Israeli health news
‘Direct danger to Israel’s health’: Medical schools deans fight bill pushing for gender segregation
The proposed bill “is a direct danger to the health of the citizens of Israel,” the deans wrote in a public letter shared on Monday.
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Israel experiences 150% more investments in mental health, $352 million in startup funding in 2025
Where research becomes impact: Bar-Ilan University’s healthtech vision
MDA evacuates premature infants ahead of expected Iranian retaliation
Israeli gynecologist sentenced to seven years in prison for rape
Khoury, 63, has a quarter-century's experience in gynecology. The two women he raped were in their 20s; he was also convicted of verbally and sexually harassing one of them.
Jerusalem family brings grill indoors to warm apartment, start fire
The family brought in the outdoor grill to heat the apartment – which quickly backfired, as they awoke to thick smoke and medical ailments.
Coronavirus in Israel: What do we know about the 143 hospitalized people?
Of the 143 hospitalized patients, 58% were vaccinated, 39% were not at all, and 3% were partially vaccinated.
Alroy-Preis maintains: Preschools cannot open Sunday
Other Health Ministry officials disagree
Student struggles to fund her mother's only life-saving cancer treatment
Riben has been struggling to find a way to fund an alternative cancer treatment that costs NIS 25,000 every three weeks.
Is a home coronavirus test on its way?
Hod Hasharon-based BATM Advanced Communications Limited announced that they have developed a new diagnostic kit to detect the novel coronavirus and that the idea of creating a home test is under discussion.
Innovative new Osteoporosis treatment arrives at Hadassah Ein Kerem
"The drug to our delight is entering the "drug basket" of 2020 and that's a great thing for patients suffering from severe osteoporosis.
Health Ministry D-G commits to NIS 500m. 'health basket' addition
Despite ongoing financial instability, director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov said it was imperative that medical treatments are funded.
Map of the human heart
Talking with the TAU professor whose team just achieved a biological milestone: 3D-printing a heart using human tissue and vessels.
Health technology: Are medical devices protected?
Once a hacker gets through a hospital’s firewall, they don’t often come up against any other lines of defense protecting medical devices.
