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Illustrative: Cannabis plants grown for medical use in Israel. (Chen Galili)
May 4, 2026, 4:27 am
Health Ministry panel seeks to halt use of medical cannabis in smokable form
Committee notes potentially harmful effects, spiking number of users; recommends stricter guidelines and a more limited use of the drug
By Diana Bletter
Jewish immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the immigration and absorption office, at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 24, 2023, 11:45 pm
Health benefits for 14,000 Ukrainian refugees frozen due to lack of funds, gov’t says
High Court plans debate on matter next week, doesn’t order state to resume halted services; Finance Ministry said refusing to transfer required funds to ministries
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A member of the medical staff at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
May 15, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset Health Committee approves reform of private health insurance market
Changes aim to eliminate duplicate costs for consumers who pay for both commercial policies and premium-level HMO coverage, garnering praise from some activists
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Ameen Mansour, a 47-year-old dentist from the village of Azzun, standing in his clinic on October 20, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
November 3, 2019, 4:24 pm
West Bank attack pries Israeli patients from Palestinian dentist
Ameen Mansour confronted a Palestinian teen who stabbed one of his patients and his son; he says many of them have now told him they fear coming to his clinic
By Adam Rasgon
Shayna Abramson
November 3, 2017, 4:08 pm
Shayna Abramson
My open-heart surgery won’t break the bank
Israel’s socialized healthcare is becoming the most important benefit of American aliyah
Illustrative photo of a day-care facility in an apartment in the Shapira neighborhood of southern Tel Aviv, on May 14, 2012 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2015, 8:21 pm
3 infants said to die in a month in south Tel Aviv daycares
Meningitis outbreaks, inattentive caretakers and unsanitary conditions endanger migrants’ children, according to report
By Judah Ari Gross
From the WebJanuary 7, 2014, 11:31 am
Taking an IVF journey to Israel
New York Times: Israel’s policy of free or low-cost in-vitro fertilization is a key medical benefit for Israelis, and olim
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