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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 422

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Illustrative: Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Centers for Disease Control laboratory, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
August 16, 2024, 10:25 am
West Nile cases surge in Israel as infected mosquitos spread to new cities
More than 800 reported cases mark worst outbreak of disease in Israel in more than two decades, as virus tracked to Rehovot, Modiin
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Protesters and security guards outside the Jerusalem District Court as the convoy carrying prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves his trial at the court. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 9, 2024, 9:40 am
Netanyahu’s motorcade said to include ambulance since his pacemaker was installed
Reports say emergency vehicle disguised to look like a regular van; supposed to be used only when PM is far from a hospital, but has been spotted in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
In this March 16, 2024, image courtesy of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, surgeons perform the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human. (Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital/AFP)
April 4, 2024, 8:58 pm
First person to undergo successful pig kidney transplant discharged from hospital
Doctors hope surgery at Massachusetts General will pave way for other similar procedures, as thousands die every year waiting for organ transplants
By Mike Stobbe
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cadets graduation ceremony at the IDF's officers school in southern Israel, known as Bahad 1, March 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 10, 2024, 7:23 pm
Citing war, petitioners seek to force PM to reveal his health status, succession plan
Survivors of massacre, MK and others turn to High Court, say Netanyahu hasn’t been transparent about his well-being, allege he’s shown worrying signs, including ‘drooping eyelids’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Nisan Calderon, whose brother Ofer is held hostage in Gaza, speaks at a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2024, 11:52 pm
‘I can’t breathe anymore’: At Knesset, emotional hostage relatives beg for better care
Survey of families shows many are suffering mentally, neglecting their health, with friends and families also deeply affected; relatives say far too little is being done to help
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Female members of IDF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, January 01, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
March 3, 2024, 8:37 pm
Equal but different: The specific health considerations of female combat soldiers
While serving on the front lines against Hamas alongside their male IDF comrades, women must contend with the medical realities of their biology
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israelis exercise on the Tel Aviv beach boardwalk, during a nationwide COVID lockdown, February 3, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 3, 2023, 8:43 pm
Can 4 minutes a day save your life? New study touts benefits of even brief exercise
Hebrew University researcher says study showing short-burst intense physical activity can lower risk of cancer by up to 32% is proof ‘doing something is better than doing nothing’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, where he is hospitalized, and says he feels 'very good,' July 15. 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12)
July 17, 2023, 1:49 am
Questions swirl about PM’s health after discharge from hospital with heart monitor
Cardiologist offers explanation for why Netanyahu’s physicians would want to check his heart activity long-term if tests came back ‘completely normal’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President Joe Biden speaks with members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Chicago. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
June 29, 2023, 4:33 am
Biden confirms using breathing machine at night for sleep apnea
Questions raised after president, 80, spotted with indentations on his face from CPAP machine, which opens airways for sleepers suffering from common condition
By Colleen Long
Two women stand on August 16, 2016, in New York. High body mass index -- an indication that people could be overweight -- was linked to more than half of deaths and disability from diabetes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
June 23, 2023, 1:19 pm
Diabetes cases to double to 1.3 billion by 2050, study finds
Researcher warns of ‘cascade of widening diabetes inequity’ as most cases projected to be in lower-income countries or among minorities in richer nations
By AFP
(Left to right) Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center; Mohamed Al Khaja, UAE ambassador to Israel; and Rashid Al Qubaisi, group chief corporate officer at PureHealth, in June 2023. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
June 20, 2023, 9:47 am
Sheba Medical Center enters partnership with largest UAE healthcare system
Agreement with PureHealth involves joint research, medical training, tech collaboration and medical tourism, as cooperation between fresh allies deepens
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Yael Schoultz founded a group called L'Chaim, which counsels and supports sex workers. (Courtesy of Schoultz via JTA)
May 27, 2023, 4:32 am
Condoms and tikkun olam: An Orthodox woman strives to aid sex workers in Prague
Yael Schoultz has been dispensing sanitary products and a shoulder to lean on at brothels since 2011; now through L’Chaim, the group she founded, she seeks to help trafficked women
By Dinah Spritzer
Children participating in a trend, rolling up ice-cream with Fruit Roll-Ups. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2023, 8:54 pm
Viral Roll-Ups and ice cream craze prompts Health Ministry warning
Social media fad has driven up demand, raising prices for snacks and prompting retailers to limit sales per person; ministry suggests cucumber rolls instead
By Michael Horovitz and JTA
Illustration of the human microbiome. (Design Cells via iStock by Getty Images)
April 17, 2023, 4:41 pm
Hangry bacteria in gut microbiome linked to chronic disease
Bacteria living in our digestive tracts remain hungry for critical nutrients missing in the American diet
By Christopher Damman
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