Clalit

Medicine’s preemptive strike

How AI quietly changes healthcare in Israel

Illustration of patient messages
X-Ray Service at Home.

Six months of a successful pilot at Clalit: X-Ray service at the patient’s home

Heavy winds and rain at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, December 10, 2025.

Emergency teams on alert as Storm Byron brings flooding risks across Israel

President Herzog praised Adams’s “conscientious leadership” and “forward-thinking entrepreneurial spirit.”

President Herzog Commends Sylvan Adams for $100 Million Gift to Rebuild Soroka Medical Center


Paramedical workers in hospitals and clinics will strike Sunday

The general strike will include paramedical workers employed by the Health Ministry, Clalit Health Services, Meuhedet Health Services, the Hadassah Medical Organization, and more.

MEDICAL STAFFERS at Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Hospital in Ein Kerem discuss yesterday’s call to strike.

Legal abortions continue to decline despite rise in population

According to the law, legal abortions are approved for women whose health would be likely to be harmed by a pregnancy.

Close up of female doctor holding syringe with injection (iilustrative)

Clalit strike cancelled

Clalit facilities will function normally.

A doctor examines patient medical records. [Illustrative]

Immigrants complain of language barriers at health centers

With one-fifth of the population speaking Arabic natively and scores of immigrants speaking Russian, English or Amharic as their native tongue, the health system is bound to have gaps.

meuhedet building 370

Israeli-American study: Obese bariatric surgery patients live longer

The rate of death in obese individuals in the study who did not have surgery was 2.3% compared to 1.3% for those who had surgery

BMI chart.

Clalit Health Services plans ‘warning strike’ for Sunday

Clalit Health Services’ 14 hospitals and hundreds of the largest health fund’s community clinics around the country will be hit Sunday by an all-day “warning strike.”

Histadrut protest [File]

The bereaved: Sense and sensitivity

Organizing care for a disabled loved one and subsequent bereavement brings with it a great deal of paperwork and visits to government offices.

At a time when one is feeling raw and vulnerable, a kind word and warm smile can make all the difference.

Study finds good mood increases effectiveness of flu vaccine

The earlier one gets vaccinated the better, as it takes a few weeks until the protective antibodies are produced by the body.

Vaccination against the flu