Healthcare System

Luigi Mangione in court for hearings over US healthcare executive's killing

Mangione could face life in prison if convicted of murder in the second degree, which is defined as an intentional killing.

Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate charged with executing the head of America’s largest health care company on a Midtown sidewalk, is back in Manhattan court today for an evidence hearing that could make or break his state case, in New York City, US, December 1, 2025.
 View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.

Your Taxes: The National Insurance obligations for Israelis overseas - opinion

Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World Vision, in Yaka Dokan village, Herat, Afghanistan

Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF

An illustrative image of a small amount of food on a plate alongside measuring tape.

Hidden epidemic: Israel's battle with eating disorders must become part of trauma care - opinion


Key insights from a day inside the general medicine unit at Sheba Medical Center - opinion

One day of field observation could turn a good idea into a great one, an idea that transforms lives and gives innovators a real competitive edge in shaping the future of healthcare.

ERAN LERER (left) and Dr. David Hochstein

New report: Heavy burden on health services for people with disabilities

The system is collapsing under the demand since the start of the war, the number of people turning to services has increased by dozens of percent, and caregivers report growing distress.

Since the beginning of the war, there has been a several-hundred-percent increase in calls to mental support hotlines

Israel launches AI-powered medical assistant for children’s hospital doctors

PANDA was developed in response to the everyday challenges faced by pediatricians navigating more than 600 clinical protocols across the hospital’s units.

 OF THE 26 patients who went to Schneider Children’s Medical Center, 24 had witnessed the murder or kidnapping of family members during the October 7 attack.

Mental health pandemic: Israel needs more psychologists for the public - opinion

The state must now prepare a multi-year plan that will ensure the number of psychologists required to treat the public.

A depressed woman

‘It’s different in medicine’: Iraq’s fake degree crisis puts patients in peril

Officials and experts say thousands of unqualified practitioners have entered hospitals and clinics, fueling medical errors and preventable deaths as enforcement lags.

A hospital in Basra, Iraq, March 6, 2024.

Cyberattack on Shamir Medical Center leaks emails, medical record system remains secure

The announcement followed a Thursday report of an attempted hack into the hospital’s servers during Yom Kippur that had been blocked, raising fears of broader damage.

View of the Shamir Medical Center. January 30, 2025.

Medical advancements should not wait 17 years before being used - opinion

It can take up to 17 years for discoveries in scientific research to make it to clinical practice, but why wait that long?

 Artificial intelligence continues to advance the world of medicine

Health basket cuts are crippling families - opinion

Behind every child with cancer stands an entire family fighting not only the disease but often the system itself.

HEALTH MINISTRY Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov attends a meeting of the healthcare basket committee earlier this year. Israelis believe they have a national health insurance system, but the picture is often very different, states the writer.

No. 38: Joshua Shemer, Shali Mazaki-Tovi: Bringing innovation to healthcare

Assuta's Joshua (Shuki) Shemer and Sheba's Shali Mazaki-Tovi are at the forefront of Israel's medical innovation.

(L-R): Shali Mazaki-Tovi, Joshua Shemer

Luigi Mangione wins dismissal of some counts over killing US health insurance executive

While the killing of Thompson was also widely condemned by public officials across the political spectrum, Mangione has become a folk hero to some Americans who decry steep healthcare costs.

Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this year.

Israel at the forefront: Healthcare technological advances on par with top nations

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