Illness

CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - report

US cyclosporiasis cases have reached record levels this year, with the current epidemic among the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in recent US history.

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Lettuce is displayed for sale, amid reports of slumping consumer confidence in lettuce and other fresh produce during the current cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands across the US, at a grocery store in Washington, DC, US, July 24, 2026.
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo, a syringe and a vial are seen in this illustration taken May 13, 2025.

US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak

The agency's announcement on Wednesday adds to the growing number of cyclosporiasis cases reported across the US Midwest, including Michigan and four other states.

|ByREUTERS
Displaced Palestinian children play in water as they shelter at a school on a hot day, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026.

UN reports nearly 9,300 chickenpox cases amid overcrowding in Gaza

Data provided to news agencies indicated that the number of reported infections had reached nearly 9,300, with more than half of the cases identified in Khan Yunis.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Lettuce is displayed for sale at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

FDA reverses lettuce warning: Taylor Farms cyclospora test was a false positive

Taylor Farms has confirmed that this product is not part of its current recall, the FDA said, as it seeks to curtail the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United States in recent years.

|ByREUTERS

Why did Lodz Ghetto Jews hardly suffer chronic disease? Nazi records have hints

Nazi doctors’ records hint why Jews in the Lodz Ghetto 80 years ago hardly got cancer, heart attacks and diabetes.

MAY 8, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Dividing cancer cell

Israel prepares to face Hepatitis wave in children seen in Europe

Europe is facing a wave of Hepatitis in children, and Israel is preparing for the worst. There's only one problem: No one knows where it's coming from.

APRIL 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hepatitis A virus (HVA) causes acute inflammation of the liver and is the most common of all forms of viral hepatitis

Make-A-Wish announces their 1000 NFT's for 1000 4 wishes

The project combines the newest and most progressive technology of NFT's, with a great cause to help grant 1000 wishes to children with critical illness.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Board Member Roy Nissany, Dvir Benedek- Chairman, Lior Helfon- board member, Neta Alchiister Ambassador of Make-A-Wish Israel, Denise Bar-Aharon Co-Chair and CEO

COVID-19 restrictions lowered death rates for other illnesses, says study

A Canadian study examined the impact face masks, social distancing and other mandated restrictions had on respiratory illnesses besides COVID-19.

MARCH 13, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
Cars line up at a drive-through COVID-19 testing center in Ganey Taaruha Tel Aviv, on January 3, 2022.

Study finds brain changes similarly to Alzheimer’s following COVID-19 infection

Many people don’t understand the long-term effects of COVID-19 and prefer to catch it and get it over with, yet a new small study gives the best reason to stay away from the virus.

FEBRUARY 15, 2022ByWALLA!
Elderly man (illustrative)

This tumor in one man’s brain turned out to be something else entirely

The tumor found in this man's brain turned out to be something repulsive and completely different than expected.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByWALLA!
The brain

This man couldn’t sit or lie down. Then he had this first-of-its-kind surgery

Yonatan couldn’t sit or lie down until he met this doctor.

FEBRUARY 5, 2022ByWALLA!
Back pain

Recovering from COVID-19? This is your chance of being reinfected

What is reinfection? How easy is it to get reinfected? All your questions are answered here.

FEBRUARY 4, 2022ByWALLA!
Test tube with Coronavirus label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020.

Havana syndrome could be caused by electromagnetic energy pulses targeting US diplomats

"Pulse electromagnetic energy...plausibly explains" the symptoms of Havana syndrome reported by some 1,000 US diplomats and spies.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByREUTERS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Havana Syndrome, which U.S. officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents", in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, US November 5, 2021

Seven signs that you may have already had coronavirus

Here's how to know if you’ve already been sick and recovered from the novel coronavirus.

JANUARY 25, 2022ByWALLA!
Woman blowing nose (Illustrative)