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From left to right: Nitzan Eliyahu, Shon Brener, and Omer Maoz tan on the beach in Shavei Zion, Western Galilee, on July 16, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 8, 2026, 8:40 am
Courting cancer? Israelis increasingly use viral UV index hack to get ‘instant tan’
Parents of teens appeal to doctors for help as trend turns warning system into method for faster bronzing. In good news, national skin cancer mortality rates are low – for now
By Diana Bletter
From left to right: Prof. Ayelet Erez of Weizmann Institute of Science, Dr. Yarden Ariav, a researcher in Erez’s lab, and Dr. Samah Hayek, senior epidemiologist at Clalit Health Services and a senior lecturer in Tel Aviv University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science and Clalit Innovation)
August 3, 2026, 2:30 pm
In world first, Israeli scientists find active ingredient in Viagra may stop cancer spread
Researchers say mouse models and data from 5 million health fund members show erectile dysfunction drug and statins may improve outcomes by blocking cholesterol needed for cells to metastasize
By Diana Bletter
Yonatan Rom, left, who donated his kidney to Reuven Tam, right, recover together following the transplant at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital on July 14, 2026. Reuven's brother, Eyal Tam, saved Rom's life in a terrorist attack on March 7, 2002. (Courtesy/Clalit-Beilinson Hospital)
July 22, 2026, 1:08 pm
Man donates kidney to brother of man who saved his life in 2002 terror attack
Altruistic organ donation sees survivor of Gush Katif shooting that killed 5 and wounded 23 matched with sibling of commander of emergency response team who neutralized terrorist
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Nadia Khir, right, the first female Druze doctor in Israel, consults with a Druze woman in the Clalit health clinic in Julis, Western Galilee, on May 22, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 23, 2026, 7:12 am
First female Druze doctor in Israel awarded prize for breaking barriers
Dr. Nadia Khir honored with prestigious Habama Shelahen prize for blazing trail 35 years ago; ‘wanted to help’ women in her community who couldn’t seek care from male practitioners
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Patients and medical staff are seen in an underground parking area converted into a treatment ward at Shaarei Tzedk hospital in Jerusalem after many patients were relocated amid the Iran war, March 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 7, 2026, 7:24 am
From fortified ORs to popup clinics, Israel’s medical centers streamline wartime operations
Using knowledge gleaned the hard way during the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion and June war with Iran, hospitals go underground amid incoming missile fire – and staff know the drill
By Diana Bletter
A Clalit medical health center in Beit Shemesh, May 21, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 25, 2026, 5:22 pm
Iran-linked hacker group claims to breach data of Israel’s largest healthcare network
Handala group, which has previously claimed to break into politicians’ phones, posts medical records reportedly from the Clalit network, which says it is investigating
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a pregnant woman undergoing an ultrasound test. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
December 18, 2025, 10:20 am
Israeli study: Untreated chronic thyroid condition in pregnancy ups autism risk in children
In peer-reviewed research of 51,000 pregnant women, Ben-Gurion University scientists find that if hormone imbalance is ‘adequately treated,’ kids don’t exhibit higher occurrence of ASD
By Diana Bletter
A portrait of Arab and Jewish doctors is part of 'Hamsa Aleinu,' a new exhibit at Ben Gurion Airport (Courtesy Eldad Refaeli)
February 13, 2025, 12:59 am
With physician shortage ‘urgent,’ 2 new medical schools to open in Israel
University of Haifa’s medical school aims to strengthen healthcare in the north; Weizmann Institute’s school is tuition-free, combining scientific research and medicine
By Diana Bletter
An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
January 14, 2025, 6:40 pm
Israel’s health system showing ‘impressive’ resilience during war, report finds
But Taub Center researchers say that with workforce shortage, budget cuts, and 15,000 soldiers who now suffer from stress-induced trauma, the system faces serious challenges
By Diana Bletter
A Clalit clinic in Herzliya. (Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
August 27, 2023, 6:48 pm
Clalit Health Services teams with private security outfit to protect medical staff
With 1,000 violent incidents in its clinics so far this year, Israel’s largest HMO looks for solutions to protect its workers from attacks by patients and their families
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israel Medical Association chair Prof. Zion Hagay (Screenshot from YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 19, 2023, 7:03 pm
HMO, hospital boycott fertility conference in Jerusalem that excludes women doctors
Clalit pulls its sponsorship, Hadassah Medical Center cancels participation, Israeli Medical Association calls event ‘slap in the face’ to half the medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File - a health worker prepares a vaccine dose at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 9:21 am
Israeli study: Omicron-fighting boosters cut hospitalization in over-65s by 81%
Largest investigation of the new COVID shots suggests they also sharply reduce deaths, calling them ‘an effective and essential tool’; research is not yet peer-reviewed
By Nathan Jeffay
An Israeli man receives a vaccine against monkeypox, administered by Maccabi Healthcare Services. (Maccabi Healthcare Services)
August 22, 2022, 8:37 pm
Israel using ‘vaccination nation’ chops to fight monkeypox, doctor says
Country excelling in using a small supply of vaccines to maximum effect, and protecting the most vulnerable, says chairman of Israel’s LGBT Medical Association
By Nathan Jeffay
Dr. Rey Biton (second from right), head of the Mirsham organization of medical residents, holds a press conference at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod, August 1, 2022. (Flash90)
August 3, 2022, 6:52 am
Slamming government, medical residents reject compromise offer on shortened shifts
Trainee doctors protest state’s postponement of plan to gradually reduce hospital shift hours from 26 to 18
By ToI Staff
Dr. Rey Biton (center), head of the Mirsham organization of medical residents, holds a press conference at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod, August 1, 2022. (Flash90)
August 1, 2022, 4:44 pm
Medical residents threaten mass resignations after plan to shorten shifts delayed
Postponement sparks fresh protest among trainee doctors; chair of residents organization says government ‘failed both professionally and morally’
By ToI Staff
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