Health

Israel braces for high air pollution as dust from North Africa impacts air quality

Israel braces for high air pollution this weekend from a dust storm. Health authorities warn sensitive groups to stay indoors and limit outdoor activities until Monday.

Israel's Health Ministry.
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Dr. Sivan Mercer reveals: From salmon DNA to biostimulators: The hottest trends in aesthetics

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Israeli study: Here’s how nearsightedness in children can be slowed

The best time to take these supplements is in the morning with food

More than half of Israelis take dietary supplements and vitamins, new survey reveals


Which snack harms your gut most? Experts point to bagged potato chips

Ultra-processed bagged chips drive inflammation and disrupt the microbiome; experts recommend nuts, berries, legumes and live-culture yogurt instead.

A worker arranges potato chips inside the Bonilla a la Vista factory in Arteixo, near Coruna, Spain February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020.

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

A new Bar-Ilan study finds parental trust in childhood vaccines has declined since Covid, raising concerns as measles cases rise in Israel and abroad.

JPost sits down with Professor Michael Edelstein.

England hospitals brace for worst-case flu wave as UK health minister vows to prevent strikes

Streeting has been critical of the action, calling the doctors "self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous" in earlier comments as hospitals faced rising admissions due to a surge in flu cases.

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association picket outside St Thomas’ Hospital during the union’s 14th strike in a dispute over pay and working conditions that began in March 2023, as hospitals manage a rise in cases of a virulent flu strain, in London, Britain, December 17, 2025.

A Sea Turtle Hospital and Educational Center: A first look at the new rescue facility

The National Sea Turtle Rescue Center has a hospital, breeding area, and education center. Visitors see turtle rehabilitation, the team’s work, and learn to protect the marine environment.

Treatment of a female brown sea turtle at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

Israeli scientist makes ‘Nature’ journal’s top ten list of shapers of science in 2025

‘Peptide detective’ Weizmann immunologist Prof. Yifat Merbl was recognized for a new hidden immune mechanism.

PROF. YIFAT MERBL. Just last year, she received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category, which is given to scientists for groundbreaking or innovative research that has the potential to advance the health of mankind

'Aging in Wellness and Adversity': Embracing patients coping with old age, dementia - book review

Abramowitz founded and directed the Melabev organization, initially a place where volunteers worked with dementia patients whose families wanted to keep their loved ones out of institutions.

Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

Checkups following the surgery showed “normal healing” and the baby will continue to have follow-ups until her teeth come in, the hospital said.

An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

Israeli study reveals: Common pregnancy condition that increases autism risk by 2.5 times

A Ben-Gurion University study of 51,000+ births found mothers with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance during pregnancy had a 2.5× higher risk of having children with autism.

Maternal thyroid hormones are essential for the neurological development of the fetus

Israeli, US scientists uncover viral switch that could help defeat antibiotic resistance

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed that bacteriophages use a small RNA molecule to hijack bacterial cells, a mechanism that had never been described before.

A microscope.

How to produce the “youth molecule” in the body from 4 simple foods

Everyone wants to look and feel younger – which is why the anti-aging field has flourished in recent decades. So let us save you money and reveal a closely guarded secret that starts on your plate.

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