Israeli health news

Organ donation by Tzeela Gez, murdered in West Bank shooting, brings hope amid tragedy

Her unborn child was delivered by emergency C-section and remains in critical condition.

 Tzeela Gez, the pregnant woman wounded in a terror attack and succumbed to her wounds, May 15, 2025.
Highly contagious disease. Child with measles.

WHO warns: Measles outbreak spreading alarmingly  

 The entrance to Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on January 26, 2022.

Embryo exchange scandal: The biological parents of a baby have been located

 A flexitarian diet involves eating more plant-based meals

Plant-based diets act as a natural barrier to dangerous snoring linked to health problems


This is the reason why men sit on the toilet longer than women

Men are much more likely than women to sit on the toilet for a long time - and this is also why their intestines work better

 Top 8 Ultra-Soft Toilet Papers for a Luxurious Bathroom Experience

Israeli Knesset updates list of cosmetics containing carcinogenic substances

Following EU additions to list of carcinogenic substances added to cosmetics, Knesset Health Committee updates its list.

 Knesset updates cosmetic list (illustrative).

Weizmann Institute solves the mystery of red blood cell production

Weizmann Institute's identification of the cells producing the hormone EPO could lead to new therapies for treating anemia.

 (left to right): Prof. Chamutal Gur, Dr. Eyal David, Dr. Bjørt Kragesteen and Prof. Ido Amit

These foods can lift your mood when you're depressed

Food has a significant impact on our happiness, and we don't just mean emotionally eating carbs and junk food. So what foods can take us out of depression straight into the warm embrace of happiness?

 Eating the right food can help manage and lower your stress levels (illustrative)

More metals found in people’s blood in Haifa Bay than rest of Israel

The study suggests that this could be due to Haifa's high air pollution.

 Macrophages, white blood cells

Israeli at-home erectile dysfunction treatment restores main vein utility

Ohh-Med’s product Vertica aims to restore the elasticity of users’ favorite inflatable organ

 Are there health benefits to abstaining from sex and masturbation? (Illustrative)

Israeli gynecologist sentenced to seven years in prison for rape

Khoury, 63, has a quarter-century's experience in gynecology. The two women he raped were in their 20s; he was also convicted of verbally and sexually harassing one of them.  

Illustrative image of a doctor bandaging patient hand.

Jerusalem family brings grill indoors to warm apartment, start fire

The family brought in the outdoor grill to heat the apartment – which quickly backfired, as they awoke to thick smoke and medical ailments.

A firefighter uses a flashlight amid smoke next to burning vehicles during a protest against the "Global Security Bill'', that right groups say would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face and would infringe journalists' freedom in the country, in Paris, France, December 5,

Coronavirus in Israel: What do we know about the 143 hospitalized people?

Of the 143 hospitalized patients, 58% were vaccinated, 39% were not at all, and 3% were partially vaccinated.

A technician collects swab samples for COVID-19, at a testing center run by the Tel Aviv municipality in cooperation with Tel haShomer hospital, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on July 20, 2021.

Alroy-Preis maintains: Preschools cannot open Sunday

Other Health Ministry officials disagree

Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis addresses the press. 12.10.2020

Student struggles to fund her mother's only life-saving cancer treatment

Riben has been struggling to find a way to fund an alternative cancer treatment that costs NIS 25,000 every three weeks.

A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer