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Energy, Water and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen visits a water desalination facility near Rishon Lezion, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
Officials seek to calm public after algicides dumped at sea in bid to reopen desalination plants
By Sue Surkes
Fishing temporarily banned 'as a precaution' but water supplies back to normal, says Energy Ministry, after initially unannounced push to get rid of rogue algae crippling stations
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
IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released on December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 28, 2023, 3:48 pm
Ichilov hospital confirms soldier badly injured in Gaza died of severe fungal infection
IDF, by contrast, says cause of death still under investigation; infectious disease experts say there is no public health worry
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Internally displaced Palestinian children living in a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), walk across a wet courtyard following overnight rainstorms in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, during the Israel-Hamas war. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
December 26, 2023, 4:50 pm
As soldier with fungal infection dies, fears grow of Gaza diseases spreading into Israel
Cause of soldier’s death not yet confirmed; civilian medical experts warn of cases of potentially deadly fungal infections, other serious afflictions among soldiers
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Demonstrators calling upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 13, 2023, 11:16 pm
Health workers join campaign to advocate for hostages, care for their families
Top health experts volunteer with #BringThemHomeNow to fight for information on the medical status of the hostages, lobbying Red Cross and WHO to do more
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the group's murderous infiltration of Israel on October 7, 2023, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. October 14, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2023, 10:13 pm
Israeli doctors pressure WHO, Red Cross and others to protect hostages in Gaza
As they support families of the kidnapped and missing, public health experts provide ICRC critical information on their medical conditions and necessary medications
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A baby receives a routine vaccine. (naumoid; iStock by Getty Images)
January 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
COVID vaccine for Israeli babies, toddlers expected by April, says health official
Would mean all Israelis over six months eligible for vaccines; shot is waiting on Pfizer trial, which has already indicated it is safe for under-5s
By Nathan Jeffay
The scene where a young boy was forgotten in his father's car, in Sdot Negev Regional Council, southern Israel, on August 31, 2021. The baby died of heat prostration (Flash90)
September 14, 2021, 8:50 pm
Heatwaves already causing more deaths, hospitalizations — researchers
But Health Ministry not given funding to deal with crisis; expert warns Israelis unaware climate change is ‘already here and killing people’
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image: A staff member at a Meuhedet COVID-19 vaccination center in Kfar Habad, central Israel, on February 16, 2021. (Flash90)
April 8, 2021, 10:38 pm
Israel’s secrecy on vaccines is causing supply uncertainty, says state adviser
Culture of caginess is delaying deal for kids’ vaccines and hampering health community’s preparedness for administering them, claims Nadav Davidovitch
By Nathan Jeffay
Jerusalem during the Passover holiday, March 31, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 2, 2021, 3:10 pm
Israeli employers grapple with dilemma of unvaccinated workers
As debate between public health and personal choice begins to play out in courts, rights group calls for ‘Green Pass’ system to go through legislative process
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israel's coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash visits the coronavirus department at the Ziv hospital in Tzfat, northern Israel. December 24, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 5, 2021, 1:17 pm
As transmission rate rises above 1, virus czar says 4th lockdown a possibility
Asked about Netanyahu’s assertion Thursday that the pandemic is largely over in Israel, Ash says: ‘I don’t know what the prime minister meant’
By ToI Staff
A paramedic from Magen David Adom medical services, administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at an Ikea store in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 24, 2021, 3:40 pm
Knesset passes law to give cities info on unvaccinated residents
Meretz MK says bill is too quick to hand over medical, personal data; Likud committee head pushes back, says saving lives trumps privacy
By ToI Staff and Stuart Winer
An Israeli paramedic from Magen David Adom medical services, administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at an Ikea store in Rishon Lezion, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 23, 2021, 2:36 pm
Bill to give info on unvaccinated residents to cities faces final Knesset votes
Health union warns legislation will undermine trust in municipalities; labor union, businesses said close to deal on banning unvaccinated going in to work
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
An education worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection, at a Clalit clinic in Jerusalem, January 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2021, 11:23 am
Israel’s data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns
Health Ministry releases details of agreement with coronavirus vaccine producer, but redacted document doesn’t address all questions, including some ethical worries
By Ilan Ben Zion
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