Category: Science and Health

From the Talmud: In former times, the faces of corpses of the poor were covered to hide the marks of poverty: only the faces of the rich corpses were uncovered. In former times, the poor used a bed made of reeds to carry the deceased while the deceased of the rich were carried on stately, […]

Some 3,544 Americans have died due to long COVID since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Long COVID is a general term for a wide range of symptoms that COVID-19 patients may experience weeks or […]

US biotech firms Moderna and Merck are collaborating together on an mRNA-based cancer vaccine, based on the mRNA technology used in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, and are set to move into phase III trials next year. The experimental vaccine made by Moderna is being coupled with Merck’s own immunotherapy medication known as Keytruda in order to […]

Warning: The following article covers topics some readers may find triggering. These include suicide, mental health care facilities, depression, anxiety and guilt. Readers’ discretion is advised. About 14 Israelis hospitalized in psychiatric institutions commit suicide in an average year, accounting for 3.4% of the 400 annual suicides, according to doctors at the Jerusalem Mental Health […]

A firefighter from Kent explained why it’s dangerous to charge cellphones overnight in a TikTok posted by the Kent Fire and Rescue Station this week. All three reasons related to the dangers of batteries or chargers causing fires, and as the account wrote in the comments, the fire station makes it’s recommendations “based on real […]

Severe COVID-19 causes changes in the brain that mirror the changes in the brain that usually come with old age, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Aging last week. While COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is a respiratory disease, it has been shown to have neurological effects, with many patients […]

Hanukkah donuts appear in bakeries and supermarkets soon after the end of Sukkot in October, even though the oily, fried delicacy is traditionally eaten only during the Festival of Lights in late December. Most Israelis can’t resist, not only the ordinary jam-filled donuts but also expensive ones with regular and white chocolate, crème pâtissière, icing, […]

Pregnancy is far from easy. Although it’s a different experience for each person, overall the process is rewarding, yes, but also trying and complicated. That’s why it comes as no surprise that, according to scientific estimates presented by the Israel Midwives Association, 18% of women who are pregnant report symptoms related to depression and between […]

I pay my taxes to the government and the government uses that money to build roads and schools and all kinds of public goods. Does that mean that I personally own a stake in all federally built roads in my country? How about its schools and hospitals? Are we all secretly real-estate moguls without even […]