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Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine / Settlements

Shabbat Rescue in Karnei Shomron Synagogue

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I immediately recognized him and realized that he was my close friend of many years."

Israel / Health and Medicine

EMT Performs Successful CPR after 2 Earthquakes that Shook Tveria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Over the last weekend, two minor earthquakes shook the area of Northern Israel including Tveria.

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Bar-Ilan U Study Shows two Vaccine Doses May Protect Against Long COVID

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Bar-Ilan University-led study is the first in an ongoing series examining the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Israel / Jewish / US / Global / Media / Diaspora / Coronavirus

Genesis Prize Awarded to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Genesis Prize Chairman praised the role of Jewish scientists and physicians in combating the pandemic.

Headline / Business and Economy / Coronavirus

Report: 70K Businesses in Israel Failed to Survive in 2021

By Israel Hayom

Only 35,000 news small businesses opened in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine

Doctors Find Bullet in Woman’s Back Three Months After She Felt ‘Crazy Pain’ at Samaria Wedding

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The bullet was centimeters away from causing life-altering damage, according to her doctors • “I was saved by a miracle,” says Adi Bloy.

Travel / Coronavirus

Israel’s Ever-Changing COVID Policies Wreak Havoc on Jewish American Travelers

By Eliana Rudee

“The policies make no sense, and honestly, left me feeling like they don’t like Americans and want to see us suffer. I’m not saying this is the case, but it felt that way,” said groom-to-be Mark Spiro.

Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: Ketogenic Diet Reduces Damage from Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The diet improves spatial memory and visual memory, lowers indices of brain inflammation, causes less neuronal death and slows down the rate of cellular aging.

Government / Coronavirus

Bennett: We Are Entering the Eye of the Omicron Storm

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I would like to thank Pfizer CEO, my friend, Albert Bourla for the assistance."

Israel / Health and Medicine

Ibrahim & Idan's Excellent Double Rescue at Dizengoff Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

Muslim and Jewish EMTs pair up to help two people suffering medical emergencies in quick succession in Tel Aviv shopping center.

Israel / Health and Medicine

8,000 Israelis Die of Smoking Every Year, Including 800 Exposed to Secondhand Smoking

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The percentage of smokers in Israel is higher than the average in OECD states—Israel is ranked in 18th place from 44.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Quick Thinking EMT Saves a Life with an Aspirin

By Jewish Press News Desk

Kalanit realized that the paramedic and ambulance weren't arriving for another few minutes, so she had to take action on her own.

Iraq / Coronavirus / Kurds / Kurdistan

Fewer Kurdish than Iraqi Women Are Victims of Domestic Violence in the Age of Corona

By Rachel Avraham

The number of women who have filed domestic violence reports in Iraqi Kurdistan has decreased since the start of the pandemic.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Chessed and Tzedaka

Adelson Family Donates $40 Million to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

By Israel Hayom

The contribution will allow construction to commence on the Adelson National Center for Advanced Cancer Therapy, which will include an oncology institute, inpatient units, clinics and Israel’s first proton therapy institute.

Israel / Health and Medicine

EMTs Save Man Who Choked on Hamburger in Ra’anana

By Jewish Press News Desk

"He ran out of his home in the rain without anything, without a vehicle, without any gear, he just ran to help and he succeeded."

Featured / Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

Muslim and Jewish EMTs Save Woman's Life in Arab Village

By Jewish Press News Desk

The woman's family crowded around, worried and upset about their mother.

Israel / US / Travel / Canada / Coronavirus

Israel Adds US, Canada to List of Countries Banned for Travel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The time that we bought is running out. Omicron is already in the country, from the Knesset to kindergartens, and it is spreading fast,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Health and Medicine

New Israeli Study Shows Medicinal Cannabis Oil Effective for Treating Autism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The researchers found that this treatment improves both behavioral and biochemical parameters of autism.

Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

‘Outrageous, False, Dangerous’: Israel Rejects Accusations of Religious Discrimination in Entry to Country

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel's Foreign Ministry said that the Exceptions Committee, which discusses special entry requests, has issued numerous permits, to both Jews and Christians.

Featured / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U. Developed Blood Test Detecting Immune and Inflammatory Activity Sans Biopsies or Imaging

By Jewish Press News Desk

Based on this, scientists can identify from which tissue the circulating fragments of DNA originated and infer disease states.

Government / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Member of Defense Minister’s Team Tested Positive for Omicron Variant

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“It should be emphasized that the team member did not sit near the minister during the flight"

Israel / Business and Economy / Coronavirus

Israeli Malls to Require Covid Green Pass for Admission

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

PM Naftali Bennett has expressed his frustrations at trying to convince more citizens to take the booster shots and vaccinate their younger children.

Israel / US / Travel / Health and Medicine

Hatzalah EMT Treats Woman on Flight from Ben Gurion to Newark

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Thankfully, I was in the right place at the right time to help, and that is all that matters.”

Israel / Health and Medicine

Hatzalah Volunteers Save Long-Term-Care Patient with CPR

By Jewish Press News Desk

The patient was transported to the hospital where he was sedated and placed on a respirator, alive and with a chance for recovery.

Health and Medicine

Israel Researchers Find that Increased Oxygen Helps Patients Suffering from Depression

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"Would longer treatments be even more beneficial? Would higher oxygen concentrations better improve symptoms or not?"

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Weizmann Institute Study: Gut Microbes May Drive Weight Gain after Smoking Cessation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Substances produced by microbes, identified in a study in mice, may help in the development of new anti-obesity treatments.

In Print / NY / Coronavirus

De Blasio’s Sweeping Vax Mandate Sparks Backlash In The Jewish Community

By Aryeh Werth

Many key community leaders publicly complained that the De Blasio administration did not consult or even inform them before the mayor’s Monday announcement.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU-Led International Study Discovers Drug that Treats Symptoms of Autism and Alzheimer's

By Jewish Press News Desk

The symptoms that were remedied using NAP: slow development, poor communication, brains with a small number of synapses, and low electrical activity.

Israel / Health and Medicine

3 EMTs from Different Cities Come Together to Save a Life In Rishon Lezion

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I am proud to be part of an organization that saves the lives of people across the country, no matter who and where.”

Israel / Health and Medicine

Smart, Suture-less Wound Dressing Prompts Healing, Wards Off Infection

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Instead of sutures, a self-healing antibacterial polymer; instead of examining the wound, integrated smart monitoring.

Headline / Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

New Covid Restrictions: No More Visitors to Israel Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

In response to the newly discovered 'Omicron' strain of the Coronavirus...

Israel / Health and Medicine

EMT Saves the Same Man Twice in 24 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

EMT responds to emergency calls only to find an old friend suffering from a drug overdose, and saves his life twice on the same day.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U Study Reveals How People Know They're Tired

By Jewish Press News Desk

Our PARP1 protein acts as an antenna, signaling the brain that it's time to sleep and repair DNA.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Poriya Doctors Perform Successful Tongue Resection and Reconstruction on Elderly Patient

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Such an operation requires a multidisciplinary team that can perform both the resection of the tumor and the reconstruction during the same operation."

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Ultra-Processed Food Increases Risk of High Blood Pressure, Blood Lipids

By Jewish Press News Desk

People who consume a lot of ultra-processed food face 1.5-times higher risk of high blood pressure, excess fat in the blood, and low levels of “good cholesterol.”

Israel / Health and Medicine

Saving a Life in Pajamas

By Jewish Press News Desk

First Responders save the life of a woman who lost consciousness while riding in a car.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan University Launches Groundbreaking $75 Million Diabetes Initiative

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Russell Berrie Galilee Diabetes SPHERE tackles diabetes and reduces healthcare disparities while developing innovations that will have a global impact.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Approves COVID-19 Vaccinations for 5-to-11-Year-Olds

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

The nearly unanimous vote on the move by a panel of experts comes on the heels of the FDA-CDC decision last week to inoculate kids in that age group.

Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

New: Tourist Groups Can Enter Israel Without 3rd Vaccine

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

During the first seven days of their stay, the “unprotected” tourists in the group will perform a PCR test every 72 hours or present a negative result in an antigen test performed every 24 hours.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

No One Dies on our Watch: EMTs Save Woman, 91, Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest in a Taxi

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Hashem brought me to her so that I could be a part of the team that saved her life.”

Headline / Coronavirus

Israeli Researchers Identify COVID-19 Proteins that Damage Blood Vessels

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Coronavirus patients are up to three times more likely to have a stroke or heart attack.

Israel / Health and Medicine

EMTs Save Unconscious Man’s Life after Traumatic Fall

By Jewish Press News Desk

The man received a total of four shocks and the team alternated compressions, ventilation, opening an intravenous line, and medication.

Headline / US / Coronavirus

CDC 6.4 Million Study Shows No Increased Mortality Risk in Corona Vaccine Recipients

By Jewish Press News Desk

The lower mortality risk after COVID-19 vaccination suggests substantial healthy vaccinee effects.

Government / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

PM Bennett: Green Classroom Expanded to Kindergartens, Daycare Centers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Students participating in the Green Classroom Outline will not participate in multi-participant activities.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Weizmann Institute to Offer Off-the-Shelf Cancer Immunotherapies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Off-the-shelf therapies to be developed for entire groups of patients, making cancer immunotherapy more accessible.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U Study of 625,000 Births: Exposure Extreme Temperatures May Slash Fetal Growth

By Jewish Press News Desk

With extreme temperatures resulting from climate change, identifying windows of vulnerability can assist clinicians in refining their recommendations to pregnant women.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Quick Acting First Responders Save Lives after Car Explosion near Residential Building

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Although I'm tired, I am incredibly content that I did a great kindness in saving others.”

News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Israeli Cancer, Heart Care Rank Among World's Best in 'Newsweek' List

By Israel Hayom

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer is No. 42 in the world when it comes to cardiology care.

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

90% of Seriously Ill Covid Patients in Israel Under 50 Not Vaccinated

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Out of a total of 102 people in that age group who are seriously ill from Covid, 92 are unvaccinated.

Coronavirus

Israeli Study: Chance of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccine Extremely Rare

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study’s findings show that it is a relatively rare side effect even in the population group at the highest risk, young men.

Israel / US / Coronavirus

US to Examine Israeli Data on Booster-Shot Side Effects in Young People

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Before authorizing a third COVID-19 vaccine shot for all, the U.S. is looking to clarify the risk of myocarditis mRNA vaccines pose to young people.

Israel / Travel / Health and Medicine

United Hatzalah Transports Grandma from Hospital Bed to Granddaughter's Chuppah

By Jewish Press News Desk

“I joined United Hatzalah to perform acts of kindness. Even kindness that's somewhat outside the ordinary.”

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Pre-Chanukah Modi'in Miracle: Boy on Scooter Hit by Car, Trapped Underneath, Walks Away

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Both pedestrians and drivers need to be extra careful and even more aware of the dangers on the road during this time of year."

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers' Discovery of Immune System's 'Double Agents' May Help Win War on Cancer

By Jewish Press News Desk

It is not inconceivable that these revelations are the first step towards deciphering the mechanism of interaction between the immune system and violent cancerous tumors that, as mentioned, claim the lives of so many.

Israel / Health and Medicine

United Hatzalah EMTs Save Unconscious Motorist on Major Roadway

By Jewish Press News Desk

“It was an extremely stressful situation because we were trying to revive a man who had suffered a cardiac arrest on the side of a major roadway."

