Tag: Health Care
Jewish, pro-Israel groups mourn loss of Sheldon Adelson
Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed condolences over the loss of Jewish and pro-Israel donor Sheldon Adelson.
Adelson, a Republican megadonor and business titan, died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87 from complications of...
Long Island Jewish Medical Center site of one of first injections of COVID vaccine
Long Island Jewish Medical Center was a site of one of the first injections of the coronavirus vaccine in the United States on Monday.
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive-care unit nurse at the hospital in Queens,...
As winter approaches, Israeli nurses hunker down as they continue to tackle COVID-19
A few weeks ago, Alisa Galitzer saw an expectant mother experience her worst nightmare.
At 38 weeks pregnant, the patient entered the women’s health clinic in Beit Shemesh in distress; she hadn’t felt her baby...
Israeli Health Ministry orders investigation into under-counting of COVID-19 deaths
Israel’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it had probably undercounted—by as many as 53 people—the fatalities among nursing-home residents due to the coronavirus in July and August.
An explanation for the discrepancy, according to...
COVID-19’s long-term impact on the health system
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sea change in how countries are managed internally, as well as changes in relations between countries. It is also causing significant changes in health-care systems everywhere
It has become...
‘Care with a Prayer’ offers chance to support health-care workers worldwide
Momentum, previously known as the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, launched “Care With a Prayer,” a global campaign to pray for health-care workers fighting the coronavirus.
Anyone can visit www.carewithaprayer.org to request the name of a doctor, nurse,...
Journalist fires up new initiative to feed those on the virus front lines
A new project that launched this week focuses on providing kosher meals to Jewish health-care workers on the front lines fighting the coronavirus pandemic at hospitals around the United States while also helping Jewish...
US Senate introduces bipartisan legislation to prioritize health care for Holocaust survivors
U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced on Thursday legislation that would prioritize health care and nutrition services for Holocaust survivors, increasing the likelihood they could continue to...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University discover potential new treatment for epilepsy
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may help epilepsy patients.
Published in the scientific journal Neuron, the findings of Professor Inna Slutsky of the university’s faculty of...
Gaza’s self-inflicted health crisis shows why peace remains a fantasy
Gaza’s health system is on the verge of collapse, Israeli defense officials warned last week. Their report echoed an international aid agency’s findings that Gaza hospitals are severely short of doctors, especially specialists, and...