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Low risk of deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, World Health Organization reassures
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are among the Asian locations that tightened airport screening checks this week to guard against such a spread after India confirmed infections.
Trump's board of folly: Why putting Turkey, Qatar in charge of Gaza is a farce - opinion
US officially exits WHO, citing COVID-19 pandemic management failure
Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system
More than half the world faces high measles risk, WHO says
Cases last year were already up 79% to over 300,000, according to WHO data, - thought to represent just a fraction of the total.
Coming soon in Israel: Graphic warnings of smoking damage on cigarette packets
A survey conducted by ICA has revealed that 84.4% of Israel's public is in favor of graphic warnings with photographs on boxes.
Worldwide smoking is on the decline - except Israel - report
The new WHO report showed that 150 countries are successfully reducing tobacco use. Brazil has made a relative reduction of 35% since 2010, and the Netherlands is on the verge of reaching 30%
Hundreds of Israelis contract new COVID sub-variant JN.1
The Health Ministry confirmed the report, adding that Israel has seen a small rise in morbidity rates...around 200 cases of the sub-variant were recorded in Israel."
Gaza's Al Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath' says WHO
The WHO said there were hundreds of wounded patients, with new ones arriving by the minute and trauma injuries being stitched on the floor, with almost no pain management available.
On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel
"The AIDS epidemic is still with us," said Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center.
Disease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHO
Israel has sworn to annihilate Hamas, the terrorist group that rules Gaza, after its gunmen burst through the border killing around 1,200 people and seizing 240 captives on October 7.
Jerusalem neurologist leads global forum to counter misinformation on Israel
The forum has released several official letters sent to the World Health Organization as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross calling for increased intervention on Israel’s behalf.
WHO asks China for details on outbreak of mysterious respiratory illness
Both China and the WHO have faced questions about the transparency of reporting on the earliest COVID-19 cases that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
UN human rights chief says disease, hunger 'inevitable' in Gaza
Volker Turk said the depletion of fuel would be "catastrophic" across Gaza, leading to the collapse of sewage systems, healthcare and ending the scarce humanitarian aid being supplied.
