Infections

Man receives human kidney transplant after surviving 271 days with gene-edited pig organ

Andrews was 66, had end-stage kidney disease, no suitable living donor, and a long anticipated wait time for a deceased donor when he underwent surgery in 2025 to receive a kidney from a pig.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Medical team performing surgery
Naegleria fowleri

Nine-year-old boy in serious condition after infection caused by brain-eating amoeba

The boy was hospitalized with swelling in his brain and was subsequently sedated and ventilated in intensive care at Rambam Hospital. A Kinneret swim event was postponed following the case.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
A health worker burns food waste of Ebola patients at an Ebola treatment center (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2019

Uganda should reconsider Congo border closure over Ebola, WHO's Tedros says

The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.

|ByREUTERS
Medical teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2026

Health Ministry prepares Israel’s hospitals in event of Ebola case amid Central Africa outbreak

The ministry believes that the risk of an Ebola outbreak in Israel remains low, but has started preparations in the event that someone suspected to be infected arrives in the country.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

Experts reveal proper bathroom hygiene to avoid infections

Learn the correct use of toilet paper and wiping techniques to prevent infections.

DECEMBER 14, 2023ByWALLA!
Drank toilet bowl water for six months - that's what happened

14 Patients infected in outbreak of resistant bacteria at Rambam Hospital

Rambam Hospital reports outbreak of resistant acinetobacter bacteria in internal wing due to elderly patient from city's old people's home.

DECEMBER 5, 2023BySTAV NAMER/MAARIV
Rambam Laboratories

Outbreak of bacteria infects 14 at The Rambam Medical Center

Report of an outbreak of a resistant Acinetobacter type of bacteria at The Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

DECEMBER 4, 2023BySTAV NAMER/MAARIV
The new trauma care unit at Rambam Medical Center.