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
Israeli-American study: Obese bariatric surgery patients live longer
The rate of death in obese individuals in the study who did not have surgery was 2.3% compared to 1.3% for those who had surgery
The number of rabid animals rose 250% last year, mostly from abroad
The data were based on actual bodies of animals examined in Agriculture Ministry labs and suspected of being infected with rabies.
Why is Israel’s opioid death rate so much lower than in the U.S.?
Since the late 1990s, more than 200,000 Americans have died as a result of using opioids.
Israeli researchers identify symptoms of progressive blindness
Five Israelis diagnosed with blindness disease once seen only in lab mice.
Popular baby cream taken off market
Consumers are asked to return it to the store.
Psychiatrists told not to cooperate with Health Min. over new guidelines
There's a big debate about isolating and restraining psychiatric patients.
135 medical technologies costing NIS 460m. added to health basket
NIS 40m. to include children up to 16 in Health Ministry’s basic dental care program
How reliable is your brain, really?
Most people assume that their brains are a stable and reliable tool that works consistently. But amazingly, our brain responses are very different from those of other people.
Report: Israel has a long way to go to reduce health-reducing environmental factors
Environmental health directly affects human health, with almost a quarter of all diseases attributed to environmental factors, killing an estimated 12.6 million people around the world annually.
Israeli first: balloons and glue used to cure AVM in the brain
The new method utilized at Shaare Zedek involves the closure of veins through the use of a tiny balloon introduced on the tip of a tiny catheter.