Medicine
Innovative saliva test launches in Israel to screen for dozens of hereditary diseases
The once-in-a-lifetime test screens 173 genes linked to hereditary cancers, cardiovascular conditions, metabolic diseases and other serious disorders.
Medical journal retracts paper on Amgen’s Tavneos drug trial after FDA findings
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Kafr Kassem girl's organ saves Jerusalem boy in life-saving heart transplant
Clalit Health Services to join European AI research project predicting, managing pandemics
Clalit Health Services will join an international consortium of health authorities to create an AI research platform to predict and manage pandemics in advance.
Artificial intelligence enters medicine – and doctors receive new boundaries
The Israeli Medical Association has published a position paper that sets boundaries for the growing use of artificial intelligence systems in medicine.
UK healthcare worker tried to sell Princess Kate's medical information for profit, probe finds
The ICO said it concluded a criminal investigation and found that a former healthcare worker had deliberately misused sensitive information and offered to disclose it for financial gain.
German nun awarded order of merit after decades of caring for leprosy patients in Pakistan
Sister Annette Dimigen, a member of the Protestant Sisterhood of the Christ Bearers, has played a key role in humanitarian outreach through the Aid to Leprosy Patients Association.
'Medicine is no place for politics': IMA pushes back against proposed global boycott - interview
On Saturday, renowned medical journal The Lancet published a petition calling for the suspension of the IMA from the World Medical Association (WMA).
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The Lancet publishes call to suspend Israeli Medical Association from global medical body
The World Medical Association however told The Lancet that it stands against exclusion of any of its members, pointing out that the IMA is a "strong advocate for WMA ethics and policies."
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.
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Trump to expand prescription drug site with 600 cheaper generic medicines in push to lower costs
More than 600 generics will be available through the website, Trump said, part of an effort by the administration to expand access to lower-cost medicines.
