Epidemic

Hospitals in China overwhelmed by surge in HMPV patients raising concerns about a new epidemic

Neighboring countries such as Cambodia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are closely monitoring the HMPV situation, having reported a few cases but no widespread outbreaks.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shanghai, China.
PROF. PINHAS DANNON, chief psychiatrist of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem and a leading expert on opioid addiction.

Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster

Israel, now the largest per capita consumer of opioids, faces a rising crisis. Learn about the challenges, responses from health authorities, and the need for improved treatment and prevention.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
3D simulation of the dispersion of 'corona clouds' - droplet and aerosol spray emitted by coughing in a closed space

Israeli Health Min. issues workplace guide amid whooping cough epidemic

IIOSH issues recommendations to employers in an attempt to boost workplace productivity amid whooping cough epidemic.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A nurse draws a blood sample for an HIV test at the lab of the NGO "Accion Solidaria" (Solidarity Action) in Caracas, Venezuela, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018.

On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel

"The AIDS epidemic is still with us," said Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Israeli invented 'CoughSync' machine to treat coronavirus in China

"It is a completely noninvasive method of clearing secretions that reproduces normal physiology,” said its inventor, Dr. Eliezer Be'eri.

FEBRUARY 16, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Dr. Eliezer Be’eri shown treating infant with CoughSync

Deaths from coronavirus outbreak in China surpass those from SARS

Many of China's usually teeming cities have almost become ghost towns during the past two weeks.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020ByREUTERS
Elderly people queue up for free surgical masks from a convenience store, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China February 7, 2020.