Chemically, the vaccine works the same way as flu shots. The vaccine includes lab-made pieces of the virus in order to build the body's immunity.

Hadassah researchers discovered that patients who form fatal blood clots have an increased level of alpha defensin protein in their blood.

There are about 6,000 sites of historical and archaeological importance in the area, 2,300 of which are officially cataloged as protected archaeological sites.

The Trump administration said it is weighing “all options” to pressure Jordan into extraditing Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi.

This is the first rocket fired from Gaza since May 6.

“We can’t allow for a terror state to be created here,” Yesha Council CEO Yigal Dilmoni told reporters earlier in the day.

Last week, a UK diplomatic source said formal sanctions on Israel in response to annexation are unlikely, and in fact the UK seeks to increase scientific cooperation with Israel.

The findings suggest that school closures are likely to have a limited impact on transmission of the disease.