יום רביעי, 29 יולי 2026Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Follow Us
יום רביעי, ט״ו אב תשפ״וWednesday, July 29, 2026
Follow Us

Sections

Health and Medicine

Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Vaccines May Be the Solution to the New Coronavirus Variants

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Injectable and oral vaccines under development in Israel may prove significant in protecting people from mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Government / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Education, Health Minister Issue Final Plan for School Year's September 1 Opening

By Jewish Press News Desk

The outline ensures the health of students and education staff through 6 layers of protective actions.

Featured / Israel / Video of the Day / Coronavirus

Watch: MDA Introducing Corona Test Results in 15-Minute

By Jewish Press News Desk

The test sites will be located in 120 MDA stations and other major centers nationwide, to help Israeli citizens continue their daily routine despite the pandemic.

Government / Coronavirus

Some Cabinet Members Furious Synagogues Exempted from New Green Pass Rules

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ministers were Avigdor Lieberman, Omer Barlev, Yifat Shasha-Biton, and Orna Barbivai.

Headline / US / Travel / Coronavirus

Israel Adds US, 17 Other Countries to COVID-19 High Risk List

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Health Ministry data show that 141 Israelis infected with coronavirus returned from the US from end of June to end of July, constituting 0.24% of all returnees.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

EMT Reunited with Child Burn Victim He Saved Two Years Ago

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I kept thinking of my own daughter, who is the same age as the boy I treated."

Government / Coronavirus

Merav Michaeli: 400 Inspectors Will Enforce Mask Mandates on Buses

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli government has also announced that there will be greater enforcement of indoor mask mandates in place for public spaces.

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Location Is Everything: Hatzalah Dispatchers Rush to Save Patient Outside their Headquarters

By Jewish Press News Desk

Responding to the same emergency both as dispatcher and first responder doesn’t happen very often.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Scientists Devise Novel Method for Rapid Repair of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The researchers are now exploring commercialization options and hope that will help functional recovery and accelerate nerve repair following injury.

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

EMTs Save Jerusalem Man Who Stopped Breathing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The group of EMTs rotated between performing compressions and assisted breathing while waiting to hear if the defibrillator recommended administering any shocks.

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

TAU Technology Restores Sense of Touch in Damaged Nerves After Amputation

By Jewish Press News Desk

This unique development is body friendly and does not require electricity, wires, or batteries.

Featured / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

EMT Shopkeeper Saves Stabbed Man in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

“I’m not sure if he came to me knowing that I am an EMT, or just because my store was open late."

News Briefs / Coronavirus

Ministry of Health: Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine Drops to 64% in Month

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

However, the benefit of the vaccine in preventing hospitalizations and severe morbidity is estimated at 93%.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus / Korea

Israel and South Korea Sign COVID-19 Vaccine Exchange Agreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The problem of Israel's soon-to-be-expired Coronavirus vaccines may have found a resolution.

Government / Coronavirus

PM Bennett on Jump in Corona Cases: Wear Masks in Closed Places, It Works

By Jewish Press News Desk

Transportation Minister Michaeli, Interior Minister Shaked, Health Minister Horowitz, and Defense Minister Gantz are working together very nicely.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Israeli startup ZzappMalaria Wins IBM Prize with Malaria Elimination App

By Jewish Press News Desk

As part of the award, the company will receive a $3 million prize to continue driving forward its mission of ridding the world of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Goodbye Multifocals - An Israeli Company Changes Focus Via Software

By Brian Blum

For this long-time wearer of progressive lenses, DeepOptics glasses are nothing short of an addictive, adaptive miracle.

Government / Coronavirus

PM Bennett Issues Special Call to Israeli Youths to Get Vaccinated ASAP

By Jewish Press News Desk

Religious Zionism chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich on Monday added his voice to his former political ally's appeal and called on parents to get their children vaccinated.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Florida

MDA Team Joins Work Around the Clock Rescue Effort at Miami Disaster Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

The doctors, EMTs, and paramedics of the South Florida Hatzalah, and Magen David Adom International were among the first at the disaster scene.

Health and Medicine / Florida

United Hatzalah of Israel Sends Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to Miami, El Al Sponsors Airfare

By Jewish Press News Desk

The team will be utilizing techniques and tools developed in Israel which have proven to be highly successful in assisting those who have suffered from similar incidents.

Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

No Tourists in Israel Before August

By Jewish Press News Desk

The spike in Coronavirus infections from the Delta variant has raised red flags.

Israel / Health and Medicine

EMT Saves a Life on the Way to his Son’s Graduation

By Jewish Press News Desk

After making sure the patient was secure and on his way to the nearest hospital, Haim Gil was only a half an hour late to his son's graduation.

Coronavirus

After COVID-19 Outbreaks, IDF Keeps Coronavirus Management Unit Open

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Close to 100 children at Binyamina schools were infected in recent days with the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.

