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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Public Health Services

A lab technician carries out a coronavirus test at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 5, 2020, 9:43 am
Instead of ramping up, coronavirus testing decreasing due to reagent shortage
Dearth of chemicals means Israel testing fewer than 10,000 people a day, despite goal of 30,000 set by Netanyahu; Health Ministry says solution may have been found
By ToI Staff
A medical staffer at the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome, March 30, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
March 31, 2020, 11:44 am
Europe’s hospitals among the best but can’t handle pandemic
World Health Organization scolds advanced countries for ‘squandering’ opportunity to implement wider testing and stronger surveillance months ago
By Maria Cheng
Former Israeli Medical Association president Dr. Leonid Eidelman (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
March 18, 2020, 3:02 pm
Complete lockdown would cause more harm than good, dissenting top doctor claims
More people die from the flu than will from COVID-19, says Leonid Eidelman, and exacerbating damage to economy will ultimately hurt already dismal state of Israel’s health system
By Raphael Ahren
During Superstorm Sandy Cpt. Dana Hall served as the Commander for Mission Execution. She and her team worked out of a SUNY college building. (Courtesy/ Cpt. Dana Hall)
January 12, 2020, 11:56 pm
From Ebola to hurricanes, mom in uniform keeps people safe while keeping kosher
As an officer in the US Public Health Service, Cpt. Dana Hall provides disaster relief to victims the world over, and is the only Orthodox woman in the 6,500-strong force
By Cathryn J. Prince
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 4, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 8, 2016, 5:49 pm
Health levels in periphery lagging behind center: report
Health Ministry review shows mortality and infant mortality higher among Arab population; fewer doctors, nurses available in the north and south
By Stuart Winer
IDF soldiers take part in a training exercise on October 26, 2010. (Michal Shvadron/IDF spokesperson/Flash90)
December 7, 2016, 2:33 pm
Why do Israeli men live so long? Army service, study says
New research indicates mandatory draft indirectly responsible for higher-than-average life expectancy among men
By Tamar Pileggi
Director General of the Health Ministry Arnon Afek speaks in a press conference on June 25, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
April 21, 2015, 1:18 pm
Health Ministry flip-flops on Haifa kids’ cancer rate
Contradicting a senior official in the ministry, director general says there’s no evidence pollution causing greater sickness
By Judah Ari Gross
People bicycle on Tel Aviv's hazy beachfront boardwalk during a sandstorm on Sunday, March 2, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
March 3, 2014, 12:48 pm
Sandstorm interrupts air travel for second day
Dusty weather system from North Africa grounds flights; Eilat airport closed
By ToI Staff
A resident of the southern Bedouin village of Rahat receives a polio immunization on June 4, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
June 19, 2013, 5:54 am
Polio scare gets parents rushing to immunize their kids
Health Ministry officials begin making calls and visiting homes to ensure all children under the age of six get inoculated
By ToI Staff
A resident of the southern Bedouin village of Rahat receives a polio immunization on June 4, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
June 18, 2013, 11:28 am
Health Ministry to immunize children against polio
For the third time this year, traces of virus found in Negev sewage systems; state to vaccinate all kids under six
By Asher Zeiger
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