Medicine

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

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

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

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

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

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


Israeli pilots admit using stimulant pills on long Iran missions, doctors warn public against use

Recently, IDF pilots have admitted to using stimulant pills designed to help maintain alertness in situations of extreme fatigue.

An Israel Air Force fighter jet on the way to strike targets in Iran on March 4, 2026.

After 144 years, Israel's Health Ministry to move from Jerusalem’s Ottoman-era health building

Its history spans the late Ottoman Empire, in which the Turks ruled Jerusalem from 1516 until 1917, to the British Mandate, to the State of Israel.

District Health Office at 86 Jaffa Road – the Ottoman-era stone façade with courtyard entrance.

Good news for patients taking attention and concentration medications and their parents

A new amendment will ease heavy burdens in pharmacies and spare patients the exhausting race against the clock to renew their prescription every 30 days.

Fewer lines at pharmacies

From medicine to coding: The Israeli initiative connecting sound, AI, and social impact

MusicTech is a new field where sound serves not just music but also medical, communication, mechanical, and environmental purposes – from health to fire prevention – with Israel leading.

Dibb Abu Ganimah, entrepreneur of Darbuka AI Powered Drum.

Rare Disease Day: “We are here for them, but they need you to be here for them as well"

Nedirim is advancing rights and raising awareness for rare syndromes.

Nedirim Association

Nine-month-old baby rushed to Shaare Zedek after choking, passes away despite resuscitation efforts

Despite successfully removing the foreign object from the baby’s throat, doctors were unable to stabilize her condition.

Illustrative image of a baby girl to frame story of 9-month-old who died in Shaare Zedek after choking. February, 2026.

An expert warns: These are the places where you must not store medications

Do you keep medications in a high cabinet in the bathroom? Do you put your child’s medication in their school bag? There are several important things you need to know.

In a bag in the summer it is less good

New study examines debate over brain-dead pregnant women kept on ventilator

The case that occurred in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia, has just been described in “The halachic heartbeat at the edge of life: navigating maternal brain death and fetal life.”

Prof. John Loike (R), Prof Alan Kadish (M), and Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (L)

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's death at 48 underscores the growing trend of colon cancer among those under 50, now the leading cause of cancer death in this age group.

James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

Israeli nurse arrested on suspicion of abusing three-year-old, causing two leg fractures

The suspect, a nurse of about 15 years with no prior criminal record, was detained on suspicion of abusing a helpless minor and causing serious injury.

A nurse walks through the corridors of the sterile ward at the Timone pediatric hospital in Marseille on January 23, 2026. (Illustrative)