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The Israeli branch of the Kimberly Clark company has announced a recall of Huggies unscented baby wipes following the discovery of an infection in...

After cases of whooping cough in Israel doubled in the past three months, the Health Ministry recently issued new guidelines for Kupot Cholim and...

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 on Wednesday warned of a possible outbreak of whooping cough at a day camp in northern Israel. A child at a camp...

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...

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...

A new study carried out by Hebrew University revealed that the Philip Morris tobacco company published a far higher percentage of ads in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Researchers are drawing attention to a rise in poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin — including a big jump during the pandemic. Last...

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...

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...

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...

The Strauss company informed the Health Ministry on Tuesday night that the laboratory results on some Elite finished products were positive for salmonella, confirming...

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...

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...

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 Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid) on Monday called for an end to coronavirus testing for those arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel. "Enough...

The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed...

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'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'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...

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...

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 are staggering under the load of the high COVID death rate this month amid an unprecedented infection rate spurred by the...

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,...

Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has been found in at...

Israeli health officials reported on Tuesday that the number of COVID fatalities in the country has soared, with up to 40 fatalities a day,...