Healthcare System

Trump vaccine policy reversal deepens rift with Health Secretary Kennedy - report

Trump’s renewed focus on vaccines has put RFK Jr. under pressure, unsettled HHS officials and exposed shifting lines of authority inside the department.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) looking on, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Meuhedet Longevity: "The real question isn't how long we'll live, but how we'll live those years."

The next revolution in medicine isn't about living longer. It's about living better

Dr. Sivan Berger Achituv, "We're not trying to help people live to 120. We're trying to give them more healthy years. We want to move longevity medicine from private clinics to the wider public"

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COOPERATION WITH MEUHEDET
A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.

Israel built a binational healthcare system but never learned how to manage it - opinion

The war exposed growing tensions in Israel’s healthcare system and the need for a new approach to managing shared workplaces.

|ByAMNON BEERI-SULITZEANU
A doctor provides care to a patient with Ebola virus disease at the Rwampara Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 13, 2026.

Ebola patients, responders flee Congo hospital attack after patient denied blood transfusion dies

Relatives of a patient were part of the crowd that stormed the Nyakunde Hospital in Ituri province on Wednesday afternoon and evening, throwing stones and damaging its perimeter fence.

|ByREUTERS

Doctors must not become weapons in the campaign against Israel - editorial

A petition to suspend Israel’s medical association would punish doctors for government policy and set a dangerous precedent for global medicine.

JUNE 15, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.

National Insurance to adopt new protections, accommodations for sexual assault survivors

If the person asks for a female doctor to be part of the panel, NII will try to grant the request, depending on whether a female doctor is available in the relevant medical field and location.

JUNE 10, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
The program is part of a national effort to alleviate the Israeli doctor shortage. (Illustrative).

'Antisemitism in medicine is a patient care crisis,' says AJMA CEO Eveline Shekhman - interview

AJMA CEO Eveline Shekhman warns that rising antisemitism in US healthcare is creating a patient care crisis, affecting doctors, nurses, and medical students.

JUNE 9, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Eveline Shekhman, AJMA CEO.

Underground hospitals, no school: Israel transitions to restricted activity mode after Iran strikes

The restrictions include a total closure of all educational institutions, cancellation of exams, and stricter limits on gatherings and workplaces.

JUNE 8, 2026ByDR. ITAY GAL
Hospitals move patients underground following Iranian missile barrage, June 8, 2026.

Trump claims unnamed drug can bring people back from death, boasts success of Right To Try Act

"We've taken people that were dead. We had a person given the last rites - gone, the kids are crying, and everything - and started them on this drug. And the person became better," Trump insisted.

JUNE 5, 2026BySHIR PERETS
US President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and healthcare industry professionals, answers a reporters question during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Taiwan is building a smart healthcare system with AI, big data - opinion

Taiwan’s digital health model uses advanced data integration and AI to improve care while advocating for WHO inclusion.

MAY 17, 2026ByCHUNG-LIANG SHIH
DR. CHUNG-LIANG Shih, the Taiwanese health and welfare minister, speaks at a press conference promoting Healthy Taiwan, in 2025.

The health budget paradox

Public healthcare in Israel owes a profound debt of gratitude to generous individuals in Israel and abroad who contribute generously

MAY 12, 2026ByAMOS SHAVIT, IN COLLABORATION WITH KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER
Amos Shavit, CEO of the Friends of Kaplan Medical Center

Hundreds of European doctors hoping to make aliyah attend MedEx conference

Israel has faced a lack of doctors for years, mainly due to a higher-than-average birth rate compared to other Western countries and an aging population of doctors.

MAY 6, 2026ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders and Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer

Tehran on the brink: Iran’s healthcare system nears collapse amid war

The humanitarian picture emerging from major Iranian cities is deeply alarming, with hospitals in Tehran now operating without anesthesia or antibiotics.

MAY 3, 2026ByDR. ITAY GAL
Victims of the attack on the B1 bridge are seen in a hospital in Karaj, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, leaving 8 people killed and 95 injured, on April 3, 2026, west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran.

Beyond the strikes: How healthcare is holding Israel’s displaced together

As thousands are displaced by missile strikes, Israel’s healthcare system is rebuilding care inside hotels

APRIL 28, 2026ByCHANI KAPLAN
A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.