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Groundbreaking study of largest group of living vertebrates finds that embryos release a neurohormone that makes them initiate hatching, offering...
Friends Shamoun Najm, 54, and Ziv Belfer, 52, didn’t have time to reach a nearby shelter before impact of lethal Hezbollah rockets, say Nahariya...
Tel Aviv University team finds Ly6a protein ‘puts the brake’ on the immune system, in discovery that points to a cure for cancers, including those...
At an agricultural village 15km from the Lebanon border, after a Soviet Grad directly hits a Western Galilee house, residents race to put out fires...
Hebrew University researcher says there’s a ‘hierarchy of grief’; urges government to give mourning siblings the same benefits as widows,...
There are over 1,000 species of fungi in the Holy Land; what started as one scientist’s hobby has mushroomed into a collective effort on a scale...
Trudeau says he’s ‘very disturbed’ by incident, which comes amid dramatic rise in antisemitic attacks in the country as war rages in Middle East
Former SLA members refuse to speak in the face of reprisals, but these young Lebanese-Israelis believe it’s their mission to raise the curtain on...
Undaunted by Hezbollah’s rockets and drones, a group of war-hardened farmers refuses to evacuate from Moshav Liman, a long-standing cooperative...
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies urges more support for spouses and kids of reservists, displaced families and Arab parents of young kids, amid...
Medical assocations seek to bring attention to captives held in Hamas tunnels under Gaza, where a freed hostage recalled ‘we didn’t have oxygen…...
Mateh Asher Regional Council head says he is worried about the war’s emotional toll on residents; ‘This isn’t normal life,’ says one evacuated...
‘Most people live in stress and worry,’ one Safed resident says with cities on war footing; ‘My blood pressure goes up every time I hear a...
Guterres says global body ready to monitor potential ceasefire but doubts Israel would agree, urges two-state solution to end Israeli-Palestinian...
Drone hits apartment of members of urban kibbutz who moved to the city out of idealism; now they say they have to deal with their own shock before...
Tel Aviv University team explains how the plants grow close together and move in zigzag patterns for optimal growth in a collective ‘dance party’
Short on cash but long on grit, Reem and Imad Younis co-founded their company Alpha Omega in 1993 to make a ‘brain Waze.’ Now they’re taking a...
With ‘First Contractions,’ expectant mothers get ready for worst-case scenarios: delivering their babies safely at home if they can’t get to a...
Israeli nonprofit formed after Oct. 7 takes combat soldiers far off the grid to a homestead where Tel Aviv and Harvard researchers offer techniques to...
Infectious disease expert says Israel is in the middle of an outbreak that occurs every four years; Health Ministry urges vaccination for pregnant...
Reformist thanks supreme leader and voters for ‘heavy burden’ of presidency, though ultimate authority remains with Khamenei
Directors at Ziv Hospital in Safed and Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya stockpile for worst-case scenarios while coordinating responses with Magen...
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...
Health Ministry orders closure of Gai Beach in Sea of Galilee until further notice after second case of brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri...
Confirming a hunch, researchers prove kids who eat Israel’s popular peanut snack develop resistance to peanut allergy, according to study in The...
Dr. Lior Nesher says that it is ‘almost impossible’ to stop the spread of the virus in aquifers; unvaccinated children most at risk
25 family physicians learn how to help trans patients at the first-ever workshop in Israel; endocrinologist expert says wait for hormone treatments...
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...
Health Ministry says findings ‘raise concerns about the presence of the virus’; professor urges ‘regional collaboration to stop the...
Foreign Ministry to distribute to embassies and visiting delegations 23-year-old’s English-language book of uncensored testimonies from October...
Virus can be deadly to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems; 80% of infected show no symptoms; ministry urges vigilance
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
Widow, parents of Zechariah Haber, 32, collect Tel Aviv University diploma; biologist sought to improve crop productivity in harsh climatic...
At virtual press conference, parents of four captives call on international community to fight for their children’s freedom, say war ‘will...
26-year-old patient presented with symptoms caused by rare brain infection last week after swimming at a Tiberias beach
Six miles from the Lebanese border, new immigrants Lidia and Igor Katliarski bring life to concrete havens by covering them with murals, giving locals...
Low-tech innovation resulting in far quicker treatment earns surgeon Eyal Sela praise from Galilee Medical Center head, who hails initiative as...
64 hospitalized with virus, six of whom are on ventilators; 20% experiencing symptoms including fever, headaches and body aches; only 1% have...
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...
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...
Tal Weissbach, a doctor volunteering at an anti-government protest in Jerusalem, may suffer permanent vision loss after hit by a spray seemingly...
Experts at conference on femicide say that it’s not the more widespread availability of weapons that is killing women, it’s the...
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...
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...
Comprised of filmmakers, scholars and mental health workers, Edut 710 serves the dual purpose of helping victims cope with trauma and documenting...
Finding new, safer locations with bomb shelters and operating short-staffed are just some of the challenges school administrators face under Hezbollah...
Nadim Faris’s expertise crosses borders and connects nations as Syrians and Jordanians ask him to bestow Arabic monikers on the region’s...
Over five months since their son’s abduction from the Supernova festival as he tried to rescue fellow attendees, the young Holon native’s...
Research team isolates GHF-201 to fight APBD, a nervous system disorder mostly found in Jews of Eastern European descent, as patients eagerly await...
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...