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


UK healthcare worker tried to sell Princess Kate's medical information for profit, probe finds

The ICO said it concluded a criminal investigation and found that a former healthcare worker had deliberately misused sensitive information and offered to disclose it for financial gain.

  Kate Middleton at the coronation of King Charles III. Poses well whether she's visiting an orphanage or presenting the award to the winner of the Wimbledon tournament

German nun awarded order of merit after decades of caring for leprosy patients in Pakistan

Sister Annette Dimigen, a member of the Protestant Sisterhood of the Christ Bearers, has played a key role in humanitarian outreach through the Aid to Leprosy Patients Association.

Nuns walk with flowers to attend the funeral of the German-born Sister Dr. Ruth Pfau, outside the St. Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan August 19, 2017.

'Medicine is no place for politics': IMA pushes back against proposed global boycott - interview

On Saturday, renowned medical journal The Lancet published a petition calling for the suspension of the IMA from the World Medical Association (WMA).

An illustrative image of a doctor holding a heart with an Israeli flag.

Seph Fontane Pennock: The serial entrepreneur who turned patient frustration into regenerated

"There's a regulatory vacuum in regenerative medicine, and patients are the ones paying the price."

The Lancet publishes call to suspend Israeli Medical Association from global medical body

The World Medical Association however told The Lancet that it stands against exclusion of any of its members, pointing out that the IMA is a "strong advocate for WMA ethics and policies."

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2020

Trump claims unnamed drug can bring people back from death, boasts success of Right To Try Act

"We've taken people that were dead. We had a person given the last rites - gone, the kids are crying, and everything - and started them on this drug. And the person became better," Trump insisted.

US President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and healthcare industry professionals, answers a reporters question during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Healthcare innovation in Reichman’s MBA program focused on real-world implementation

“The MBA in Healthcare Innovation turns ideas into real healthcare solutions.”

Trump to expand prescription drug site with 600 cheaper generic medicines in push to lower costs

More than 600 generics will be available through the website, Trump said, part of an effort by the administration to expand access to lower-cost medicines.

US President Donald Trump speaks to introduce the new TrumpRx website in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2026.

Sheba opens Israel’s only protected hyperbaric medicine center

The Tel Hashomer center, funded by a NIS 22 million Kadar family donation, can treat up to 24 patients at once and is designed to maintain care during emergencies.

NIS 22 million Kadar donation funds protected hyperbaric center at Sheba.

Dripping acid: My battle with chronic bladder pain after cancer treatment - opinion

Would I have preferred to be knocked out by general anesthesia so I wouldn’t feel a thing? Sure, but total body sedation for such a short procedure would have been both overkill and dangerous.

ADDING EXTRA HA can fill in any missing patches to shield the underlying tissue from irritants and bacteria.