Disease
Shingles: No longer just a disease of the elderly
If until a few years ago we tended to think that shingles was a disease of the elderly, cases like those of Adi Himmelbloy and Bar Zomer clarify that everyone is at risk, at any age.
The flu is gone, but the danger is not: The viruses hitting Israel now
New suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha
The study that revealed what a single inhalation of cannabis does to the lungs
Measles outbreak in Israel kills three children in past week alone
Six children in total have died since the outbreak began, with the Health Ministry pushing a vaccination campaign to contain the disease.
Feathered foes: The hidden dangers of urban pigeons
Israeli study: Movement of wild animals can help us predict next pandemic
A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that tracking animal movement and behavior in near real-time could detect dangerous pathogens.
Big news: A success that could serve as a model for rare disease treatment
European approval granted for Imbruvica in first-line MCL treatment | Young patients can now avoid the difficult autologous stem cell transplant process.
Enablers, accomplices, and America’s unhealth: How RFK Jr. makes the US sick - opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could become America’s greatest mass killer as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the senators who confirmed him are his accomplices.
Gazan child featured on Daily Mirror suffers from disease, not malnutrition, Israel reveals
According to COGAT, Mu'amar is suffering from a genetic illness called Fanconi syndrome, which could lead to muscle and urinary tract weakness.
Ancient interbreeding secret: why Indigenous Americans carry a disease-fighting Denisovan gene
One in three people of mexican ancestry carries the variant, which reached modern humans via neanderthals.
Chris Hemsworth announces new life changes after learning he's at risk of Alzheimer's disease
The Men In Black actor learned that he carries two copies of the APOE4 gene from a Limitless: Live Better Now test.
Tennis icon Monica Seles diagnosed with rare autoimmune disease
Monica revealed her diagnosis after three years of knowingly living with the autoimmune condition.
Eight confirmed deaths in Florida after flesh-eating bacteria infects 13
Louisiana has also reported an outbreak of Vibrio vulnificus, with 17 cases recorded in 2025.
