Oxford University

Clalit Health Services to join European AI research project predicting, managing pandemics

Clalit Health Services will join an international consortium of health authorities to create an AI research platform to predict and manage pandemics in advance.

Israel's Clalit during Covid-19 global pandemic.
In her Tel Aviv bookshop.

Aliyah in wartime Israel: Building a new home, opening an English bookstore

BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.

Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion


Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials produce robust immune response in elderly

Details of the finding are expected to be published shortly in a clinical journal, the FT said, without naming the publication.

Scientists develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

Oxford scientists develop 5-minute COVID-19 antigen test

The device is able to detect the coronavirus and distinguish it from other viruses with high accuracy, the researchers said in a pre-print study.

Oxford, All Souls College

Kibitz is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the day

The second definition is closer to the one familiar to the Jewish community: “To chat, banter, or joke (with a person), esp. in a lighthearted or informal manner; to fool around.”

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Oxford University to award two Israeli students the Rhodes Scholarship

This will be the fourth year that the university will offer Israeli students two opportunities to become a Rhodes Scholar * six Israelis have received the award

Oxford, All Souls College

Andrew Lloyd Webber participates in Oxford coronavirus vaccine trials

Webber posted a picture of himself getting a vaccine shot on his Instagram page, saying that "I'll do anything to get theaters large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work."

A volunteer receives an injection in a human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, June 24, 2020

Israel looking to acquire COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca

The vaccine stands out because recent results show that it's effective with treating healthy patients and offers "double layered," long-term protection against the virus.

Bottles labeled "Vaccine" stand near medical syringe in front of "Coronavirus COVID-19" display (illustrative)

The Oxford Maternity Fraternity

A loving tribute to South African filmmaker Laurence Dworkin

South African filmmaker Laurence Dworkin, who died of COVID-19 at a Cape Town hospital on May 17 at the age of 65, walking his dogs at a park near his home in Oranjezicht

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine developers encouraged by immune response

"We're very happy that we're seeing the right sort of immune response that will give protection, and not the wrong sort," Gilbert said.

Vial 1 of Box 1. This is the vaccine candidate to be used in Phase 1 clinical trial at the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (CBF) in Oxford, Britain, April 2, 2020. Picture taken April 2, 2020

WHO sees 'great news' in steroid's trial results in COVID-19

The researchers shared initial insights about the results of the trial with WHO, "and we are looking forward to the full data analysis in the coming days," it said.

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

UK COVID-19 vaccine trial may fail due to low transmission in population

There is a 50% chance the trial may give 'no result.'

Vial 1 of Box 1. This is the vaccine candidate to be used in Phase 1 clinical trial at the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (CBF) in Oxford, Britain, April 2, 2020. Picture taken April 2, 2020