Featured / Islamists / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

United Hatzalah Muslim EMT Saves his Neighbor’s Life before Friday's Prayers

By Jewish Press News Desk

“After the third shock was administered, the man began to resist compressions, a sign that he was coming back to life.”

Israel / Health and Medicine

The Sunday Morning Phone Call that Saved a Life

By Jewish Press News Desk

United Hatzalah Ambulance Team in Moshav Kadima Joined a CPR in progress on Sunday morning and saves the life of a very heavy, 49-year-old man

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

Bar-Ilan Co-Leading EU Vaccines Research for Measles, STD, in Under-Served Populations

By Jewish Press News Desk

In Israel, despite socio-economic disparities, the Israeli Arab population achieves very high vaccine uptake.

Coronavirus

Israeli-Developed Oral COVID-19 Vaccine in Preclinical Trial, Appears Effective as Booster

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

MigVax is seeking the financing necessary for it to launch Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.

Israel / Health and Medicine

After a Long Day's Emergency Response Training 2 EMTs Use Exhaustive CPR to Save a Life

By Jewish Press News Desk

The man was rushed to the hospital in stable condition with a pulse and breathing on his own. His life had been saved.

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

EMTs Save Police Officer Injured in Line of Duty

By Jewish Press News Desk

First-hand account of EMT who responded to Givat Zeev Incident Wednesday morning.

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

Tel Aviv U Researchers: Sick Bats Also Employ 'Social Distancing' to Prevent Outbreak of Epidemics

By Jewish Press News Desk

New study from Tel Aviv University reveals that bats also resort to isolation which can assist in preventing mass contagion.

Headline / Israel / Coronavirus

Due to Low COVID-19 Stats in Israel, Social Distancing Restrictions Lifted

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The only restriction left is wearing masks inside closed public spaces, and that is under review.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Set to Begin Vaccinating Teens Aged 12 to 15 Next Week

By Israel Hayom

The Israeli Health Ministry has yet to issue a final decision on safety of Pfizer vaccine in children; Israel has recorded 70 cases of heart inflammation among vaccinated teens thus far.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

EMT Arrives in 35 Seconds to Save a Neighbor's Choking Baby

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Sunday early afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Ron Cohen was at home in northern Tel Aviv when his communications device began to ring, alerting him to a medical emergency nearby. A few buildings away, a year-and-a-half-old baby girl began choking, and her frantic mother had called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center. “I glanced […]

Government / Health and Medicine

On May 31 No Smoking Day Israel Announces 8,000 Die Annually from Tobacco Products

By Jewish Press News Desk

Among Israeli smokers, 26.7% reported that they smoked more since the outbreak of the plague; on average, an increase of 13 cigarettes per day was reported.

Jewish / Chessed and Tzedaka / India / Coronavirus

In Wake of COVID Cases in India, OU Raises Money for Oxygen Concentrators

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The country is facing a skyrocketing number of infections and an overstretched medical system.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Kfar Saba EMT Saves Own Father's Life with CPR

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I got stuck in traffic because I had been late getting out, which is why I was close enough to rush back home and help save my father’s life.”

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Boy Reminds Hatzalah Volunteers that Miracles Happen

By Jewish Press News Desk

United Hatzalah EMTS visit a boy, 15, they treated 10 days before when his life had been saved miraculously.

Headline / Terrorism / Police and Crime / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Two Injured in Jerusalem Stabbing Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

First response teams arrived at the scene and provided the two wounded initial treatment before they were evacuated them to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital.

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Israel is Removing All Corona Restrictions Starting Next Tuesday, June 1st

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced today that he will not extend the restrictions that will expire next Tuesday, June 1st.

Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

Arab Woman Receives Kidney from Jew Killed in Lod Pogrom

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Yigal Yehoshua died after being struck in the head with a brick during Arab pogroms in the city. One of his kidneys went to a Christian Arab woman and other organs to three other Israelis.

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

Jewish EMTs Save Muslim Man's Life in Eastern Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Even in these times, when it's very dangerous to enter the eastern side of the city, and I am risking my own life, I still drive into the Arab neighborhoods."

Israel / Ukraine / Coronavirus

Ukraine and Israel Agree to Continue Consultations on Vaccination Passports

By Jewish Press News Desk

The two sides compared notes in preparation for the celebration of Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukraine, in September.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Health and Medicine

First-Hand Account of EMT Who Treated Cardiac Arrest Patient under Rocket Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Asher Tzvi made sure his wife and kids were safe and raced out to his ambucycle, wearing protective headgear and a bulletproof vest.

