Israeli health care

'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Experts say Israel’s war-trauma system must evolve from disability ratings to rehabilitation. Will the next Knesset prioritize reform?

Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.
Doctors at BGU’s Medical School, Assuta Ashdod (Illustrative).

‘Direct danger to Israel’s health’: Medical schools deans fight bill pushing for gender segregation

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

MediWound’s EscharEx treatment, which is being tested in a global study for chronic wounds that fail to heal.

Israeli treatment that spared burn surgeries now aims to save limbs


Israel’s City of Health Inspires the World – Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer


Hillel's Tech Corner: Bringing blood diagnostics home

COVID-19 has served as an accelerator for the adoption of healthcare improvements left on the sidelines for years.

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Coronavirus response: Better safe than sorry or strikingly strict?

While "better safe than sorry" has been the guiding principle for public health authorities, some have questioned the restrictions which are almost unparalleled in severity.

A paramedic wearing a protective suit stands near a special polling station set up by Israel's election committee so Israelis under home-quarantine, such as those who have recently travelled back to Israel from coronavirus hot spots, can vote in Israel's national election, in Ashkelon, Israel March

Health Ministry: essential services should plan for coronavirus disruption

The Ministry released new guidelines on Friday morning, including advising employers to limit the travel of their employees

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives for a situation assessment meeting regarding the novel coronavirus, at the Health Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel February 23, 2020

Israeli healthcare expenditure rises, remains below OECD average

While current national healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP is lower than average spend in OECD countries, Israel's expenditure was higher than 10 other OECD nations.

Nurses take care of newborn babies at a nursery in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem

Nurses strike ends, sides to return to negotiating table

The Health Ministry applied for the court injunction early on Wednesday morning to force the end of strike action.

Israel Nurses Union chairwoman Ilana Cohen with Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov (R) after the debate at the Tel Aviv District Labor Court, July 24, 2019

Study: Increasing number of hospital beds won't solve overcrowding

"Conversations with physicians have revealed that they feel additional hospital beds will not significantly change the situation, and that what needs to change are hospitalization procedures."

Doctors treat internal medicine ward patients in Israeli hospital corridors