Cancer

A new drug just entered Israel's health basket. Here's why it matters-opinion

The decision to add IWILFIN to the health basket demonstrates that Israel takes the lives of its youngest cancer patients seriously.

When your child is diagnosed with cancer, your world becomes very small
James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer

James Van Der Beek at 76th Golden Globe Awards, taken January 6, 2019.

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies at 48 after battle with cancer

Displaced Palestinians seen around their tents in the Bureij area of the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2026.

Court bars Gazan child in West Bank from entering Israel for life-saving treatment


Why media covers easy fixes and not real health crisis - opinion

When the news media promotes these ideas, just like it did to greatly reduce the rate of smoking, we will all 'add hours to your days, days to your years and years to your lives'

PEOPLE WALK in the center of Jerusalem. How many steps does one need per day in order to get health benefits?

'We were not aware Gazan woman had leukemia,' says BBC after claiming she died of malnutrition

In a statement on Monday, a BBC spokesperson acknowledged that the broadcaster was "not initially aware that Marah Abu Zuhri was being treated for leukemia."

 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

How palliative care allows patients to live a life of love, sensitivity, and dignity

Palliative care is a branch of medicine intended for patients with terminal illnesses, from the moment of diagnosis until the end of life.

Palliative medicine. A respectful end to life

Gynecologist to 'Post': This is why everyone should get the HPV vaccine - opinion

The Danish findings show that with widespread vaccination, we can push the deadliest HPV strains to the brink of extinction.

An illustrative image of the HPV vaccine.

Tel Aviv University Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies honors 11 new Ph.D.'s

Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann Faculty of Law Celebrates a New Generation of Legal Scholars Who Embody the Vision and Values of Zvi Meitar

Left to right: Prof. Yishai Blank; Ofra Meitar; Dafna Meitar-Nechmad; and Aviad Meitar.

More than a village; a lifeline - opinion

'During the six weeks I was hospitalized – and the months before and after – I needed Jody. And Jody needed the Village.'

Keep in mind this is no cliché, says the writer.

Israeli doctors perform life-saving surgery that allows pregnant woman to receive cancer treatment

An Israeli woman has become the sixth in the world to give birth to a healthy baby after undergoing surgery so that her colon cancer could be treated with radiotherapy.

Doctors at the gynecological oncology unit of Petah Tikva’s Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Branch.

Israeli-led breakthrough discovers way to boost immune system's cancer-fighting ability

This strategy is part of a growing trend in immunotherapy that focuses not just on guiding immune responses, but on upgrading the cells themselves — enhancing their efficiency from within.

 A 3D rendering of cancer cells (Illustrative).

A coma of denial: A cancer patient's struggle with facing mortality - opinion

The six weeks I was hospitalized represented for me a kind of “coma of denial,” in that I had been denying the gravity of my story without even knowing that my story was as grave as it was.

A man sticks his head in the sand in denial (illustrative)

'Life-Tumbled Shards': A journal on family, loss, and search for self-healing - review

We are all part of the trauma-filled family of Israel struggling to cope with a divine-given destiny beyond our comprehension. Sometimes God says “No.”

Loss (illustration)