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Smartwatches detected early signs of PTSD in those indirectly exposed to Oct. 7 attack

Tel Aviv University-led team’s study finds that technology tracks changes that foreshadow PTSD, and can help relieve strained mental health...

10.09.2025 10

Diana Bletter

Israeli plasma filter promises cutting-edge solution to life-threatening bleeds

ClearPlasma device gets rid of anti-clotting proteins in blood that can endanger trauma victims or surgery patients, researcher says, marking rare...

10.09.2025 60

Diana Bletter

Israeli researcher joins EU cell therapy initiative for blood cancers and tumors

Bar-Ilan University scientist part of €8 million consortium to ensure accuracy in CAR-T cell therapy, an immunotherapy using CRISPR-Cas9, in...

02.09.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Using novel method to compare subgroups, Israeli researchers unlock bacteria’s secrets

Hebrew University scientists say their ‘Microcolony-seq’ tool could lead to more precise targeting of antibiotics and vaccines and become...

26.08.2025 8

Diana Bletter

Israeli doctors perform 1st ever emergency mitral valve repair on heart transplant patient

33 years after Simon Fischler, 47, had a heart transplant, Rabin Medical Center team conducts procedure, attempted only twice before, but never on a...

25.08.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Iran publicly hangs man accused of murder, in second execution in days

Judiciary says man was put to death at scene of triple murder he committed last year in the city of Kordkuy, as Tehran continues wave of capital...

21.08.2025 20

Diana Bletter

In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord

With Health Ministry okay, Tel Aviv University prof will perform surgery that will mark the first time pieces of spine are engineered from human cells...

21.08.2025 40

Diana Bletter

5 ex-hostage lookout troops finish rehab, as captives’ relatives march to Gaza border

Hospital says female soldiers will now undergo long-term monitoring, community-based treatment; Adi Alexander thanks US-Palestinian mediator for...

21.08.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Team led by Israeli and American scientists discovers silicon and sulfur at supernova core

Weizmann Institute of Science and Northwestern University researchers say analysis of inner depths of star SN2021yfj confirms the theory that stars...

21.08.2025 20

Diana Bletter

After 2 deaths, infectious disease doctor urges community leaders to back measles vaccines

Measles outbreak kills 2 unvaccinated children, with 526 confirmed cases from the Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh areas; 19 children still hospitalized,...

17.08.2025 40

Diana Bletter

In a Galilee war room, Startup Nation’s Druze mobilize to help their Syrian brethren in Sweida

With reports of 1,800 Syrian Druze killed by government-led forces amid acts of rape and cruelty, Israel’s Druze have created a volunteer team...

16.08.2025 70

Diana Bletter

As food-allergy disease EoE rises, Israeli team says blocking a protein can shut it down

Tel Aviv U scientists find that neutralizing TSLP protein halts progression of eosinophilic esophagitis, which affects 1 in 2,500; they want to raise...

14.08.2025 50

Diana Bletter

‘Systematic torture and terror’: Health Ministry releases report on 12 freed hostages

Report given to Red Cross says 12 hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity in early 2025 suffered psychological humiliation, medical neglect and...

12.08.2025 10

Diana Bletter

New Israeli model improves genetic testing for expectant parents from close-knit groups

Rabin Medical Center researcher says current standard for testing hereditary disease risk doesn’t account for Jews and other minorities who have a...

12.08.2025 60

Diana Bletter

Treating ‘collective traumas,’ northern town of Shlomi looks to bounce back after war

Mayor Gabi Naaman says he expects 95% of residents evacuated due to Hezbollah attacks to return, promising ‘hope and security’ with troops...

11.08.2025 50

Diana Bletter

In a world breakthrough, Israeli researchers grow first long-term human kidney in lab

Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University scientists developed a 3D 34-week human kidney; the study could lead to better understanding of kidney...