Israel / Coronavirus

Over 3 Million Israelis Get 3rd Booster Shot

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The third dose boosts the immunity of its recipients about tenfold compared to those who had received only two doses of the vaccine at least five months earlier.

Israel / Coronavirus

11% of Israeli Children Recovering from COVID-19 Suffer from Long-Term Symptoms – Study

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study found that the older the child, the higher the chance of the child contending with Long COVID.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Twofer: EMTs Perform Successful CPR in Dentist’s Office

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hatzalah dispatcher Chanoch Re’em began instructing the secretary and the staff at the dentist’s office on how to perform CPR.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Caught on Hot Mic, Israeli Health Minister Says ‘Green Pass’ Not Based on Epidemiology

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Our problem is people who don’t get vaccinated. We need [to influence] them a bit; otherwise, we’ll never get out of this,” Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz tells Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Discovery: White Blood Cells May Help Destroy Malignant Tumors

By Jewish Press News Desk

The destructive properties of white blood cells called eosinophils can be employed to kill cancer cells.

Israel / Travel / Health and Medicine / Sports

Drowning Teenage Surfer Rescued at Ashkelon Area Beach

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I intubated him right away and a lot of liquid came out of the boy’s lungs."

Israel / Coronavirus

For First in Months, COVID-19 Transmission Rate Slows in Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The drop in the R coefficient is the result of the administering of the third COVID-19 booster shot in recent weeks.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Stop Killing your Children: TAU Study Shows 70% of Smokers' Kids Suffer from Secondhand Smoking

By Jewish Press News Desk

Researchers tested children's level of exposure using a biomarker, nicotine in hair, which indicates cumulative exposure to tobacco smoke.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Researchers Show that ‘Silent Mutations’ Can Predict Development of Cancer

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new study has implications for all areas of oncological research and treatment.

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Hebrew U Study Shows Oral Medication Effective in Treating Severe COVID-19 Patients

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fenofibrate reduced inflammation in 48 hours, removed need for oxygen support in 5 to 7 days.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Faces Shortage of Corona Treatment Medication Actamra

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

There are other drugs available on the market which provide similar help.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Judaism

United Hatzalah Chief Slams Haredim Who Claim Training Women EMTs Violates Modesty

By Jewish Press News Desk

If the person requesting help is female, it would be more halachically correct that she be treated by another female than by a male.

Headline / Government / Coronavirus

Facing NIS 200b COVID-19 Cost, Bennett Implores Israelis: 'Get Vaccinated!"

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

"The government is not a babysitter, do not wait for someone to take you to get vaccinated. Get in a car and go and get vaccinated!”

On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Bar-Ilan U Study: Pre-Pandemic Physiological Data Predict Mental State Under Corona

By Jewish Press News Desk

Individuals with more relaxed heart rate/respiratory function 2-3 years prior to SARS-CoV-2 reported greater mental well-being during the pandemic.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Young Bride Reunites with the EMT Who Saved her Life

By Jewish Press News Desk

The knife had torn right through the woman’s carotid artery, leaving her very few minutes to live before she bled out completely.

Featured / Health and Medicine / Aliyah / Geulah

Two Canadian Sisters and their Jersey Friend Save Man in Beit Shemesh Pool

By Jewish Press News Desk

“When I was living in Toronto, I never thought I’d be responding to medical emergencies."

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Only Fifty Out of 600,000 Third Vaccine Recipients Reported Side Effects

By Jewish Press News Desk

Those side effects were generally mild, and included arm pain, temperature or nausea. 

Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Magen David Adom (MDA) Begins Serological Testing for Covid on Children Aged 3 – 12

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The serological survey began today in Kiryat Ya’arim, as children from Israel’s ultra-orthodox sector returned to school for a new year of studies.

Headline / Israel / Coronavirus

Knesset Constitution Committee Approves Updated Restrictions on Foreign Travel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

As of Monday, 600,000 Israelis over the age of 60 have received their third vaccination shot.

Serials

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