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AIDS Healthcare Foundation condoms during a press conference, Feb. 14, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Bret Hartman /AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
July 4, 2020, 1:23 pm
Despite lockdown, Israel sees rise in cases of sexually transmitted infections
860 reported cases of chlamydia and 314 diagnoses of gonorrhea since January 2020, a record number; global concerns that coronavirus pandemic is leading to reduction in STI testing
By ToI Staff
Dr. Neora Pick at the whiteboard in the Oak Tree Clinic during the morning staff huddle where collaborative interdisciplinary health care professionals discuss the patients they'll see that day and strategize on how best to treat them. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2019, 4:26 pm
Israeli doctor fights for patients at Canada’s only women’s holistic HIV clinic
Dr. Neora Pick and the multidisciplinary professionals in Vancouver’s Oak Tree Clinic tailor comprehensive programs for each person, from trauma care to nutrition programs
By Robert Sarner
Dr. Ruth Westheimer in her Washington Heights, New York apartment. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
June 30, 2018, 6:25 am
At 90, spunky Dr. Ruth Westheimer now focuses on what comes before foreplay
With a new TV show in the works, the contagiously cheery Holocaust survivor continues to help couples maintain a healthy intimate relationship — even in a sterile online world
By Cathryn J. Prince
November 4, 2016, 8:54 am
Health Ministry says no syphilis in rechecked blood
6,300 pints of blood retested after European manufacturer of test kits said they may be faulty
By ToI Staff
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features (Wikimedia Commons, public domain/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library)
August 20, 2015, 11:37 am
Sharp rise in heterosexuals contracting HIV
Men make up about 70% of new carriers in Israel in 2014; about 42% of them engaged in homosexual relations
By Adiv Sterman
A screenshot of a Health Ministry video, released in December 2014, promoting condom use and safe sex. (screen capture: Ynet News)
December 14, 2014, 11:59 pm
Health Ministry sheaths condom ad
Video offering masturbation as alternative to safe sex taken off YouTube after religious artists complain of indecency
By ToI Staff
Ehud Olmert and Shula Zaken, September 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
May 30, 2014, 3:28 pm
Minor infractions
A 40-year-old woman is arrested for running an underage sex ring; police recommend additional charges against Olmert
By Marissa Newman
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