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Dr. Abigail Henkin-Wei, an emergency-room doctor in West Virginia, volunteers at Magen David Adom in Ashkelon, November 2023. Credit: Nefesh B’Nefesh.

The medical specialists who left all behind to volunteer in Israel

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Mere hours into the Oct. 7 onslaught, the Israeli Health Ministry received dozens of applications from medical teams abroad who wanted to come to Israel and volunteer. It received requests from some 7,500 physicians from...
An Israeli health worker takes COVID-19 test samples in Tzfat on Aug. 31, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel approves $17 million in appreciation grants for COVID-19 medical workers

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The Israeli Cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to allocate 55 million shekels ($17.1 million) in grants for medical and health-system employees involved in treating COVID-19 patients. “The special grant...
Former President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, listen as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci delivers remarks during a coronavirus update briefing on April 16, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks.

March of the Living awards Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘Moral Courage in Medicine Award’

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To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year begins on the evening of April 7, International March of the Living, together with the Maimonides Institute for Ethics and the Holocaust, the Miller Center at...
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin in front of the virtual gates to Auschwitz as part of the 2021 March of the Living online event. Credit: Office of the President for March of the Living.

March of the Living virtual event to honor medical profession, past and present

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The International March of the Living will hold a virtual march on Holocaust Remembrance Day to be led by Holocaust survivors and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog, Keren-Kayemet...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) ward of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot on Sept. 22, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

Young doctors enlisted to help fight Israel’s war on coronavirus

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As Israel battles the coronavirus pandemic, its health-care system has emerged as its first and foremost line of defense, thrusting medical teams to the front line. Ensuring adequate care for the growing number of seriously...
Soroka Medical Center medical staff member works at the coronavirus ward of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva on Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official

The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...
Israeli lab workers test samples for coronavirus in Modi'in, on July 7, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

349 Israelis in serious condition as coronavirus death toll rises to 554

More than 22,000 coronavirus tests conducted in Israel from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday resulted in 1,801 new confirmed cases, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. According to Health Ministry data, as of Tuesday afternoon,...
Nurses protest against their work conditions at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem on July 20, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s nurses go on strike in protest over staff shortages

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Nurses across Israel launched a strike on Monday to protest staff shortages, which have added to the heavy strain they already endure as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives of the Nurses Association and the Finance Ministry...
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Edelstein: Israel will likely have to initiate a full lockdown next week

In a tense meeting of top officials on Tuesday, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers don’t change within the next three days, “there would be no option but...