More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. Measles cases have been increasing across most regions mainly due to missed vaccinations during the COVID-19 years when health […]
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When Agudat Yisrael MK Yaakov Litzman was health minister several years ago, he asked why he refused to require the printing of graphic images of black lungs, yellow teeth, scar tissue on a man’s chest after surgery for lung cancer, and the like on cigarette packets, and he said: “It will scare children and youths.” […]
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Some 200 Israelis have contracted the JN.1 coronavirus variant, a highly contagious sub-variant starting to dominate the latest wave of COVID-19 infections, Maariv reported on Monday. The Health Ministry confirmed the report, adding that Israel has seen a small rise in morbidity rates…around 200 cases of the sub-variant were recorded in Israel.” The Centers for […]
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