Category: Health

The document lays out ambitious new targets for the next five years that include reaching 90 per cent of people with TB prevention and care services, providing social benefit packages to those who have the disease, and licensing at least one new vaccine. TB is the second leading infectious killer worldwide after COVID-19, with some […]

Yom Kippur is a day dedicated to spiritual cleansing, the true meaning of the term kapara that is at the heart of the day. Similar to our observance of Shabbat, we refrain from all work; but on this occasion, we neither eat nor drink, and we take multiple measures to distinguish the Day of […]

Miscarriage is a common woman’s health experience, but one that affects people differently. Ten years of studying miscarriage has taught me that no two women will have the same experience, and that the same woman is likely to experience separate miscarriages very differently. There’s also a great deal of variation in types of miscarriage and […]

The Health Ministry has decided to allow the private Assuta-Ramat Hahayal Hospital to increase the scope of its in-vitro fertilization unit to 25 ova retrieval operations per day.  The hospital, which had been found negligent in previous case, mixing up the gametes of parents, has improved its functioning, the ministry said in a meeting […]

The morning ritual: coffee followed by a visit to the bathroom. Sound familiar? It’s a common habit for many of us. But did you know that coffee not only provides a morning alertness boost but also stimulates your digestive system, affecting digestion rates and the absorption of various substances from food? This stimulating effect […]

Adopting a milestone political declaration at the first ever summit on pandemic prevention and response, nations also committed to get back on track to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Making us safer “[This] is a historic milestone in the urgent drive to make all people of the world safer, and better protected from […]

In a remarkable occurrence in Bharatpur, a town in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, a baby girl was born with a total of 26 fingers: seven on each hand and six on each foot. While medical professionals attribute this phenomenon to a rare genetic defect, the baby’s Indian-origin family sees it as a […]

A groundbreaking study recently published in the journal “Resuscitation” unveiled an astonishing revelation—40% of individuals who underwent CPR following a cardiac arrest reported having memories, experiences, visions, dreams, or some form of awareness while unconscious. Additionally, the brain activity of some survivors exhibited signs of consciousness for up to an hour as they were […]

By approving a new political declaration at UN Headquarters during the high level meeting, Member States also pledged to take concrete action and provide the necessary funding to reach the ambitious goal. The declaration – Universal Health Coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world – also saw governments promise to […]

Making tiny machines and light-controllable drugs as well as improving existing technology will be possible thanks to a new discovery by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and Tampere University in Finland.  The new discovery enables scientists to change the shape of very-versatile molecules called […]