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Israeli rescue teams evacuate a wounded person by helicopter near the southern city of Sderot on October 7, 2023 (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
June 30, 2026, 4:01 pm
Comptroller flags key failures in evacuation, rehabilitation, of October 7 wounded
Lengthy report finds lack of policy, coordination, data, and funding, as well as poor effort to synchronize between government, volunteers, and donors
By Sue Surkes
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
June 23, 2026, 5:03 pm
Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel
However, Health Ministry is taking precautions as there are no vaccines yet for Bundibugyo virus; UN health agency reports 896 confirmed cases and 232 suspected deaths globally
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A laboratory technician at bioMérieux's Salt Lake City, Utah, manufacturing facility on June 11, 2026, prepares a sample of a diagnostic test that detects the Ebola Bundibugyo strain responsible for recent outbreaks in Central and East Africa. (Niki Chan Wylie/AP Content Services for bioMérieux)
June 21, 2026, 4:49 pm
Second person hospitalized in Israel for possible Ebola after trip to DR Congo
Health Ministry says man not confirmed to have contracted deadly disease, has been taken to Sheba Medical Center for testing; results expected in coming days
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers discovered that a glucose transporter protein (green) operates in the core of the liver lobule in humans (left), whereas in mice (right), it functions at the periphery. In red is a control protein expressed in the core in both humans and mice. In blue are cell nuclei. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)
May 4, 2026, 11:45 pm
In world first, Israeli scientists map digital atlas of healthy human liver
Weizmann Institute, Sheba Medical Center, and Mayo Clinic researchers find differences in human and mouse livers; study can help improve treatment for fatty liver disease
By Diana Bletter
Reut Cohen (Courtesy)
April 26, 2026, 9:25 am
Pregnant woman collapses and dies, doctors unable to save her or her twins
Reut Cohen, in 30th week, rushed to hospital, undergoes emergency C-section but mother and unborn girls die; family questions whether doctors previously missed serious condition
By ToI Staff
Portrait of a pregnant woman. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
November 28, 2025, 12:52 pm
Health Ministry said to flag error in genetic test kit detecting rare mutation, reread results
Haaretz report concerns MECR mutation, part of Israel’s expanded screening panel; can lead to problems with movement, speech, vision; rare disease more common among Ashkenazi Jews
By Diana Bletter
Undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. (NHGRI via AP, File)
November 20, 2025, 11:56 pm
ChatGPT for genetics: Nvidia, Sheba join forces on AI engine for personalized medicine
Scientists say the AI research engine will be able to decode the majority of the human genome that remains obscure, opening the door to new drug discovery and personalized medicine
By Sharon Wrobel
Prof. Eran Perlson of the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, center, with Dr. Ariel Ionescu,left, and PhD student Tal Pery Gradus. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
November 17, 2025, 5:03 pm
In world first, Israeli scientists use RNA-based gene therapy to stop ALS deterioration
By adding a microRNA molecule to ALS models, Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University and Weizmann Institute researchers say the damaged nerve cells ‘even regenerated’
By Diana Bletter
In this April 18, 2017, file photo, a woman with Type 2 diabetes prepares to inject herself with insulin at her home in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
October 26, 2025, 2:07 pm
Type 2 diabetes patients more likely to develop schizophrenia, Israeli researchers find
In first study of its kind, scientists in Haifa and New York use health organization data to show that adult-onset diabetes sufferers have a 50% higher risk of schizophrenia late in life
By Diana Bletter
Twin Israeli brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, who were set free by Hamas earlier this week after being held hostage for more than two years, arrive home in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Beit Guvrin from hospital on October 19, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
October 19, 2025, 4:14 pm
Seven released hostages leave hospital, receive rapturous welcome in hometowns
Cunio brothers speak of ‘new lives;’ Yavne streets fill for David Cunio; Berman twins swamped; Maxim Herkin urges unity, Elkana Bohbot signals heart; Yosef-Haim Ohana home at last
By Diana Bletter and Jessica Steinberg
Dr. Noya Shilo, head of the Return to Life Center at Sheba Medical Center, walks with two hostages released from Gaza captivity in February 2024. (Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center)
October 9, 2025, 1:51 pm
Hospitals gear up to receive returning hostages after over 734 days in Gaza captivity
Health Ministry says it asked Red Cross to try to ensure hostages aren’t suddenly overfed by captors as it can cause medical issues; forensic teams prepping for bodies of slain captives
By Diana Bletter
Michael Podolsky with his cat, a few years before the onset of ALS. Podolsky, 44, was the first named individual with ALS to successfully fight for his right to die in Israel in almost 30 years and the first to donate his organs. He died on September 25, 2025.(Courtesy/Tamar Ashkenazi)
September 30, 2025, 4:47 pm
Circumventing Israeli law, judge grants ALS patient’s right to die; he donates his organs
Mechanically ventilated oxygen for Michael Podolsky, 44, was reduced at Sheba Medical Center last week; became the first ALS patient under end-of-life care to donate organs
By Diana Bletter
Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)
September 15, 2025, 5:45 pm
Elizabeth Tsurkov leaves hospital days after release from captivity in Iraq
Israeli academic was hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center after two and half years as a hostage in the hands of a pro-Iran Iraqi militia
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)
September 11, 2025, 8:53 pm
Struggling to walk, Elizabeth Tsurkov embraces loved ones after return to Israel from captivity
Freed from Iraq after being held hostage for 2.5 years, Russian-Israeli researcher tells PM of ‘harsh conditions,’ expresses hope that all hostages will return home soon
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
PROMOTED CONTENT
August 13, 2025, 7:34 am
When a Hospital Is More Than a Hospital
What is the DNA of Sheba’s ‘Global Impact’? For the past 7 years, Sheba Medical Center has been ranked as one of the “World’s Best Hospitals” by Newsweek magazine.
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