Media / Health and Medicine / Chessed and Tzedaka

United Hatzalah Raises $1.3 Million in Sunday Telethon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The event also featured a new rendition of the Marvin Gaye hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” sung in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

These Israel Startups Are Helping to Improve Americans’ Health

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is the beginning of a new era for digital health, and the involvement of Israeli startups in the American health market has become more significant than ever.

Government / Travel / Coronavirus

Israeli Health Ministry Issues New Guidelines for International Entry and Exit

By Jewish Press News Desk

To date, 5,403,739 have received their first dose of the vaccine, 5,054,606 the second.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Coronavirus

In First Since Outbreak – No COVID-19 Cases in IDF

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The IDF announced in March that it was the first army in the world to reach herd immunity.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Emergency-Service Workers in Meron on Lag B’Omer: ‘It was Apocalyptic’

By Josh Hasten

“There were bodies piled up on top of each other—some of the people were alive, and some of them were already dead. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Itzik Itach, a senior volunteer paramedic and logistics director of the Jerusalem area for Rescuers Without Borders.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Guide for Families and Children Coping With the Meron Tragedy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Encourage your children to share what they have heard, and how they have reacted.

Headline / Israel / Health and Medicine

Mass Casualty Event in Meron, Dozens Dead, Many More Injured

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of people are unconscious and CPR is in progress on a number of individuals who were struck by the building and lost consciousness.

Featured / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Hebrew U Professor in Large-Scale Study Showing Corona's Link to Strokes in Younger Patients

By Jewish Press News Desk

The researchers found a definite increase in stroke incidence among younger patients as compared to a similar age group before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health and Medicine / Chessed and Tzedaka

United Hatzalah Launches 'Saving Lives Sunday' Telethon with Jay Leno and Kicks off 'Year Of The Volunteer' Campaign

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jay Leno headlines list of celebrities in support of Israel's United Hatzalah and honors EMS volunteers in kickoff event of year-long campaign highlighting the stories and experiences of its 6000+ volunteers and the people they saved .

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Health and Medicine

EXCLUSIVE: Blind Michigan Judge Wants to Export Israeli Special Needs Know-How to Arab World

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

While working as a lawyer, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein was known as a tireless advocate for people with special needs, and much of his legal work has focused on protecting the rights of people with disabilities.

Featured / Health and Medicine

First Responders Give Elderly Man New Lease on Life in Traumatic Respiratory Distress Call

By Jewish Press News Desk

After multiple rounds of chest compressions, the paramedic asked Yosef to call for backup.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE / Coronavirus

Israel and Bahrain Sign Agreement to Mutually Recognize Vaccine Certificates

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The identification process will be carried out digitally and will facilitate a quick entry into both countries and is expected to strengthen tourism, trade and economic relations between the two countries.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Gulf States / UAE

Israel, UAE Ink Healthcare Agreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two countries agreed to promote cooperation on health issues, including a common fight against global epidemics, cybersecurity and data protection, medical education, digital health, artificial intelligence, innovation, technology integration, and personalized medicine.

IDF & Security / Health and Medicine

With Syrian Rocket Exploding, Dimona Octogenarian Gets New Lease on Life

By Jewish Press News Desk

"After saving someone’s life the sensation of euphoria I got wouldn’t let me sleep."

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

TAU Study: British Variant 45% More Contagious than Original Coronavirus

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The study proves that active monitoring of at-risk populations and prioritized vaccination programs can prevent hundreds of deaths."

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Sports

United Hatzalah Volunteers Provide Medical Aid at Major Sporting Events

By Jewish Press News Desk

In Jerusalem, the project, which began two seasons ago, grew in scale during the Coronavirus pandemic, when fans were not permitted to attend the games.

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

TAU Innovation to Generate Immediate Melanoma Diagnosis Saving Many Patients' Lives

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Melanoma is a life-threatening cancer, so it is very important to diagnose it early on when it is still superficial."

Israel / Coronavirus

7 Cases of India COVID-19 Strain Discovered in Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

In all cases, those who were infected had not been vaccinated against the virus.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Hatzalah Saves Choking Infant in Bnei Brak Makolet

By Jewish Press News Desk

A four-month-old infant was brought by his father to a makolet (bodega) on Rambam Street in Bnei Brak after the infant had choked. The father carried his baby into the makolet and asked the store manager to call for help. United Hatzalah volunteers responded to the emergency and succeeded in resuscitating the boy. United Hatzalah […]

Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

Israel to Begin Receiving Vaccinated Tourists on May 23

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In the first stage of a phased plan, a limited number of tour groups will start to arrive, with individual travelers being admitted at a later date, says Tourism Ministry.

Featured / Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

EMTs Save Life of Arab Infant Suffering from Chronic Heart Condition

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mustafa, who only a few days ago responded to a shooting incident and was only able to save one of the people involved, said that this was some compensation to him for that tragedy.

