Healthcare System

From forceps to biceps: How to birth a stronger, healthier nation – opinion

Israel’s healthcare system doesn’t need a surgical overhaul to revive it – it needs certified PAs and NPs.

Touro University Nevada medical students and physician assistants.
The Cula - Communal Culinary initiative.

Cula uses food and community to help people rebuild their lives

Nadav Zafrir, CEO of Check Point, Prof. Eytan Wirtheim, CEO of Clalit.

Clalit, Check Point announce partnership to secure healthcare data of 5m. Israelis with AI systems

A nurse walks through the corridors of the sterile ward at the Timone pediatric hospital in Marseille on January 23, 2026. (Illustrative)

Hadera man arrested for allegedly assaulting nurse at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center


Israel built a binational healthcare system but never learned how to manage it - opinion

The war exposed growing tensions in Israel’s healthcare system and the need for a new approach to managing shared workplaces.

A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.

Ebola patients, responders flee Congo hospital attack after patient denied blood transfusion dies

Relatives of a patient were part of the crowd that stormed the Nyakunde Hospital in Ituri province on Wednesday afternoon and evening, throwing stones and damaging its perimeter fence.

A doctor provides care to a patient with Ebola virus disease at the Rwampara Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 13, 2026.

US healthcare watchdog announces $5.56 b. in expected savings despite administration fraud claims

The decline complicates the Trump administration's portrayal of an unprecedented crackdown on healthcare fraud.

A sign marks the location of the US Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building on March 30, 2026, in Washington, DC.

British Jews shouldn't fear requesting kosher meals in hospitals - opinion

A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.

Global health leaders gather at Ichilov Medical Center to learn crisis preparedness

As global instability redefines healthcare, top officials from 13 nations land in Israel to decode the real-world strategy of keeping hospitals functional, resilient, and humane under fire.

Participants from Latvia, the Philippines, Azerbaijan, Germany, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Nigeria, France, Canada, the Czech Republic, the United States and Hong Kong took part in the three-day program.

UK Jewish groups launch £1.5 million initiative to tackle antisemitism in healthcare

The Jewish Health Equality Partnership will work on tackling health inequalities caused by structural antisemitism, collaborating with partners to improve understanding of Jewish health needs.

People pass the now derelict Royal Mineral Water Hospital that is awaiting redevelopment on February 19, 2026 in Bath, England.

Silence in the rubble: Inside the desperate race for Venezuela earthquake survivors

"In the end, we believe the days have already passed and that what we will find now is death," said Major Jorge Montanero, leader of the EQ11 team from Guayaquil, located on Ecuador's Pacific coast.

People look at burned-down buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 30, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Soroka University Medical Center begins new partnership with Azerbaijan healthcare system

Soroka University Medical Center and Clalit signed new agreements with Azerbaijani healthcare providers, expanding cooperation in research, pediatrics and medical training.

Dr. Mickey Gidon in Azerbaijan.

NHS to make Jewish BRCA genetic testing program permanent after successful pilot

Those with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry have a one in 40 chance of carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 compared to a one in 250 chance for the general population.

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UK medical org. to investigate NHS use of IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech claims

The British Medical Association has passed a motion calling for an investigation into the use of the IHRA antisemitism definition in the NHS, citing concerns over free expression among staff.

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.