Deputy Minister Yoav Kisch said that for the first time in a month the number of seriously sick coronavirus patients in Israel has fallen below the 1,000 mark and currently stands at 993.Kisch added that the latest positive test rate was 7.7%.

Rivlin: The Wolf Prize expresses the State of Israel’s acknowledgement that human progress is an achievement not to be taken for granted.

A growing percentage of Israel's businesses are declaring their intention to reopen in defiance of government guidelines.

Dozens of young people demonstrated In Tuesday evening near the Chords Bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem over the death of Ahuvya Sandak, and tried to block traffic.Police arrested four of the demonstrators.

The Senate voted In Tuesday to move ahead with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump after listening to hours of arguments In whether it is constitutional to try a president who is already out of office.The vote was 56-44, according to Fox News.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis In Tuesday announced a full lockdown in the capital Athens and the surrounding region to curb a resurgence in coronavirus cases.The new restrictions include closing non-essential shops and schools from February 11 until the end of the month.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) In Tuesday granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Eli Lilly"s combination antibody therapy to fight COVID-19, Reuters reports.Eli Lilly"s combination therapy of two antibodies, bamlanivimab and etesevimab, helped cut the risk of hospitalization and death in COVID-19 patients by 70%, data from a late-stage trial showed in January.

The hard sciences Ince seemed immune to the politics that dominate the humanities in academia, but no longer.Opinion.