Nachman Ash

‘Hindsight is 20/20’: Israel's lessons after 3 years of COVID-19

HEALTH AFFAIRS: On Israel’s three-year COVID anniversary, ‘czars’ look forward and back.

 RONNI GAMZU, then-CEO of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, receives a COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020.
 Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Arye Deri begins battle against obesity after nixing soda tax

 Prof. Nachman Ash celebrates the 26th anniversary of Save a Child's Heart.

Professor Nachman Ash celebrates 26 years of Save a Child's Heart

 Health Minister Director-General Nachman Ash attends a press conference about the coronavirus, in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021.

Prof. Nachman Ash: We are at the start of a new COVID-19 wave


Grapevine April 24, 2022: A timely decision

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin, with press adviser Shlomo Nakdimon at his side, during his press statement after the Camp David Accords in 1978.

Israel's current polio outbreak is tip of the iceberg - Health Min. D-G

Health Ministry director-general Nachman Ash stressed that polio can be eradicated through the use of vaccines.

 A boy receives polio vaccine drops at a clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, October 21, 2015.

Israel will remove CBD from Dangerous Drug Ordinance

CBD, the second-most prevalent active ingredient in marijuana, will now be imported into Israel but will not be used in food, supplements or cosmetics.

AN EMPLOYEE holds freshly-harvested medical cannabis flowers at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in the North.

Coronavirus in Israel: Ash says COVID-19 likely to never go away

Nearly 44,000 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday • 1,161 are in critical condition, 288 on ventilators.

Coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash visits COVID department, Ziv hospital, Tzfat.

Israel passes 2 million COVID-19 cases since pandemic began

Israel has not yet seen the peak of the Omicron variant wave, Health Ministry director-general Nachman Ash said.

Coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash visits COVID department, Ziv hospital, Tzfat.

COVID-19: New daily infections record of 65,259 in Israel

New cases reach record of 65,259 • Decision to shorten quarantine was made to "find a balance between medical and social needs"

 Israelis, some wearing masks, are seen walking in Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda market on January 13, 2022

COVID-19 isolation to be shortened to five days

Some 27,167 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, and serious cases rose from 387 to 436.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, December 19, 2021.

Harsh restrictions on unvaccinated will not work - Ash

Health Ministry D-G Nachman Ash said that he was opposed to a Macron-style policy of harsh restrictions against people who chose not to receive the COVID vaccine.

Health Ministry D-G Nachman Ash receiving a flu vaccine on October 17, 2021

Over 60% of Israelis back harsh restrictions on COVID-19 unvaccinated

The poll found that support for imposing restrictions increased with respondents' age, education and family income level.

 A person holds a sign that reads "Freedom" as people attend a demonstration to protest against a bill that would transform France's current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health pass into a ''vaccine pass'', in Paris, France, January 8, 2022.

Israeli study shows 4th vaccine boosts antibodies fivefold as infections soar

Israel tops 10,000 new cases as over 100,000 individuals receive fourth shot or book appointment.

 Israelis receiving their fourth coronavirus vaccine, January 3, 2022.

Israeli hospital to kick off fourth COVID-19 shot clinical trial

Sheba has been working to get approval for the fourth coronavirus jab trial for several weeks. 

 Children receive their dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at a Clallit vaccine center in Jerusalem on December 21, 2021.