06.08.2025 100

Diana Bletter

Demobbed IDF troops rebuild kibbutz on Lebanon border to honor fallen friends

Iconic Kibbutz Manara saw 75% of its buildings damaged and only 40% of its population return after the war with Hezbollah; 10 new residents fresh out...

01.08.2025 50

Diana Bletter

Israeli experiment on bacteria heads to International Space Station

Sheba Medical Center launches experiment to explore how outer space affects virulence and antibiotic resistance, providing insights into astronaut...

31.07.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Israel Medical Association beseeches COGAT and IDF for humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza

CIting the deaths of 73 civilians waiting for food on Sunday, IMA President Zion Hagay calls on officials to ensure medical equipment and aid reach...

22.07.2025 40

Diana Bletter

In world breakthrough, scientists see star survive encounter with a black hole

Star AT 2022dbl wandered close to black hole but was only partially destroyed; Tel Aviv University researchers say discovery ‘changes our...

21.07.2025 10

Diana Bletter

Hailing Israel as protector, Israel’s Druze reunite with relatives along the Syrian border

After violence broke out in Druze-majority Sweida, 1,000 Israeli Druze burst through the fence into Syria. Most have returned, bringing a sense of...

17.07.2025 50

Diana Bletter

Weizmann lab spared by Iranian missile publishes work on nerve regeneration

Researchers are making room for scientists from 8 destroyed labs; their findings can potentially help repair nerve cells damaged in war or from...

15.07.2025 20

Diana Bletter

In wartime innovation, researchers develop artificial skin to help burn victims

Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center scientists say their bioengineered skin can double the healing speed for skin grafting and reduce...

14.07.2025 30

Diana Bletter

In first, Israeli researchers develop mRNA jab against antibiotic-resistant bacterium

Scientists from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute of Biological Research say their vaccine uses lipid nanoparticles and shows 100%...

13.07.2025 50

Diana Bletter

With end to housing subsidies, evacuated northern residents return home, still unsettled

Now focused on rehabilitation, residents in Dovev and Kiryat Shmona scramble to fund projects, reduce distress among elderly and youth — and try to...

10.07.2025 30

Diana Bletter

France says decision on Iran sanctions hinges on release of imprisoned nationals

French FM says freeing detainees Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris a priority; family says pair have been charged with spying on behalf of Mossad

03.07.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Ben-Gurion University president: Iran strike has ‘far-reaching effects on Israeli science’

Anatomy lab and 14 others damaged or destroyed, with cost to university of $200m, in missile attack on Beersheba’s Soroka Hospital. But it’s...

03.07.2025 30

Diana Bletter

Scientists develop model to understand rare brain disease found in 40 kids worldwide

Tel Aviv University researchers say their investigation into a GRIN2D gene mutation will advance research into a protein important for brain function,...

01.07.2025 30

Diana Bletter

Their labs destroyed by a missile, Weizmann scientists publish innovative blood cancer study

Researchers say they won’t be able to return to facilities for years; findings can potentially lead to blood test that could replace invasive...

29.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Days after end of Operation Rising Lion, Haifa zoo roars back into action

After repeatedly being forced to close due to conflicts since Oct. 7, 2023, the zoological garden welcomes visitors back – and its staff has a...

27.06.2025 90

Diana Bletter

Retraumatized by Iran war and back in shelters, northern families struggle through the days

After returning to mostly normal since the war with Hezbollah ended in November, northern residents and their kids have again faced lack of routine...

24.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

After devastating Iran strike, Soroka hospital closes to new patients, clears out wards

Health Ministry instructs hospital directors across Israel to minimize number of patients, discharge women soon after childbirth, over fears other...

20.06.2025 70

Diana Bletter

In the mixed Jewish and Arab city of Acre, residents push for a united front against Iran

The eerily quiet bazaar of the coastal Western Galilee city has been rocked by riots, COVID-19, and now another conflict – yet residents...

19.06.2025 70

Diana Bletter

Herzog visit ‘warms our hearts,’ say Tamra residents mourning 4 killed in Iran strike

Israeli president condemns reactions by some Jews who celebrated attack on predominantly Muslim city of 37,000; ‘The majority of Israelis want...

