ATTENTION ISRAELI PARENTS: Huggies Announces Recall Of Infected Unscented Baby Wipes
The Israeli branch of the Kimberly Clark company has announced a recall of Huggies unscented baby wipes following the discovery of an infection in...
Israel’s Health Ministry Warns Of Rise In Whooping Cough, Cases Doubled In 3 Months
After cases of whooping cough in Israel doubled in the past three months, the Health Ministry recently issued new guidelines for Kupot Cholim and...
Return Of COVID Rules? Jerusalem School Moves To Zoom Classes
The Leyada High School (Hebrew University secondary school) in Jerusalem made a decision on Sunday to hold 12th-grade classes on Zoom on Monday after...
Israel’s Health Ministry Warns Of Whooping Cough Outbreak In A Camp
Israel's Health Ministry on Wednesday warned of a possible outbreak of whooping cough at a day camp in northern Israel.
A child at a camp...
Israeli Infant In Critical Condition After Contracting Whooping Cough
A four-month-old baby with whooping cough was hospitalized in critical condition in the pediatric intensive care unit at Assuta Ashdod Hospital last week.
The baby...
BDE: Israeli Youth Hospitalized After Vaping Passes Away
Meidan (Mordechai) Baruch-Keller, z'l, 16, who was hospitalized last week after suffering serious lung damage due to vaping passed away on Shabbos morning.
A statement...
Disturbing: Cigarette Company Targeted Its Advertising In The Chareidi Sector
A new study carried out by Hebrew University revealed that the Philip Morris tobacco company published a far higher percentage of ads in the...
London Kids To Be Offered Polio Shot After More Virus Found
Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday after British health authorities reported finding evidence the...
Health Survey: Israelis Have High Rate Of Obesity, Don’t Exercise
Israelis have a high rate of obesity compared to the rest of the world, don't exercise enough, and smoke too much were the dismal...
Bnei Brak: 10-Year-Old Boy Suffers Rare Stroke
In a rare incident, a ten-year-old resident of Bnei Brak suffered a stroke on Tuesday, Ynet reported.
The boy's parents brought him to the Terem...
Some Cancer Patients Can Skip Treatments, 2 Studies Show
After surgery, some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy, according to two studies exploring shorter, gentler cancer care.
Researchers are looking for ways...
Melatonin Poisoning Reports Are Up In Kids, Study Says
Researchers are drawing attention to a rise in poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin — including a big jump during the pandemic.
Last...
Report: Israel To End COVID Testing At Ben-Gurion Within Weeks
Israel's Health Ministry is on the verge of a decision to end the requirement for COVID testing for travelers arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport, Channel...
Health Ministry’s Strauss Audit Lists Appalling Lapses In Food Safety
Israel's Health Ministry issued a report following its audit of the Strauss factory last week following the salmonella finding and the largest recall in...
Strauss CEO Admits: “We Had Pigeons In The Factory, We Were Warned But Didn’t...
The heads of the Strauss Group company held a press conference on Thursday evening and admitted to shocking revelations regarding the company's operations in...
Confirmed: Salmonella In Elite Products, Recall Expands To Candies, Boy In ICU
The Strauss company informed the Health Ministry on Tuesday night that the laboratory results on some Elite finished products were positive for salmonella, confirming...
Israel: Reports Of Suspected Salmonella Cases Following Strauss Recall
Following the announcement on Monday of a massive recall of Elite chocolate products after salmonella was discovered in the factory's production line, there were...
Israel: 3 Cases Of New Variant Found In Travelers; Health Minister: “Tests At Ben-Gurion...
Hours after Israel's Tourism Minister called for an end to COVID testing at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel's Health Ministry announced on Monday that three cases...
Major Recall In Israel: Strauss Finds Salmonella In Elite Chocolate Factory
Israel's Strauss company announced on Monday morning that a routine inspection conducted at its Elite chocolate factory revealed several salmonella samples in raw ingredients...
Israel’s Tourism Minister Calls For End Of COVID Testing At Ben-Gurion
Israel's Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid) on Monday called for an end to coronavirus testing for those arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel.
"Enough...
Israel: 8 New Cases Of Mysterious Liver Disease; WHO Reports 1 Death
The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe...
FINALLY: Israel Cancels Indoor Mask Requirement
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced on Wednesday the revocation of the requirement to wear masks in most enclosed spaces
Masks...
End Of COVID May Bring Major Turbulence For US Health Care
When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible...
Here We Go Again: New COVID Strain Found In Israel, Infection Rate Rises
Two people in Israel tested positive for a new COVID strain that is a combination of the original Omicron and the “stealth” BA.2 variant...
How Will COVID End? Experts Look To Past Epidemics For Clues
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks,...
US Man Who Got 1st Pig Heart Transplant Dies After 2 Months
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed...
Panic In Mea Shearim After Child Contracts Polio, May Be Left Paralyzed
A four-year-old from Jerusalem has contracted polio, the first case in Israel in 33 years, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.
The child's case was caused...
Israel: Almost All COVID Patients On ECMOs Are Unvaccinated
Israel's Health Ministry reported on Sunday that the vast majority of COVID patients attached to ECMO machines are unvaccinated.
According to the ministry, fully vaccinated...
Israel Reaches 9,000 Dead, Researcher Says State Is “Tolerating” Deaths
Israel's Health Ministry confirmed another 89 fatalities on Thursday morning, increasing the total COVID death toll to over 9,000 as the country grapples with...
Alpha, Delta, & Omicron: Israeli Boy Caught 3 COVID Variants
An 11-year-old Israeli boy has been confirmed to have contracted three COVID variants, Alpha, Delta, and Omicron.
"I'm fine, I feel pretty healthy, I hardly...
10 Israeli Kids Hospitalized With PIMS In Past Week
Ten Israeli children were hospitalized in the past week due to suspected pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) after recovering from COVID, Kan News reported...
Israel’s Chevrei Kadisha: “We’re On Verge Of Collapse & Haven’t Reached Peak Of Deaths”
Israel's Chevrei Kadisha are staggering under the load of the high COVID death rate this month amid an unprecedented infection rate spurred by the...
Hospital Patient Without COVID Shot Denied Heart Transplant
A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man’s family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19,...
What’s Known About The ‘Stealth’ Version Of Omicron?
Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has been found in at...
Israel’s COVID Death Toll Soars, Up To 40 Fatalities A Day
Israeli health officials reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID fatalities in the country has soared, with up to 40 fatalities a day,...