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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

baby health

Illustrative image: A baby receives a vaccine (Marina Demidiuk via iStock by Getty Images)
June 18, 2023, 7:42 pm
Health Ministry rolls out plan to fight whooping cough outbreak
Following the death of a 10-week-old infant, another baby is admitted to Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, amid 12-fold surge in cases of the preventable disease in past six months
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A newborn baby at the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 6, 2023, 2:59 am
10-week-old infant dies of whooping cough in Jerusalem
Epidemiological investigation reveals mother, child not vaccinated against preventable disease; cases have increased 12-fold in past year, health authorities say
By ToI Staff and Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: a baby in a polluted city (iStock via Getty Images)
March 10, 2022, 7:35 am
Babies in high air pollution areas 25% more likely to have low birth weight – study
Peer-reviewed Israeli research based on 381,000 births; data is vital, says epidemiologist, since low birth weight points to increased risk of illness later in life
By Nathan Jeffay
Similac PM60/40. (Courtesy)
February 28, 2022, 10:47 pm
Third Similac baby formula product recalled in Israel amid illness fears
Israeli importer of Abbott products warns parents using PM60/40, sold only under prescription, to seek appropriate alternatives; two other products recalled last week
By ToI Staff
Similac Gold Alimentum (Courtesy)
February 21, 2022, 2:26 pm
Following death of infant in US, 2 Similac baby formula products recalled in Israel
Importer of Abbott products says it will recall 700 units as a precautionary measure following an FDA warning in wake of death and hospitalizations of infants in the US
By ToI Staff
Aviva (L) and Noa (R) Haibi (Screenshot via Channel 10)
September 5, 2018, 1:35 pm
15 years on, girl dies as result of Israeli baby formula tragedy
Aviva Haibi says her daughter passed away while she was on a rare break from caring for her: ‘That’s what’s sad and hurts me. She left us when I was not near her’
By ToI Staff
David Shabtai
August 7, 2017, 3:09 pm
David Shabtai
Who decides whose life is worth living?
There’s lousy precedent in Charlie Gard’s parents not being allowed to care for their 11-month-old as they saw fit
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2016, 4:47 pm
Safed hospital quarantines baby with Legionnaires’ disease
1-year-old hospitalized with high fever, shortness of breath; Health Ministry investigating source of contamination
By ToI Staff
Judy Krasna
August 8, 2016, 3:18 pm
Judy Krasna
Mama knows best
The fear of losing a child is overwhelming, so a doc’s reassurance to trust those parental instincts is a game-changer
Illustrative photo of an operating room. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 18, 2015, 3:48 pm
Groundbreaking procedure saves Israeli woman during childbirth
Patient suffering from rare pregnancy complication brought back from clinical death, wakes up after month, sees her baby girl
Illustrative photo of babies at the Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem (Flash90)
August 14, 2015, 5:40 pm
Is your baby healthy? Israeli profs’ site has answers based on fact, not rumor
Worried parents who fear their children are not meeting developmental milestones now have a crowdsourced solution
By David Shamah
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