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47% of Israelis will not get vaccinated against swine flu
About half of the population is not planning on getting vaccinated against the swine flu, according to a poll conducted by the Geocartography Institute on 500 respondents ...
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Meital Yasur-Beir Or
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Israel falls behind on physical education in schools
The Knesset Information and Research Center has reported that physical education in Israel falls far beneath global standards, with just 90 minutes a week being taught to ...
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Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad
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Shoah survivors more likely to develop cancer
Holocaust survivors have a greater chance of developing cancer, a new study by Haifa University has found. Throughout the study, which was published in the National ...
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Sarit Rosenblum
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New 'genius program' launched in Israel
Fifteen high school students are currently undergoing strict training in a program designed to groom Israel's first "team of geniuses". The tenth and eleventh ...
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Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad
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47% of youth say they're overweight
Nearly half of Israeli adolescents define themselves as fat regardless of their weight, a study conducted at the Western Galilee College reveals. The survey was ...
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Yaffa Shir-Raz
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Israel to get swine flu vaccines in November
Israel will begin vaccinating against the swine flu in November, the Health Ministry announced on Monday. The ministry added that 350,000 doses of the vaccine would ...
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Meital Yasur Beit-Or
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Israeli physicist heads Nobel Prize candidate list
Israeli physicist Yakir Aharonov, 77, has been nominated as one of the three final candidates to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. The winner will be announced ...
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Avital Lahav
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A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection
For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures ...
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Circumcision doesn't protect gay men from AIDS
Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn't help protect gay men from the virus, according to the largest US study to look at ...
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Stop. You've left the kid in the car
Trying to prevent the next tragedy. Two Israeli innovators recently developed a new system for preventing parents from accidentally locking their kids in the car. The ...
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Benny Barak
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Report: Cancer leading cause of death in Israel
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released a report probing the leading causes of death in Israel Wednesday, revealing that cancer, diabetes and renal ...
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Meital Yasur-Beit Or
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Health Ministry warns of grave shortage in doctors, nurses
A Health Ministry report released Wednesday says Israel is experiencing a grave shortage in healthcare professionals. The report said that there has been an 8% drop ...
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Meital Yasur-Beit Or
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Prognosis: 14,000 to die of swine flu
This is the scenario that hospital administrators have been instructed to prepare for this winter in light of the spreading H1N1 virus epidemic: 14,000 dead, an equal ...
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Meital Yasur-Beit Or
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Survey: 25% of Israelis suffering from mental distress
About a quarter of the population in Israel had suffered from mental distress in 2007, but only about half of those who experienced problems reported seeking professional ...
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Meital Yasur-Beit Or
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Teva recalls drug following Jackson death probe
A maker of the potent anesthetic propofol found in Michael Jackson's home has been contacted by federal officials investigating the pop star's death and has recalled tens ...
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