Israeli health news
Israel experiences 150% more investments in mental health, $352 million in startup funding in 2025
Since October 7, Israel's mental health startup sector has been growing non-stop, showing the need for a nationwide plan to address the mental health crisis in the country.
Where research becomes impact: Bar-Ilan University’s healthtech vision
MDA evacuates premature infants ahead of expected Iranian retaliation
Organ donation by Tzeela Gez, murdered in West Bank shooting, brings hope amid tragedy
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.
Israel's Sheba Medical Center one of 10 best hospitals in world - report
"We are proud and excited to have been chosen by Newsweek magazine to appear on this prestigious list of elite hospitals around the globe."