Illness

UN reports nearly 9,300 chickenpox cases amid overcrowding in Gaza

Data provided to news agencies indicated that the number of reported infections had reached nearly 9,300, with more than half of the cases identified in Khan Yunis.

Displaced Palestinian children play in water as they shelter at a school on a hot day, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026.
Lettuce is displayed for sale at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

FDA reverses lettuce warning: Taylor Farms cyclospora test was a false positive

Former US Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a prison sentence for assaulting a Russian police officer in 2022, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia April 6, 2026.

Jailed US citizen, former marine taken to Russian hospital for undisclosed illness - report

A woman consults with her doctor; illustrative.

Can 'being a b****' really prevent autoimmune disease? Viral meme may hold some truth


Israeli child receives excess vaccine dosage

The student in question received an excess dose of their diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine (DTaP) and a polio vaccine in place of their HPV vaccine. 

Vaccine syringe

Medieval manuscripts detail bizarre remedies for grisly ailments

Most of the manuscripts, which contain some 8,000 recipes, date to the 14th or 15th centuries. One manuscript is over 1,000 years old.

A dentist with silver forceps and a necklace of large teeth, extracting the tooth of a seated man.

Jamming to your favorite tunes? It could work as a painkiller - study

Music is becoming more widely recognized as a pain management tool, but scientists still question which aspect of the music is driving the pain-killing benefits.

 Man listening to music with headphones (Illustrative)

Arrivals from Ukraine, Russia increase number of hepatitis C carriers - Health Ministry

These carriers must be tested, diagnosed and treated, the ministry said.

 Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Health Ministry Director-General Professor Nachman Ash and Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry attend a press conference about the Polio vaccine in Tel Aviv, on April 26, 2022

Make-A-Wish, Disney partner to help kids in Israel

The "MickyWish" bracelet, made with the specific intent of raising money for children being cared for by Make-A-Wish, is being sold online and at “Terminal X” shops across Israel for about NIS 20.

 Poster detailing the collaboration between Make-A-Wish, Disney, FOX apparel, and others.

Young girl with illness gets to live fantasy of being police officer for a day

Nine-year-old Oriyah got to live her dream of being a police officer for a day, during which she wore a uniform, rode around in a cop car and met all kinds of members of Israel Police's many units.

 Nine-year-old Oriyah gets to meet police officers and work as an officer for a day.

A deadly snail is threatening Florida residents' health. Here's how

In the 1960s, it took $1 million and 10 years to eradicate. In 2010, a second infestation took another decade and $23 million to eradicate. Now, the deadly snail is back.

 Giant African Snail (Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich) photographed August 4, 2001 crossing concrete patio in Kāne'ohe, O'ahu, Hawai'i by Eric Guinther

Tips to build resilience when serious illness strikes the family

Here you'll find tips for supporting children – which by the way are also useful for grown-ups

 Mental Illness Study Chart

Why did Lodz Ghetto Jews hardly suffer chronic disease? Nazi records have hints

Nazi doctors’ records hint why Jews in the Lodz Ghetto 80 years ago hardly got cancer, heart attacks and diabetes.

 Dividing cancer cell

Israel prepares to face Hepatitis wave in children seen in Europe

Europe is facing a wave of Hepatitis in children, and Israel is preparing for the worst. There's only one problem: No one knows where it's coming from.

 Hepatitis A virus (HVA) causes acute inflammation of the liver and is the most common of all forms of viral hepatitis