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![]() Nathan JeffayThe Times of Israel |
Israel’s first mental health expo will take place on Monday — in English and tailored to the needs of Anglo immigrants. The day-long event in...
Israeli scientists say they have opened a possible new path to fighting infertility, by identifying a mechanism that seems to harm eggs when it...
Medical professionals around the world could save lives and reduce illness by taking more interest in snoring among their post-menopausal female...
The human brain appears programmed to overestimate the size of minority groups around it, potentially fueling prejudice and holding back programs to...
With much of the world still lacking COVID boosters, a large new Israeli study has underscored the urgency of rolling out third vaccine doses. The...
After two years of scaled-down celebrations due to the pandemic, Israel was in party mode on Wednesday evening to mark the start of Independence Day....
There is a real danger of another international COVID wave this summer, with the Delta variant possibly poised to make a comeback, new Israeli...
The world’s most secure national blood bank opened in Israel on Monday, the most important parts shielded in an underground structure — from...
Despite an outpouring of concern, anger and handwringing over the handling of Israel’s current salmonella crisis, the response to it nonetheless...
Israeli scientists have published an audacious new theory as to how the brain learns, and say that it could open up new possibilities for treating...
Israel is in the midst of the biggest product recall in the country’s history, as numerous lines made by its biggest confectionary producer, Elite,...
Adults with a history of serious mental illness are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 compared to others who are infected with the virus, according...
Two out of five Israeli women giving birth in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic experienced prenatal or postnatal depression, double the pre-COVID...
An immediate end to Russian energy imports would send Germany into a “sharp recession” next year, the country’s leading economic institutes said...
Israeli scientists say they have developed a new and potentially more reliable method for assessing vaccine safety — using smart sensors instead of...
For the first time, southern Israel has its own hospital offering rehab after strokes, injuries, and accidents, boosting provision of rehab beds...
Israeli scientists say a special food supplement containing zinc, copper and chemicals that are found in fruit may help fight viruses, after they...
A new Israeli study strengthens evidence that getting fourth shots of the coronavirus vaccine curtailed deaths in Israel, showing that the Pfizer...
The second-ever Israeli to go to space is preparing to blast off Friday to perform a range of experiments monitoring everything from astronauts’...
Fears of a new coronavirus wave are subsiding, with case numbers shrinking again after a bump, and the transmission rate back under 1. This good news...
A single Israel-developed cancer drug has been shown to boost the effectiveness of both chemotherapy and immunotherapy in mice. The nanoparticle is...
Israeli scientists have discovered a genetic mutation they say appears to afford protection against the degenerative disease ALS. Now they have high...
American and Israeli scientists have captured and documented images from the Hubble space telescope showing the most distant star ever seen, in a...
New Israeli research indicates fourth shots of the Pfizer–BioNTech coronavirus vaccine significantly curtailed deaths in Israel’s older population...
Israeli mental health professionals are providing psychological phone support to Ukrainians, via a special hotline, and have already helped hundreds...
Israeli scientists say they have found a way to safely administer an immunotherapy drug thought capable of saving many lives, but hitherto considered...
Children are undergoing unnecessary suffering after head injuries, because the knock-on effects of brain trauma aren’t understood, according to new...
The number of teenage girls in Israel being diagnosed with depression has nearly doubled since before the pandemic, and their use of antidepressants...
After weeks of shrinking COVID numbers, Israel’s transmission rate has passed 1. This means that cases are expected to rise — and represents an...
A fourth dose of the COVID vaccine doesn’t do much to defend young and healthy people against catching the virus, but it does give “moderate”...
Israel has detected cases of a new COVID variant that is a hybrid of Delta and Omicron, according to national broadcaster Kan. The network reported on...
The reemergence of polio could cause paralysis among dozens of Israeli children, shatter the country’s global reputation as a leading light in...
The Health Ministry has launched a high-profile campaign against the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox kids lighting up cigarettes on Purim. The 25-hour...
After Israel confirmed its first case of polio since 1988 this week, doctors said Friday that there are another two preliminary positive results from...
Babies have a 25 percent higher chance of low birth weight if they are born in areas with high air pollution, an Israeli study has found. Authors say...
A Jerusalem lab says it has “reverse aged” human eggs from women at the end of their child-bearing years to make them more like eggs from a...
An Israeli-Dutch research team says it has discovered the secret of why the world looks as it does — from the location and shape of continents to...
Amid tears of joy and relief, a Ukraine-based teacher has given birth back home in Jerusalem this week, after leaving the country just ahead of the...
Coronavirus vaccines do not harm in vitro fertilization success rates, giving new reassurance to couples battling infertility that immunizing won’t...
In an office near Tel Aviv, a doctor checks the lungs of a Ukrainian refugee who is 2,000 kilometers away. It’s part of a new “virtual hospital”...
A new Israeli stem cell therapy, intended to make the brain of multiple sclerosis sufferers “repair itself,” has shown promise in a small clinical...
Israel’s two-year-long pandemic-induced national state of emergency will end on Tuesday, as cases are plummeting, hospital wards emptying out, and a...
Israeli scientists say they may be able to cut the risk of heart attack by rebalancing gut bacteria — using capsules containing germs collected from...
Oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a world-first Israeli study on Israel Defense Force veterans,...
An Israeli cancer drug has returned to Earth after a series of tests on the International Space Station (ISS), conducted in the hope it may prove more...
Some 10 months after an IDF veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder publicly set himself on fire, he is walking again, surprising doctors with his...
Israelis who recovered from COVID-19 and were vaccinated with a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are far better protected against...
An Israeli hospital is set to hold trials for an Omicron-specific version of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first medical center...