Medicine

Two out of three 2026 Nobel Medicine laureates were recognized with Technion's Harvey Prize in 2016

Prof. Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Prof. Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin were awarded the Harvey Prize in 2016 and received the Nobel in 2026.

Technion's 2016 edition of the Harvey Prize. Both professor would later be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Actor-therapists bring interactive performances into Israeli pediatric hospitals, helping young patients regain a sense of choice, connection, and ordinary childhood.

Gilat Foundation uses theater to bring moments of childhood back to hospitalized Israeli children

Women sit together to enjoy a pizza (illustrative)

Eating with someone you love could help your body regulate blood sugar, Israeli study finds

Illustration: A doctor uses artificial intelligence technology in their work.

High rate of AI errors in Israeli study


Dozens of cardiologists may have skipped internal medicine training, falsified records - report

According to a Channel 13 report, the committee was formed after a resident doctor at the center alleged that residency logs had been falsified so cardiology residents could skip the training.

View of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. January 26, 2026.

Jerusalem hospital performs first-ever alpha radiation treatment for recurring brain tumors

The technology, which emits highly bioefficient alpha particles that deliver concentrated radiation, was developed in collaboration with the Sharett Institute of Oncology and ALPHA Tau.

Doctors at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 2026.

Skeptical of alternative medicine, I took a leap on Chinese tonics and paid the price - opinion

I found a specialist in Tel Aviv that I’d read good things about. While not a licensed medical doctor, he tests all his tonics in the oncology department at Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest.

Chinese medicine: 'I dutifully brewed up his witch's concoction every night.'

SIL204 treatment may help immune system attack KRAS-driven tumors, research finds - exclusive

This comes just after SIL204 advanced into Phase 2/3 clinical evaluation at the end of July, beginning its first clinical trial at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

Illustration of a pancreatic tumor surrounded by immune cells

Assuta, Microsoft develop AI medical assistant to reduce relieve doctors' documentation tasks

The AI assistant is intended to read the medical record and present key information before a patient meeting, and listen to and transcribe the conversation during the meeting.

View of the Assuta medical center in Ramat haHayal, Tel Aviv. June 17, 2025.

US, Canadian healthcare failing to address rising antisemitism since Oct. 7, review says

“Antisemitism in healthcare has become a problem that can no longer be ignored," said Dr. Hedy S. Wald and Dr. Steven Roth, the authors of the report.

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)

New tool designed to detect biases hidden in medical AI data sets, identifies flaws in training

"We train models to be the most predictive, but we have zero control over what the model uses to make the prediction," AI-assisted medicine expert Unberath added. 

A conceptual illustration of global data networks, proxy servers and artificial intelligence technologies powering modern web data collection.

A regressive step: Israel's gender segregation law undermines medical education, equality - opinion

Gender segregation has no place in medical training. It risks sidelining women, weakening universities, and damaging the international standing of Israeli medicine.

ELLA HAVIN, medical student: In her Ben-Gurion University class, women comprise roughly 70% of students.

Sally Reidman came to Israel with a massage table - and built a healthcare empire

Born in Pennsylvania in 1949 to Holocaust survivors, Sally grew up with her mother in California and studied psychology at California State University.

Sally Reidman.

Insurance companies pay policyholders to receive medical care at home instead of ERs

Israeli insurance firms encourage home-based medical services through financial incentives, reducing costs while easing hospital stress, officials say.

Hospital treatment.