The Corona epidemic - special coverage on the knowledge site
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
- December 7, 2020
- 2 תגובות
Following the epidemic, it becomes clear how environmental justice and social justice march together
- Avi Blizovsky
- December 6, 2020
- 10 תגובות
The total mortality from the end of March to the end of October is 10.4% higher than the expected mortality in 2020. That is, this is the excess mortality during the Corona period until the end of October
- The Hebrew University
- December 3, 2020
- Tel Aviv University
- December 3, 2020
The joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and Tel Hai College shows that in the midst of the second wave (October 2020) almost every third person in Israel (29%) suffers from high or very high anxiety symptoms
- Avi Blizovsky
- December 1, 2020
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American and German researchers came up with an original idea for the development of a vaccine for the corona virus - introducing the "spikes" protein of the corona virus into a weakened measles virus and making the vaccine a double * In the meantime, it has been successfully tested on mice and rats
- Avi Blizovsky
- December 1, 2020
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Moderna announces the analysis of preliminary efficacy findings in the results of the phase 3 trial of its COVE vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 as well as the submission of the trial findings for emergency approval by the FDA
- Ehud Amir
- November 30, 2020
- 22 תגובות
An attempt to explain the obvious. Ehud Amir goes over the conspiracy theories created around the corona epidemic and explains why they are unfounded
- Avi Blizovsky
- November 21, 2020
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This is what Claire Biot, Vice President of Life Sciences Industries, Dassault Systèmes says in an interview with the website Hedaman following the Science in the Age of Experience events that took place over the past month in the digital space
- Avi Blizovsky
- November 20, 2020
- 4 תגובות
Researchers from Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Dan Parr, succeeded in eliminating cancerous tumors from the inside using messenger RNA (mRNA), which is used to develop vaccines for corona, and instead of corona proteins, they expressed crisper proteins that interrupted the tumor
- The Hebrew University
- November 18, 2020
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- The Hebrew University
- November 16, 2020
- 3 תגובות
Hadassah and the Hebrew University performed 130,000 corona tests while saving 76% of the test systems
- The science service
- November 11, 2020
- 7 תגובות
A new study conducted at the Safed Academic College reveals that the more children are vaccinated in the general population in a certain country, then the death rates among those infected with the corona in that country are lower
- Avi Blizovsky
- November 10, 2020
- One response
This follows an interim analysis of a clinical trial that is in progress, in which it was found that out of 94 confirmed corona cases among the experimenters, only nine received the vaccine and the rest are from the control group that received a placebo
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
- November 2, 2020
- Ziv Adaki
- October 29, 2020
- 5 תגובות
- The science service
- October 29, 2020
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A survey conducted by the Center for Sports Medicine and Research at the Wingate Institute, the National Institute for Sports Excellence in Israel, among 171 accomplished athletes reveals that during the first quarantine period there was a 28% decrease in the number of weekly training hours, a 15% increase in the number of sleeping hours, and 25% reported that they ate more than usual rule
- The Technion
- October 28, 2020
- 5 תגובות
Technology developed by Technion researchers will allow a safe return to routine on campus * The technology for detecting the corona virus in the sewage system will provide information on the epidemic outbreak in real time
- The science service
- October 28, 2020
- One response
Six high-tech companies and representatives from academia presented the solutions at a special meeting of the Knesset's Science Committee yesterday (Tuesday) * Minister of Science and Technology, Yizhar Shai: "Every crisis is an opportunity and Israeli high-tech has changed the business model following the Corona virus"
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
- October 20, 2020
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Many countries in the world are investing money to provide work for those affected by the corona virus, and to restore nature after realizing that the climate crisis and the destruction of nature were the fertile ground for the development of the corona virus
- The science service
- October 14, 2020
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- The Technion
- October 12, 2020
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The test is based on a technology developed by the group led by Prof. Amit Meller based on individual molecules without the need to duplicate many copies of the same molecule
- Tel Aviv University
- October 12, 2020
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- Tel Aviv University
- October 5, 2020
- One response
This is according to a joint study by Tel Aviv University and Hasharon Hospital (Rabin Medical Center). The researchers estimate that in the case of repeated exposure to Corona, those who recover from the disease may be protected from a second illness - but it is possible that they may still carry the virus and infect others
- The Hebrew University
- October 5, 2020
- 7 תגובות
Researchers from the Hebrew University, the Technion, and the Western Galilee Academic College, and the Netanya Academic College found that children and adults, who suffer from ADHD, may recover faster from COVID-19 compared to the general population, and link this to "evolutionary advantages" that help them cope with the disease
- Science site The Conversation
- October 3, 2020
- One response
The president of the United States, who was infected with corona and began to show symptoms in a difficult condition, received an experimental antibody cocktail. Research doctors from the University of Virginia detail what are the effective treatments against corona, and what are the promising treatments that are in clinical trials