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Majority of Israeli healthcare workers use Whatsapp professionally despite privacy risks - study

The study argues that current guidance largely focuses on prohibitions and warnings, without offering a practical alternative that can compete with WhatsApp’s speed and ease of use.

WhatsApp users.
The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.

Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states

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

Dozens of medical personnel reinforcements en route to Israel from Cyprus on a ship

A person takes a photo of a memorial sign showing the image of Shira Banki, an Israeli teenager who was stabbed during the 2015 Jerusalem Pride Parade, during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023.

Grapevine: Shira Banki's Way


Loneliness and burnout: Helping our healthcare heroes - opinion

By acknowledging the hidden struggles of our medical community, we can help ensure that our healthcare heroes receive the care and understanding they so deeply deserve.

 AN AMBULANCE is on the scene near where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an open area near Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar, last August. In addition to overwhelming workloads, many professionals are now grappling with feelings of betrayal from international support networks, says the writer.

Tel Aviv health clinic shut down after performing illegal liposuction

A ministry inspection discovered that the clinic was operating without the necessary license. 

 An illustrative image of surgeons conducting surgery.

Grapevine February 14, 2025: More doctors in the house

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state.

Israel to significantly expand IDF's medical training, number of paramedics

Major General Michel Yanko presented plans to expand medical training, increasing IDF's doctors and paramedics after war insights show their presence boosts survival rates and soldier confidence.

 An Israeli Golani soldier is examined by a military doctor,  August 1, 2021

Are American Jewish doctors being targeted by post-Oct. 7 antisemitism? - opinion

There’s work to do, and we need to do it together with our brethren in the Diaspora. Hadassah, AJMA, and other organizations are protesting Israel’s exclusion. 

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)

Israel House: A safe harbor for Israeli medical students in Europe

When these Israeli students study at Katowice’s University of Silesia for four or five years, where do they go to feel at home? The answer is Israel House.

 ISRAEL HOUSE in Katowice, Poland.

Hadas Malada-Matsree: The first Ethiopian woman to be an IDF doctor

Hadas Malada-Matsree has been the recipient of many awards for her work in the health sector and her ardent social activism, especially for the Ethiopian-Israeli community.

 Hadas Malada-Matsree with her family.

Mentoring the ‘elite of the elite’ hospital residents at Hadassah

Hadassah elite is located on the 10th floor, which has been renovated especially for the program.

 The Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem. January 15, 2017.

Pooling the Middle East's medical resources, physicians compare notes

Senior physicians from Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, and the US compare notes on health disparities in the Middle East.

AS A GLOBAL society, nations must not only understand the increasing complexities of their own healthcare systems but also those in other regions of the world without universal access to healthcare (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/TNS) PROF. ALON HERSHKO, head of the internal medicine C department at H

Study: 40% of US Jewish medical professionals experienced antisemitism in workplace

Nearly 40% of US medical professionals indicate that they have personally experienced or witnessed antisemitism in their places of work.

 A doctor wears a protective mask as he walks outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2020.