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

TAU Breakthrough: Activating Brain's Immune System Against Deadly Cancer Glioblastoma Prevents Spreading

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Glioblastoma is the deadliest type of cancer in the central nervous system, accounting for most malignant brain tumors."

Featured / Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

TAU: COVID-19 Vaccine Much Less Effective Against South African Variant

By Jewish Press News Desk

The South African variant is significantly more likely to break through the protective effect of two doses of the vaccine compared to the British COVID-19 variant.

Sheba Medical Center

Israeli Researchers Introduce Novel Probiotic Yogurt-Based Treatment for Inflammatory Conditions

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Probiotics are widely perceived as helping immune functions, affecting balanced microbial populations in the digestive system and potentially protecting the body against bacterial infections.

Featured / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

Hebrew U Researchers Find Holocaust Survivors Suffer Higher Death Rates from Heart Disease, Cancer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Decades-long study provides basis for close monitoring of people who have experienced trauma early in life and the impact it can have on long-term health.

Israel / Coronavirus

For First Time in a Year, Israel’s 2nd largest Hospital Admits No New COVID-19 Patients

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The hospital said it has no Covid-19 patients on life support and no one died from the Coronavirus for the first time in a year.

Featured / Antisemitism / Media / Coronavirus

The Vaccine Blood Libel

By Edwin Black

Saeb Erekat, a top Palestinian negotiator, was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital when he faced a COVID-19 respiratory crisis.

News Briefs / Germany / Coronavirus

Germany Provides $13.5 Million to Help Holocaust Survivors Get Vaccinated

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The new Holocaust Survivor Vaccine Assistance Program is a one-time initiative to offer COVID-19 protection for survivors worldwide.

Israel / Coronavirus

Over 50% of Israel’s Citizens are Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Ministry of Health said it documented only 681 new COVID-19 cases over the past day.

Hamas / Coronavirus

Hamas Leader in Judea and Samaria Dies of COVID-19

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Sheikh Omar Barghouti was one of three terrorists who murdered an Israeli in 1978. He was captured and spent 27 years in prison until his release as part of the Jibril Deal in 1985.

Coronavirus

Worried About 'Long COVID Syndrome?' There's An App For That.

By Jewish Press News Desk

The algorithm — based on age, gender, and number of early symptoms – accurately predicted almost 70 percent of cases of Long COVID.

Holidays & Observances / Health and Medicine

Safety and Health Tips for Passover from United Hatzalah

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Each year we see that the number of emergency calls received by our organization rises dramatically over the holiday."

Jewish / US / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Feinstein Institutes Researchers Studying Ashkenazi Jews Discover New Schizophrenia Genetic Mutation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Just a few hundred individuals who migrated to Eastern Europe less than 1,000 years ago are the ancestors of nearly 10 million Ashkenazi Jews today.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Coronavirus

Israel Vaccinates over 105,000 Palestinian Authority Citizens in 2 Weeks

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority continues to pay large salaries to jailed terrorists rather than properly invest in health care for its citizens.

Israel / Coronavirus

United Hatzalah Drops 288 Vaccine-Refusing Volunteers to Become 100% Immunized

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Should any of these volunteers change their mind and elect to receive the vaccine, or should this virus disappear completely, we would welcome them back with open arms."

Diaspora / Social Media / Poland / Holocaust / Coronavirus

March of the Living 2021 Goes Virtual

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The ‘March of the Living’ connects between those who learned about the Holocaust firsthand and those who did not."

Government / The Knesset / Coronavirus

​Israel Spent $790 M. on COVID-19 Vaccines

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The improvement in Israel’s situation vis-à-vis the Coronavirus is attributed to its success to rapidly vaccinate its population.

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Tel Aviv Hospital Closes Last Corona Ward

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The last 18 Corona patients hospitalized in Ichilov, the main hospital complex serving Tel Aviv and its metropolitan area, were moved to a designated compound.

IDF & Security / Syria / The Environment / Health and Medicine

Report: Tanker that Caused Environmental Disaster on Israel's Beaches Owned by Syrians

By Jewish Press News Desk

The initial information about the connection between the ship, Syria, and Oryx Shipping Ltd, was revealed on March 4 by the Lloyd’s List Intelligence website.

Headline / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority / Photo of the Day / Settlements / Coronavirus

Israel Vaccinates Over 50,000 PA Arabs Against COVID-19 in Week

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Some 120,000 PA Arabs will be vaccinated by Israeli medical teams with Moderna vaccines, which have been allocated by the state, at eight different locations throughout Judea and Samaria.

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

Hebrew U Researchers Say Understanding Constipation Would Help Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hebrew University researchers unveil a chain of physiological events that may help provide new methods for disease diagnosis.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Sara Netanyahu Undergoes Successful Appendectomy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu is in good condition and is recovering in the surgery ward.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

View all
cross