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(Left to right) Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center; Mohamed Al Khaja, UAE ambassador to Israel; and Rashid Al Qubaisi, group chief corporate officer at PureHealth, in June 2023. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

June 20, 2023, 9:47 am

Sheba Medical Center enters partnership with largest UAE healthcare system

Agreement with PureHealth involves joint research, medical training, tech collaboration and medical tourism, as cooperation between fresh allies deepens

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Industry leaders, scientists, engineers, physicians, and investors from over 45 countries at Biomed Israel 2023 conference, Tel Aviv, May 16, 2023. (Alexander Elman)

May 17, 2023, 10:47 pm

At Biomed Israel conference, medical start-ups discuss challenges in reaching success

Companies dealing in life sciences and technology face tougher times ahead due to global economic uncertainty and political crisis at home

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Illustrative: A member of the medical staff at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

May 15, 2023, 10:55 pm

Knesset Health Committee approves reform of private health insurance market

Changes aim to eliminate duplicate costs for consumers who pay for both commercial policies and premium-level HMO coverage, garnering praise from some activists

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)

May 5, 2023, 8:00 am

Few Israelis plan for end-of-life care. A purple bracelet seeks to change that

Lilach hopes its brightly colored DNR bracelets will bring attention to the Dying Patient Act, helping spread awareness of choices adult Israelis can make when faced with death

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A doctor uses the Beyeonics One headset to assist with eye surgery. (Courtesy of Beyeonics)

February 14, 2023, 10:19 pm

From cockpit to cataract ops: Israeli flight headsets adapted, approved for surgery

Augmented reality system now being rolled out in Europe after receiving CE mark; doctor says it ‘feels like being inside the eye during surgery’

By Nathan Jeffay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 22, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

January 22, 2023, 5:16 pm

Cabinet expands state-subsidized health benefits, okays ministry chiefs

Government okays subsidized eyeglasses for children, advanced cancer treatments, diabetes meds; Netanyahu says international bond sale shows ‘the world actually believes in Israel’

By Tobias Siegal

File - illustrative image of the human brain. ALS, a degenerative disease, is caused by by motor neuron death in the brain and spinal cord. (Ozgu Arslan via stock by Getty Images)

January 20, 2023, 10:51 am

New ALS drug headed to Israel, in first distribution deal outside North America

Medicine is believed to extend patients’ lives by almost a year on average; FDA has approved it based on Phase II trial

By Nathan Jeffay

Orit Strock, now National Missions Minister, seen at the Religious Zionist party headquarters in Modi'in on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

January 11, 2023, 7:42 pm

Doctors union takes aim at minister who claimed faith is grounds to deny treatment

Israel Medical Association runs TV, radio ads saying MDs will never discriminate against patients, after far-right Orit Strock said they should be able to if it violates religion

By Nathan Jeffay

Illustrative: a doctor carrying out checks for an autoimmune thyroid disease. (swpispix; iStock by Getty Images)

December 22, 2022, 6:53 pm

Israel’s medical big data deployed for autoimmune research at ambitious new center

Mass of detailed patient data put Israel at forefront of COVID research. Now, Tel Aviv University aims to use it to advance treatment of autoimmune diseases like MS and Crohn’s

By Nathan Jeffay

ALS patient Narkis Moshe with her doctor Prof. Vivian Dror of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)

December 15, 2022, 11:49 am

‘New era of treatment’: Israelis among first to receive ‘game-changing’ ALS medicine

Tofersen, which is injected into the spine like an epidural, is giving new hope to two patients at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

By Nathan Jeffay

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, surrounded by House Democrats, poses after signing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 during a bill enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, August 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

August 13, 2022, 7:38 am

US Congress approves Democrats’ climate and health bill, a Biden triumph

Party hopes legislation will help boost its prospects of keeping majorities in the House, Senate in upcoming midterms

By Alan Fram

One of the new ER robots at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center guides a patient (courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)

July 28, 2022, 2:03 pm

World’s largest ER opens in Israel, raising bar for tech and scale in emergency med

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid open new 8,000 square meter Tel Aviv facility boasting self-triage and robots to help you find your way

By Nathan Jeffay

Palestinian healthcare workers are trained in remote care for pregnant women at Sheba Medical Center in this undated photo (Courtesy)

July 12, 2022, 1:36 pm

Israeli hospital trains Palestinian health workers in remote care for pregnant women

Tel Aviv-area Sheba announces OB-GYN Beyond program to improve healthcare for women in Hebron area, hoping it will eliminate some logistical, bureaucratic, security obstacles

By ToI Staff

The new facility for proton therapy at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem; a patient in a chair wears a plastic mask that covers the face to protect it from radiation (Courtesy of Hadassah Medical Center)

July 8, 2022, 5:34 pm

New form of proton therapy for cancer starts trial in Jerusalem

Advanced radiation treatment uses innovative chair that can move patient 260 degrees to precisely target tunors with its high-energy beams

By Nathan Jeffay

Medical staff at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital wear safety gear, as they work in the hospital's newly reopened COVID ward in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

May 30, 2022, 9:34 pm

Israel approves 19 programs for $30 million digital health initiative

Project to enable health organizations to share anonymized medical data with startups for better healthcare

By Ricky Ben-David