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Health Ministry warns against rise in whooping cough in Israel

Ministry calls on health maintenance organizations to make vaccines available for pregnant women and children after cases increase in areas close to Jerusalem

Adir Yanko | 09.18.23

Young man may remain in vegetative state after use of anabolic steroids

Doctors say use of illegal substance prevents blood from reaching cerebellum, causing Locked-in Syndrome which is when the patient is conscious and can move his or her eyes on command but cannot communicate any other way

Yair Kraus | 09.10.23

Coronavirus is back: What to do if COVID test is positive

Updated vaccine expected to arrive by October, is seen as effective on new strain of the virus; as quarantine no longer obligated under guidelines, public urged to stay at home if infected to protect the vulnerable at at risk

Dr. Itay Gal | 09.07.23

Doctors protesting judicial legislation, Dir. Gen of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov

Health system in crisis, National Council of Doctors says

Council members urge Health Ministry Dir. Gen. to inform decision makers that as physicians consider leaving amid judicial legislation, those specializing abroad as well as medical students, hesitate to return despite positions waiting for them

Adir Yanko | 08.17.23

Why don't opioids have warning labels in Israel?

Despite an appeal by organizations for new warning labels to be placed on packages approved by the Health Ministry, they have still not been approved

Adir Yanko | 08.14.23

Israel announces easier access to medical cannabis

While regulatory obstacles are removed for some patients in need of the drug, PTSD and chronic pain sufferers would still be required to go through the bureaucratic licensing process under the guidelines that come into effect in December

Adir Yanko | 08.07.23

Weight loss surgeries decline as slimming injections gain traction

Health Ministry data shows number of adjustable gastric band surgeries fell 27% between 2017 and 2022 due to non-surgical treatment alternatives

Adir Yanko | 08.01.23

Thousands of doctors considering jobs outside Israel after Knesset vote

Health Ministry director-general implores doctors to stay, in Zoom call after physicians join WhatsApp group sharing intentions to leave the country and exchange information on where best to find work

Adir Yanko | 07.27.23

Psychedelic treatment for mental health: Will Israel embrace the Australian approach?

Australia permitted psychiatrists to prescribe ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms for the treatment of depression and PTSD, raising a heated debate: Is this safe? Who is it suitable for? What are the implications? And what are the chances of this being approved in Israel next?

Dr. Itay Gal | 07.17.23

Inferno, thy name is Cleon: Israel braces for a heatwave

Israelis are praying their AC hold up in what promises to be one of the most forceful and anxiety-inducing heat waves the Middle Eastern nation has ever known, with triple-digit temperatures promising to become more frequent

Danny Roup, Gilad Carmeli | 07.10.23

Alzheimer's drug gives hope to Israeli patients and their families

After Leqembi receives accelerated approval of the FDA medical experts say cure is a gamechanger, calling on doctors, HMOs to invest more in early detection

Adir Yanko | 07.09.23

Woman charged with falsifying medical degree, worked for years in hospital lab

Amal Jaberine indicted after Health Ministry claims her university degree and medical license were forged; She had been on staff in a private hospital in Tel Aviv

Gilad Cohen | 06.20.23

Hospital sends cancer patient home after no available bed is found

Hospitals in the north and south of the country do not have oncology wards and patients are faced with the choice of risking infection in internal medicine wards or going home; 'The hospitals say we will die anyway," one woman suffering from pancreatic cancer says

Alexandra Lukash, Nir Cohen | 06.20.23

ראובן אמיר, עמית אסתר עקווא וירון אדל. נשארו מחוץ לרפורמת הקנאביס

Patients left off medical cannabis list ask for help

Yaron, Amit and Reuven, whose licenses for using medical cannabis will soon expire, ask the government why their conditions aren't included in the upcoming reform despite proof the drug can improve their quality of life

Alexandra Lukash, Ariela Ayalon | 06.18.23

Some families have to chose between buying medicines or buying food

The sick are looking for a cure: Israeli patients need help paying for medicine

One of the signs of the cost of living: the increase in drug prices leads more and more patients to ask for help from an organization in Israel that works to obtain them and give them to those who in need; Sometimes these are life-saving drugs that cost tens of thousands of shekels

Adir Yanko | 06.15.23

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