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The National Institutes of Health said it began a study to evaluate the combination of antibiotic azithromycin and malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which was previously touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" for the treatment of COVID-19. The study, for which Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will be donating medicines, will assess whether the combination can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sponsoring...

The Histadrut, the management of the Perrigo Yerucham pharmaceutical factory and representatives of the workers 'workers' committee signed a special collective agreement that regulates the terms of employment and wages of the workers and workers, after the sale of the plant being fabricated is completed. Negotiations on the agreement prior to completion of the sale are intended to ensure the workers' rights in a continuous manner upon completion of the transaction. Only a month ago, the company's management announced the withdrawal of the agreements between the parties regarding the sale....

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton, fired the director of her office, Yigal Slovik, in an unusual move. This is an unusual move, as it is the immediate dismissal of an incumbent CEO, in the middle of the school year and in the middle of the corona crisis and a large-scale vaccination campaign. According to government sources, the disagreements between Slovik and Shasha-Biton, which led to the unusual move, arose against the background of his support for the new vaccination campaign in schools that began today, and the minister's opposition to the operation. Cause that they...

In the first quarter of 2024, Israeli start-up companies raised an amount of approximately $1.6 billion, within 105 fundraising rounds, according to new data from the high-tech report "Tech Review" compiled by Leumitech, the high-tech banking arm of Bank Leumi, and the research company IVC. The total amount of the recruitment is an increase of about 10% compared to the previous quarter. However, compared to the corresponding quarter last year, the total amount raised in the first quarter of this year is approximately 10% lower than that of 2023. \

The Lod District Court sentenced former Kfar Saba mayor Yehuda Ben-Hamo to 24 months in prison, who was convicted last October of theft by a public official, receiving anything fraudulently under aggravated circumstances, and fraud and breach of trust. The days of his son-in-law's detention will be deducted from the prison sentence, which he will begin serving on June 19. He was also fined NIS 200,000. The court emphasized in its decision that "this is not a one-time stumble - the goal was to make money. Ben Hamo's part in a major case is the perpetrator of the offenses." The sentence was...

Registration for the second lottery for the apartment at a reduced price has ended. 112,625 households registered this time for the lottery, which ended yesterday (Sunday) at 11:59 PM, and which included 5,499 discounted apartments in 25 localities throughout the country. The results of the current lotteries will be announced in August. While apartment prices continue to rise, demand for discounted apartments is also at its peak. The current lottery joins the first lottery in which about 120,000 eligible people registered and won over 10,000 households in the apartment at a discount....

The rate of average wage increase in the economy is starting to accelerate. In August, the average wage in the economy for Israeli workers reached NIS 12,258 per month - a nominal increase of 4% compared to August 2021. For comparison, in July the rate of the wage increase was moderate and reached a level of 3.4% per year. This is according to the wage and income data in the economy published today (Thursday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The Central Bureau of Statistics today also publishes partial data regarding the forecast of the average salary in the economy in September,...

In recent days, the Biden administration approved the transfer of fighter jets and "dumb bombs" to Israel at a total cost of billions of dollars, the Washington Post reported on Friday evening. According to the report, based on sources in the Pentagon and the US State Department, these are 25 F-35A aircraft and engines with a total value of $2.5 billion, as well as more than 2,300 MK84 and MK82 bombs weighing 900 and 225 kg respectively. According to the American newspaper, these are bombs that caused extensive damage to the Gazan population during the war

Transport Minister Merav Michaeli and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced at noon (Sunday) a reform that will significantly reduce public transportation prices and take effect this summer. At a press conference, Michaeli accused that "the Ministry of Transportation has neglected public transportation for years - and traffic jams have accumulated." After the reform, a national free-monthly ticket will cost only NIS 225. In the Negev, the Galilee and all localities outside the metropolitan areas of Jerusalem, Gush Dan and Haifa, there will be a free regional ticket for only NIS 99,...

The Israeli buyers do not give up the traditional shopping days. According to the data of the clearing company Automatic Bank Services (SBA), the expenses of Israelis on credit cards amounted to more than NIS 887 million following Black Friday sales in Israel. This is a 19% increase compared to the corresponding expenses last year, which amounted to NIS 745 million. The Sheba company data refers to purchases both in the physical stores and online purchases, last Friday November 25 between the hours of 8:00 and 15:00 (opening hours of the physical stores). At the level of daily spending,...