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


Australian judge excludes video of nurses threatening Israeli patients from case

The video at the center of the Sydney nurses case has been ruled inadmissible after a judge found it was obtained in breach of state laws.

Two Australian nurses who were suspended for saying they would, and have already killed Israeli pateints, February 12, 2025.

Israel faces crisis as elderly population nears two million, nursing costs threaten NII stability

“Aging of the population is one of the central challenges facing the State of Israel,” Englman said, adding that "an appropriate response to the elderly population is a moral obligation."

 An illustrative image of elderly Israelis.

Doctors must not become weapons in the campaign against Israel - editorial

A petition to suspend Israel’s medical association would punish doctors for government policy and set a dangerous precedent for global medicine.

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.

National Insurance to adopt new protections, accommodations for sexual assault survivors

If the person asks for a female doctor to be part of the panel, NII will try to grant the request, depending on whether a female doctor is available in the relevant medical field and location.

 The program is part of a national effort to alleviate the Israeli doctor shortage. (Illustrative).

'Antisemitism in medicine is a patient care crisis,' says AJMA CEO Eveline Shekhman - interview

AJMA CEO Eveline Shekhman warns that rising antisemitism in US healthcare is creating a patient care crisis, affecting doctors, nurses, and medical students.

Eveline Shekhman, AJMA CEO.

Underground hospitals, no school: Israel transitions to restricted activity mode after Iran strikes

The restrictions include a total closure of all educational institutions, cancellation of exams, and stricter limits on gatherings and workplaces.

Hospitals move patients underground following Iranian missile barrage, June 8, 2026.

Trump claims unnamed drug can bring people back from death, boasts success of Right To Try Act

"We've taken people that were dead. We had a person given the last rites - gone, the kids are crying, and everything - and started them on this drug. And the person became better," Trump insisted.

US President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and healthcare industry professionals, answers a reporters question during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Taiwan is building a smart healthcare system with AI, big data - opinion

Taiwan’s digital health model uses advanced data integration and AI to improve care while advocating for WHO inclusion.

DR. CHUNG-LIANG Shih, the Taiwanese health and welfare minister, speaks at a press conference promoting Healthy Taiwan, in 2025.

The health budget paradox

Public healthcare in Israel owes a profound debt of gratitude to generous individuals in Israel and abroad who contribute generously

Amos Shavit, CEO of the Friends of Kaplan Medical Center

Hundreds of European doctors hoping to make aliyah attend MedEx conference

Israel has faced a lack of doctors for years, mainly due to a higher-than-average birth rate compared to other Western countries and an aging population of doctors.

Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders and Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer