A new study from JAMA Intern Med analyzed the correlation between household birthdays and COVID-19 infections in the US. While the study originally argued that birthdays would not lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases due to their random distribution, the results clearly proved otherwise.Authors Christopher M. Whaley, Jonathan Cantor and Megan Pera revealed that those […]
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Egyptian Startup Minly Offers a Platform Connecting Celebs to Fans French Jewish businessman Arieh Mimran is one of the company’s investors. Minly Team Press Release Pic Minly is an Egyptian startup whose tech allows celebrities to record personalized messages for their fans. The company is showing that startups are not just for Israel anymore and […]
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Talkspace Virtual Behavioral Healthcare Company Holds $1.4 Billion NASDAQ IPO Talkspace is a virtual behavioral healthcare company enabled by a purpose-built technology platform. Talkspce Tweet Talkspace, a virtual behavioral healthcare company, and Hudson Executive Investment Corp. (“HEIC”) (NASDAQ: HECCU, HEC, HECCW), a special purpose acquisition company SPAC, have completed their previously announced business combination. On […]
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The Health Ministry announced Friday morning that it is reinstating the indoor mask mandate beginning at 12:00 pm, due to the spread of the new Delta coronavirus variant. Masks must be worn in all indoor spaces other than a permanent living space. The following are exempt from the new coronavirus mask mandate: 1. Children below […]
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Dramatic discovery in Israel: A new type of Homo unknown to science Bones of an early human who lived in the Levant until 130,000 years ago were uncovered in excavations near Ramla. The Homo fossil identified for the first time was dubbed the Nesher Ramla Nesher Ramla Homo type Static skull, mandible and parietal orthographic. […]
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Chip Developer Hailo Is Israel’s Newest Unicorn Halio just raised $100 million. Halio is an Israeli startup which develops proprietary chip s for deep learning on edge devices. Globes reports that Halio has just hit unicorn status. The company did so with a $100 million financing round which gave Halio a valuation of $1 billion. […]
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Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz took a bold step toward fighting the mental health stigma in Israel with his first official visit to the Yehuda Abarbanel Mental Health Medical Center. “The choice… is not accidental,” the health minister said. “The first visit symbolizes my priorities.” He made the decision to go to Abarbanel on the same […]
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Israel’s Transmit Security Holds Largest Series A Funding in Cybersecurity History — Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation Transmit just raised a whopping $543 million.. Transmit Security (Twitter) Transmit Security is an Israeli cybersecurity startup which specializes in passwordless authentication. The company is now a unicorn with a $2.2 billion valuation. Transmit just raised a whopping $543 […]
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Trump’s former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Friedman Ambassador to Israel are investing in Israeli Startups The fund, with the backing of Persian Gulf state finances, will have billions of dollars under management. Liberty Strategic: Steve Mnuchin and David Friedman (photo Sivan Farag – Airports Authority) Steven Mnuchin who was treasury secretary in the Trump administration, […]
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People who are deficient in vitamin D are at least 20% more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who are not, according to a new Israeli study. The study was published on the medical sharing site MedRxiv and is being submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan […]
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