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Reporter Diana Bletter joins hosts Gabriella Jacobs on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI photo)
August 30, 2026, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing August 30 — Golan Druze rethink their ties to Syria
Reporter Diana Bletter explains why more Druze are becoming Israeli citizens, and explores the UV trend many worldwide are using to get a tan faster
By Gabriella Jacobs and Diana Bletter
This photo provided by Revolution Medicines on August 26, 2026 shows packaging for the new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, under the brand name Rasonque. (Revolution Medicines via AP)
August 27, 2026, 3:02 am
US approves use of landmark pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to boost survival
Drug blocks key mutated protein driving over 90% of cases in deadly cancer; patients taking pill live median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for patients on chemo
By AP
An entrance to a Moderna building, May 18, 2020, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP/Bill Sikes)
August 19, 2026, 10:15 pm
‘Breakthrough’ Moderna personalized mRNA cancer vaccine curbs melanoma reoccurrence
News of first positive large late-stage trial result for drug could signal new era for treating solid-tumor cancers, with tests underway for lung, breast and pancreatic cancers
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen
June 22, 2026, 1:26 pm
Daily Briefing June 22 — ‘A cease between fires’: Living on Israel’s northern front
Health reporter Diana Bletter discusses life along Israel’s northern border under intermittent Hezbollah attacks, as well as Israeli breakthroughs in cancer treatment and space exploration
By Gabriella Jacobs and Diana Bletter
Prof. Ayal Hendel, Bar Ilan University. Goodman Faculty of LIfe(Courtesy/Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
September 2, 2025, 10:48 am
Israeli researcher joins EU cell therapy initiative for blood cancers and tumors
Bar-Ilan University scientist part of €8 million consortium to ensure accuracy in CAR-T cell therapy, an immunotherapy using CRISPR-Cas9, in European hospitals
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Dan Peer and research team at Tel Aviv University's Laboratory of Precision Nanomedicine. (Tel Aviv University)
March 17, 2025, 10:57 am
Israeli researchers use gene editing to eliminate 50% of head, neck tumors in mice
Tel Aviv University scientists say they can inject CRISPR genetic ‘molecular scissors’ to shrink tumors by 90%; researcher ‘optimistic’ about clinical trials in 2 to 3 years
By Diana Bletter
Naor Blankleder is fighting for his life following the metastasis of osteosarcoma in his knee to his lung. (Courtesy)
August 18, 2023, 8:58 pm
Israeli cancer patient in final push to raise money for specialized treatment in NY
Naor Blankleder, 29, thought he had beat bone cancer but now it has spread to his lungs and his best chance to survive lies with doctors and researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A doctor detects lung cancer on a scan (utah778 via iStock by Getty Images)
August 16, 2023, 8:42 pm
Israeli study may open door to preventing relapse of certain types of lung cancer
Researchers at Weizmann Institute studying mice identify genetic mutation as potential biomarker for successful treatment with existing drug
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security service, at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assassination of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 12, 2023, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing June 12: Is it safe to use the Shin Bet to fight Arab violent crime?
Editor David Horovitz on U-20 World Cup tourney, MK Yair Lapid’s testimony and new efforts to stop wave of killings; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on uptick of youth smoking
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces demolish the house of Palestinian terrorist Eslam Froukh, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 8, 2023. (Flash90)
June 11, 2023, 1:04 pm
Daily Briefing Jun 11: In rare move, IDF enters Ramallah. Why is this significant?
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian with Lebanon border riot and uptick of violence in Arab communities; news editor Amy Spiro with two new stranger-than-fiction nonfiction books
By ToI Staff
File: Heads of opposition parties Labor MK Merav Michaeli, Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid, National Unity head MK Benny Gantz, Israel Beteinu head MK Avigdor Liberman and leader of the United Arab List MK Mansour Abbas hold a joint press conference in Tel Aviv, on March 16, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 1:17 pm
Daily Briefing June 8: Opposition unites on judicial panel pick, but does it matter?
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on squabbling ahead of Judicial Selection Committee vote; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on whooping cough outbreak, 1st case of progeria
By ToI Staff
'My Happy Ending,' Israeli film starring Andie MacDowell and in Israeli theaters as of June 1, 2023. (Courtesy)
June 3, 2023, 1:48 pm
Andie MacDowell stars in Israeli film about life choices, based on Cameri play
‘My Happy Place’ tells story about cancer, women and friendships in unlikely places
By Jessica Steinberg
Hadassah Medical Center staff assist a head and neck cancer clinical trial patient before she undergoes proton therapy by the P-Cure, Modiin Israel, April 2023. (Courtesy of P-Cure)
May 18, 2023, 10:12 am
Proton therapy, touted as cancer killer without side effects, set for Israel debut
Hadassah Medical Center partners with Israeli company P-Cure in study comparing treatment with traditional X-ray radiation; Ichilov inks deal for first proton therapy center
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The new facility for proton therapy at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem; a patient in a chair wears a plastic mask that covers the face to protect it from radiation (Courtesy of Hadassah Medical Center)
July 8, 2022, 5:34 pm
New form of proton therapy for cancer starts trial in Jerusalem
Advanced radiation treatment uses innovative chair that can move patient 260 degrees to precisely target tunors with its high-energy beams
By Nathan Jeffay
A woman holds her crying child at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
April 3, 2022, 10:08 am
In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer
BASMA is the largest association within the country offering free cancer diagnoses and treatment, after conflict devastated the health care system
By OMAR SANADIKI
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