exposes its human side by sharing AI models for predicting Covid-19 deterioration

15.01.21|Ron Friedman
The company’s artificial intelligence researchers developed models that use x-rays to anticipate the progression of the disease in a patient and help hospitals prepare
תור חיסון קורונה כיכר רבין תל אביב

How is technology and data helping Israel become the first country to vanquish Covid-19?

10.01.21|Elihay Vidal
Israel is well on its way to vaccinating its entire adult population and in exchange for delivering millions of vaccine doses, the government has pledged to give drugmaker Pfizer medical data on the millions of vaccine recipients from the health system’s vast databases
נתב"ג קורונה עמדות בידוק

Netanyahu urges to seal the skies amid fears of coronavirus mutation

20.12.20|Calcalist, Ynet News
The Israeli prime minister said the price of shutting down air traffic was negligible compared to the risk of a new strain breaking out; Effectiveness of vaccines uncertain
            תחנת חיסון קורונה קופת חולים מכבי

Will the quickly developed vaccines deliver Covid-19 a knockout blow?

13.12.20|Sophie Shulman
An urgent global crisis, near-limitless funds, and a scientific development ripe for use combined to produce rapid results, but will today’s vaccines eradicate the pandemic?
ד"ר טל זקס מנהל רפואי מודרנה

Moderna’s chief scientist says company initiated vaccine deal with Israel

16.11.20|Sophie Shulman
Israeli scientist Tal Zaks says Israel will be among the first to receive doses from the company’s European plant
מוסף שבועי 21.3.19 ד.נ.א גיל שוויד

Check Point’s real estate revolution is getting underway

08.11.20|Meir Orbach
Company launches competition for architects to propose new, modular office space designs
החיסון הישראלי לקורונה המכון הביולוגי

Israeli-made Covid-19 vaccine to be ready next summer

26.10.20|Adir Yanko, Ynet News
Head of Israel Institute of Biological Research says he is excited for what the future holds, adding “if there were five vaccines on the table, I’d choose the Israeli version”
Yossi Carmil co-CEO יוסי חברת סלברייט

Cellebrite refunding employees for four months of Covid-19 cutbacks

22.10.20|Meir Orbach
Employees had their pay checks reduced during the first wave of the pandemic and after already canceling the cuts last month, the digital intelligence company will now also be paying back a one-off sum to cover lost salaries
דליה מגידו מנכ"לית נסוס פארמה

Nasal spray to stop spread of Covid-19? Israeli pharma company puts its product to the test

14.10.20|Yafit Ovadia
Israeli biopharmaceutical company in process of working on new mist treatment to combat spread of coronavirus in large populations
Emma Yang Taitra Tel Aviv

Taiwan's manufacturing prowess a perfect match for Israeli tech innovation

13.10.20|Allon Sinai
Despite not having diplomatic relations with Israel, Taiwan is keen on tightening economic cooperation
עמית המר מנכ"ל Neura

Neura offers governments the behavioral data they need to live with Covid-19

09.10.20|Allon Sinai
The Israeli company realized that human behavior is the key to understanding the spread of coronavirus and encouraging a change is needed to cope with the pandemic
מכשיר לגילוי קורונה של Visby Medical ויזבי מדיקל

Israel targeting local production of Visby’s portable Covid-19 PCR test kits

04.10.20|Hagar Ravet
Minister of Science in contact with the company’s Israeli founder to gain access to the kits that are in great demand across the globe
מייסדי Salt Security רועי אליהו ו מייקל ניקוסיה

Israeli startup Salt Security inks deals with Carrefour and Equinix

29.09.20|CTech
Salt Security uses artificial intelligence algorithms to develop protection tools for application programming interfaces (API)