Baby
Overusing skincare products, overdressing, and improper heat exposure can harm newborn skin
The Israeli summer can be harsh on newborns' delicate skin. A pediatric dermatology expert explains how overdressing, excess skincare products, and heat exposure can cause irritation and rashes.
MDA paramedic delivers his own baby daughter in ambulance en route to hospital
Three Tel Aviv daycare workers indicted over alleged physical abuse of infants, toddlers
Exclusively breastfeeding infants linked to higher allergy rates in young children, study finds
Vegan, plant-based diets don’t stunt infant growth, major Israeli study finds
A landmark study by researchers at BGU in Beersheba that included almost 1.2 million infants examined at well-baby clinics (tipat halav) suggests that they’ll be fine without meat, fish, or dairy.
The babies may not understand what is happening – but their brain absorbs everything
Every parent experiences the difficulty of going down with children to a shelter, and the stress at home. But if you thought your little ones do not feel anything – you are mistaken.
US babycare brand under fire for sexualising children in viral marketing campaign
Products marketed by Frida were advertised with lines such as “fancy a quickie?” and “I get turned on easily.”
Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning
Israel Police launched an investigation at the location and collected evidence, while the daycare worker who was in charge of the baby was arrested for questioning.
One-week-old baby left outside Bituach Leumi office in Hadera
“A short time ago, a report was received about a one-week-old baby found in the stairwell of a public building in Hadera,” a police spokesperson said.
Nurture vs nature: Children with early ADHD risk are more sensitive to environment
Some traits of ADHD that are usually associated with difficulties may also be reflective of a heightened capability to thrive under appropriate conditions.
Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports
Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.
MDA’s Raphael Herbst at JPost Miami Summit
‘Helping and saving lives begins with infants’
Good news for parents: Materna for only NIS 35
Instead of paying NIS 59, two supermarket chains won a Ministry of Economy tender and will sell the state’s emergency stock – close to 600,000 cans – at a price lower by dozens of percent.
Endangered hope: Rare mountain gorilla twins born in war-ravaged Virunga National Park, Congo
The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3, and the twins "appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation," Virunga Park reported.
