The Health Ministry Ombudsman’s office, which investigated 20,859 complaints against the ministry in the past year, ruled that the share of justified complaints declined to 34% compared to 38% in 2022 and 40% in 2021. There were 8,626 related services required under the National Health Insurance Law and 145 requests for reimbursement; 4,032 inquiries were […]
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An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Their study challenges an old dogma regarding the gland’s embryonic origins and could lead to new insights into growth-hormone deficiency and other […]
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Pneumonia, dehydration, weight loss, and in severe cases, even brain damage and death are the potential results of the “whooping-cough epidemic” that has increased by thousands of percentage points between 2022 and 2023 and threatens to increase even more during this winter, according to the Health Ministry and the Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and […]
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Despite the ongoing war, gynecologists and the Israel Cancer Association (ICA) are taking time to mark International Cervical Cancer Awareness Week by publicizing scientific facts and updated studies. With the help of awareness, vaccination, and early detection, cervical cancer can be eradicated in Israel, the ICA said on Monday. In 2020, 194 countries, including Israel, resolved […]
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To cut red tape and speed the transfer of the medical files of patients who switch from one health fund to another, the Knesset Health Committee will unify private member bills with a proposal by the government. Such a bill was presented by Shas MK Yonatan Mashriki, the committee chairman, and Yesh Atid MK Ron […]
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A two-month-old baby from the Jerusalem area died of whooping cough (pertussis) a week ago after becoming ill at the age of five weeks – about a week before the earliest age of two months at which he could have received the vaccine. An epidemiological investigation revealed that the baby’s mother was not vaccinated during […]
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Contrary to rumors and claims on social media and in the press, there has not been an increase in suicides by Israelis since the Hamas attack on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry and its National Suicide Prevention Council. In fact, the numbers have even decreased. Dr. Gilad […]
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On Thursday, the Finance and Health ministries decided to add some NIS 4 billion to the Health Services Basket. It represents a real addition of NIS 2b. to the budgets of the four public health funds, compared with 2023. The insurers will receive the money in advance as part of the arrangement for adding money […]
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The Ministry of Health confirmed today that a child died of rabies about a month ago. The Palestinian boy was bitten in the Jordan Valley in early October by a stray dog and was not vaccinated after being bitten. Only after symptoms began to appear and his condition deteriorated was he admitted to the An-Najah […]
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Large numbers of psychologists work privately rather than in public health organizations after their graduation and qualification, because they earn much more. The Finance and Health ministries, and the Histadrut labor federation, which are well aware of this problem, have finally decided to do something about it. The huge numbers of traumatized Israelis who were […]
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