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Disease

  • Did you know your life is hanging on the balance?
  • A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet.

    Measles reported at prestigious Tel Aviv school, exposing thousands

    The Health Ministry issued a call for all students to report to local clinics for measles vaccinations.

  • The lasting stigma of being HIV-positive

    "In three years, I’ll have lived longer with it than without it. If they find a cure while I’m still alive, I think I’ll be in for an identity crisis." Today Kanevsky gives lectures to teens.

  • Birthright participants

    Birthright Israel participants give over 200 ‘gifts of life’

    Over 200 participants made donations that saved others' lives.

    By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  • Childhood kidney ailment may lead to end-stage disease in adulthood

    The discovery identifies a new risk group for chronic renal failure, one of the most common diseases in the world.

    By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  • Cribs for newborn babies are seen through an window at a nursery in a hospital in Jerusalem, Septemb

    TAU scientists find molecular biomarkers of pregnancy-related complication

    Identifying the condition promptly can be followed by treatment that saves lives.

    By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  • Smart cells that heal

    Innovative Israeli cell therapy could step up treatment of CLI.

    By MAAYAN HOFFMAN

  • Mount Sinai hospital

    Possible link found between Crohn’s and Parkinson’s among Ashkenazi Jews

    This discovery could potentially help doctors develop new treatments for Crohn's which will target a particular Ashkenazi gene

    By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  • Pluristen chairman and co-CEO Zami Aberman holds a vial of specialized stem cells the company calls

    New hope for cancer patients

    Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world and its incidence continues to rise. Each year around 12.7 million people discover they have cancer and 7.6 million people die from it.

    By MAAYAN HOFFMAN

  • Doctor holding syringe

    British Council allocates 1.5m pound fund to joint Israeli stem cell research

    Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, leukemia and anemia will be the targets of the research.

    By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  • Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. in Haifa

    Pluristem’s potential new breakthrough

    Haifa company weeks away from presenting clinical trial results that could ‘generate hope’ for patients suffering from untreatable vascular disease.

    By MAAYAN HOFFMAN

  • dog rabies

    Rabid wolf-dog attacks, kills two other dogs in Israel's northern region

    A special veterinary team hunted down a rabid dog that went wild through the neighborhood.

    By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

  • Ben-Gurion University unveils AI platform for predicting ALS progression

    There is currently neither a cure nor an effective treatment to halt or reverse the progressive disease.

    By EYTAN HALON

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