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Boy diagnosed with rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ is in critical condition

Patient presented with symptoms after swimming at a Tiberias water park, where a man who died of the infection a few weeks ago was exposed to the rare...

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Child diagnosed with brain-eating amoeba weeks after man’s death; visited same waterpark

Health Ministry orders closure of Gai Beach in Sea of Galilee until further notice after second case of brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri...

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Study finds eating Israeli Bamba drastically cuts peanut allergy risk in young kids

Confirming a hunch, researchers prove kids who eat Israel’s popular peanut snack develop resistance to peanut allergy, according to study in The...

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Disease expert warns polio outbreak in Gaza could spread to Israel

Dr. Lior Nesher says that it is ‘almost impossible’ to stop the spread of the virus in aquifers; unvaccinated children most at risk

23.07.2024 40

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Israel LGBTQ+ Medical Society launches course on transgender-friendly protocols

25 family physicians learn how to help trans patients at the first-ever workshop in Israel; endocrinologist expert says wait for hormone treatments...

23.07.2024 30

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IDF to give booster vaccinations to soldiers after polio virus found in Gaza sewage

Health Ministry says it will monitor situation in Israel; no cases of polio have been detected so far in the Gaza Strip, according to the World Health...

21.07.2024 10

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Evidence of polio found in Gaza sewage samples

Health Ministry says findings ‘raise concerns about the presence of the virus’; professor urges ‘regional collaboration to stop the...

19.07.2024 10

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Israeli college student compiles unblinking guide to dark trail of Hamas massacre

Foreign Ministry to distribute to embassies and visiting delegations 23-year-old’s English-language book of uncensored testimonies from October...

19.07.2024 20

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Health Ministry says 440 people diagnosed with West Nile fever, 32 dead

Virus can be deadly to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems; 80% of infected show no symptoms; ministry urges vigilance

15.07.2024 10

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Falling trust in government leading to weakened national resilience, researchers say

Nine months into war, study at Tel Aviv University and Tel Hai college sees potential harm to Israel’s ability to cope with future crises

15.07.2024 30

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‘An insatiable curiosity’: Reservist killed in Gaza fighting gets posthumous PhD

Widow, parents of Zechariah Haber, 32, collect Tel Aviv University diploma; biologist sought to improve crop productivity in harsh climatic...

13.07.2024 50

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Parents of female hostages urge government and mediators to finalize deal with Hamas

At virtual press conference, parents of four captives call on international community to fight for their children’s freedom, say war ‘will...

10.07.2024 20

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Man dies after contracting ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, in Israel’s 2nd-ever recorded case

26-year-old patient presented with symptoms caused by rare brain infection last week after swimming at a Tiberias beach

07.07.2024 20

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After fleeing Ukraine war, wife-husband artist duo paint bomb shelters near Lebanon

Six miles from the Lebanese border, new immigrants Lidia and Igor Katliarski bring life to concrete havens by covering them with murals, giving locals...

05.07.2024 20

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In Israeli first, doctor uses metal detector to find shrapnel in wounded soldiers

Low-tech innovation resulting in far quicker treatment earns surgeon Eyal Sela praise from Galilee Medical Center head, who hails initiative as...

02.07.2024 50

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Health Ministry says 81 diagnosed with West Nile fever, 7 have died in outbreak

64 hospitalized with virus, six of whom are on ventilators; 20% experiencing symptoms including fever, headaches and body aches; only 1% have...

28.06.2024 40

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Israeli researchers chance upon new type of glass that can fix its own cracks

By dropping peptide powder in water, Tel Aviv University-led team says it developed a material that is easier to make, more durable and more...

27.06.2024 10

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Hospital confirms death of two women in their 80s from West Nile virus

Beilinson Hospital says test results show the two women died of the virus; Health Ministry says there are now 32 confirmed cases, a sharp rise from...

24.06.2024 20

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After doctor’s severe eye injury, physicians urge police to stop using water cannons

Tal Weissbach, a doctor volunteering at an anti-government protest in Jerusalem, may suffer permanent vision loss after hit by a spray seemingly...

18.06.2024 20

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Domestic violence rates nearly doubled since Oct. 7. Eight women were murdered in 2024

Experts at conference on femicide say that it’s not the more widespread availability of weapons that is killing women, it’s the...

08.06.2024 50

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These Israeli track runners at Oklahoma State are quick to defend their homeland

Representing the Jewish state from afar as fallout from Oct. 7 continues at home and abroad, Adisu Guadie and Sivan Auerbach report a warm welcome in...

31.05.2024 40

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Chaplain duo at Soroka hospital treat patients spiritually wounded by October 7

The country’s second-largest hospital has taken in some 3,000 people hurt during the Hamas atrocities and their aftermath, but as the clergy can...

17.05.2024 40

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Inspired by Holocaust survivor, group gathers massive testimony to fight Oct. 7 denial

Comprised of filmmakers, scholars and mental health workers, Edut 710 serves the dual purpose of helping victims cope with trauma and documenting...

29.04.2024 70

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Schools and students displaced in the north learn to deal with chaos sown by war

Finding new, safer locations with bomb shelters and operating short-staffed are just some of the challenges school administrators face under Hezbollah...

16.04.2024 7

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As Hezbollah lobs rockets from Lebanon, Druze forager continues traditional fungi hunt

Nadim Faris’s expertise crosses borders and connects nations as Syrians and Jordanians ask him to bestow Arabic monikers on the region’s...

13.04.2024 20

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Relatives of 21-year-old family breadwinner Bar Kupershtein call for his release

Over five months since their son’s abduction from the Supernova festival as he tried to rescue fellow attendees, the young Holon native’s...

20.03.2024 30

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Israeli scientists harness molecule to treat rare disease common in Ashkenazim

Research team isolates GHF-201 to fight APBD, a nervous system disorder mostly found in Jews of Eastern European descent, as patients eagerly await...

17.03.2024 20

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Chess tournament makes mates of Arabs, Jews and Druze amid Gaza war

In late January, the Israeli Open Championship in Acre brought all of Israel’s diverse sectors together to battle it out on the board, fostering...

10.02.2024 60

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Unable to dig, researchers look to cosmic rays to unlock Jerusalem’s ancient underworld

A Tel Aviv University team is using muon detectors to track powerful particles, hoping to build a 3D map of undiscovered tunnels, chambers and...

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Inching along, as she awaits his return, a sister of a Hamas hostage stays on course

Adi Kikozashvili can barely concentrate on her final year at Haifa’s Technion, but she knows her captive brother Shlomi Ziv would ‘be...

22.01.2024 20

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Facing Hezbollah rockets, volunteers evacuated from border distribute life-saving gear

As barrages increase along border with Lebanon, helpers make sure that residents who haven’t left — and the security personnel who guard...

10.01.2024 10

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Along the border with Lebanon, artists in a Christian Arab village forge on amid war

For painter Rima Khoury and blacksmith Walied Khoury, Hezbollah rocket fire and the evacuation of many residents have hurt emotionally and...

09.01.2024 50

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Amid Gaza war, a US-born Jewish woman mans a Christian Arab town’s bike shop

The tiny 56-year-old grandmother, daughter of an Orthodox rabbi from Chicago, is learning on the job while the shop’s owners are serving in...

25.12.2023 30

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At group home in Nahariya, bond between Muslim and Jewish young adults survives Oct. 7

Aya Jaber, 22, feared being ostracized after the Hamas atrocities, but connection with her friends and flatmates in northern Israel, who also have...

23.12.2023 20

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