18.06.2025 10

Diana Bletter

Deadly Iranian missile ‘brought out the hatred’ inside Israel, Tamra residents say

Coexistence tested after video shows Jewish Israeli man cheering projectile that killed four in the Arab Israeli community near Haifa

15.06.2025 30

Diana Bletter

Boy who survived Gaza strike that killed his dad and 9 siblings goes to Italy for care

Adam al-Najjar to be treated for fractures at Milan hospital, will be accompanied by mother, aunt, four cousins; IDF says it spotted terror suspects...

11.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Israeli study finds acetaminophen drug works by first blocking pain in nerves

In breakthrough, Hebrew University researchers say painkiller, in use since the 1950s, acts like a local anesthetic; research could lead to better...

11.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Most northern evacuees unlikely to return, comptroller says, blaming Netanyahu

Report blasts Prime Minister’s Office for failing to formulate and implement a long-term plan for border area’s reconstruction, after 60,000...

10.06.2025 30

Diana Bletter

Health Ministry report: Healthcare in the periphery lags far behind the center

Report finds infant mortality rate among Arab babies almost double that of Jewish babies, Arab men have lower life expectancy than Jewish men but Arab...

10.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Israeli scientists discover immune cells that ‘both fight and fuel’ breast cancer

Tel Aviv University researchers say neutrophils can be late-stage breast cancer target and biomarker; Beilinson Hospital scientist uses immunotherapy...

09.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

Israeli doctors are pumped after country’s first successful artificial heart transplants

Two patients are recovering well after receiving lifesaving procedure, which installs a NIS 2.1 million mechanical heart to allow normal activity...

07.06.2025 100

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Golani soldier leaves Gaza fighting to donate bone marrow to 5-year-old girl

Soldier had registered as a bone marrow donor during his IDF enlistment several years ago and was found to be a genetic match through Hadassah Ein...

05.06.2025 40

Diana Bletter

In an Israeli first, researchers snap pix of 3 generations of dolphins off Tel Aviv coast

‘It’s rare’ to document dolphin families together, says University of Haifa researcher; 396 documented bottlenose dolphins live along Israeli...

05.06.2025 70

Diana Bletter

In breakthrough that may aid blind, Israeli scientists find mice use whiskers to ‘hear’

Weizmann Institute researchers use AI models to show the act of ‘whisking’ allows mice to generate sounds that, encoded in their brain’s...

04.06.2025 50

Diana Bletter

Six months after ceasefire, some in north are slow to recover as fears of new fight lurk

Rebuilding amid detritus of 13-month war, Shtula residents embark on a prolonged comeback, while Kibbutz Sasa mourns loss of elderly evacuees who...

30.05.2025 30

Diana Bletter

Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, Knesset votes to require graphic images on smoking products

Israel is the 2nd country to mandate such warnings on e-cigarettes, as survey finds 31% of Israeli smokers have started or resumed lighting up due to...

29.05.2025 20

Diana Bletter

Mourning their genocide, Israeli Circassians hold fast to multilayered identity

Over 160 years after their people were expelled from the Caucasus, residents of Kfar Kama maintain their language and culture while embracing life as...

21.05.2025 70

Diana Bletter

France issues complaint against Iran at ICJ over detained citizens

Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris detained on espionage charges in 2022; move comes as France set to meet with Iran in Turkey over Iranian nuclear...

16.05.2025 20

Diana Bletter

Israeli and Cypriot researchers team up on extreme cave makeover for rare monk seals

A rehabilitation project in northern Israel aims to provide safe and dry breeding places for the endangered marine mammals, of which only 600-700...

16.05.2025 40

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‘Maybe God put Druze in Israel to save the Druze there’: Minority fights for Syrian cousins

For the 150,000-strong member Druze community, attacks against their brethren across the border cause concern and a commitment to strengthen their...

14.05.2025 30

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