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Israeli patient receives new non-invasive treatment for epilepsy in first outside Europe

The EASEE brain stimulation system, first developed in Germany by PRECISIS, is designed to treat epilepsy without opening the skull or inserting electrodes into the brain.

The medical team during implantation of the EASEE system at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital. From right: Dr. Idit Tamir, Professor Felix Benninger, Dr. Ilan Goldberg and Dr. Maison Hajj.
Dr. Oshrat Sella Weiss with a patient.

Israeli hospital launches AI system to enable hospitalized children to communicate without speaking

THE HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT found that the mental-health care they were supposed to provide was underbudgeted, understaffed, and had long waiting times.

Israel faces a nationwide mental health crisis post-October 7, Clalit experts warn - study

Doctors in the Emergency Room in Soroka on October 7.PremiumPremium

State of emergency: Unseen footage takes viewers inside Clalit-Soroka on October 7


'Plausible connection' between COVID-19 vaccine and period changes

Doctors say that even if the vaccine does have an impact on menstruation, it is short-term and the vaccine does not affect fertility.

 A woman suffers stomach pains or cramps (Illustrative)

COVID: Mild cases at risk of deterioration to be given antibody drug

Regeneron was authorized in November for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

 The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals company logo is seen on a building at the company's Westchester campus in Tarrytown, New York, US September 17, 2020.

COVID: 3rd vaccine in immunosuppressed patients works – Israeli hospital

Some 73% of organ transplant patients who received a third coronavirus vaccine developed antibodies compared to only 35% after the second vaccine, according to new research.

Belinson hospital team members wearing protective clothes as they work at the Coronavirus ward of Belinson  hospital in Petah Tikva on October 04, 2020

UAE Ambassador to Israel visits children's hospital after normalization

Thanks to the Abraham Accords, Israeli and Emirati insurance companies are working together to build a healthier Middle East.

UAE ambassador to Israel, Muhammad al-Haja, visits Schneider Center

Israel's Clalit and UAE's Health Min. sign medical cooperation agreement

The parties will cooperate in the field of artificial intelligence, remote medicine and the development of new treatments.

The UAE Health Ministry and Israel's Clalit Health Fund are seen signing a cooperation agreement, on June 22, 2021.

Coronavirus vaccine still 80-88% effective among chronic disease carriers

Researchers also saw that the vaccine was 92% effective in preventing symptomatic infections in people over 70.

A medical worker holds a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering an injection at a vaccination centre in a shopping mall in Saint Petersburg, Russia February 24, 2021.

Meir Medical Center: innovation for the nation

Dr. Yaron Mushkat, general manager of the Meir Medical Center, which is part of the Clalit Health Services, speaks with The Jerusalem Post

Meir Medical Center

Fauci: Israeli COVID-19 study misleading on vaccine effectiveness

Fauci explained that the while the S. African variant can break through the vaccines, they are still effective at preventing serious illness and death.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci attends the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020

Pfizer sells its hametz for Passover

After providing millions of vaccines to Israel, Jewish CEO of Pfizer Dr. Albert Bourla decided it was only fair to participate in the Jewish tradition before Passover.

Rabbis and experts meeting to discuss the list of kosher for Passover medicine.

Coronavirus in Israel: Vaccination truck opens at Ben-Gurion Airport

The truck will be situated in a way that incoming citizens will be able to access it before leaving the airport for their mandatory quarantine.

  Tal Meyers, who is from Shoval, a kibbutz near Beersheba, and lives in Philadelphia now, has arrived in Israel on a flight from New York, and gotten his vaccine at Ben-Gurion Airport, March 22, 2021.