Tag: Pregnancy
Israeli hostage believed to have given birth in captivity
One of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has likely given birth in captivity, Israel announced Monday night.
Officials said the woman was nine months pregnant when she was abducted...
Israeli researchers: COVID vaccine antibodies pass from pregnant mother to newborn
Israeli researchers have announced in a new study that antibodies produced from a COVID-19 vaccine can be passed from a pregnant mother to her baby.
The study by researchers from Hadassah University Medical Center, which...
Israel neonatalogy report: Only 3.5 percent of newborns contract COVID-19 from infected mothers
Some 105,000 babies have been born in Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including 700 to mothers who tested positive for COVID-19 at the time that they gave birth. Only 24 of...
Doctors perform life-saving surgery on baby during birth
Doctors in Israel saved a newborn’s life on Wednesday with a rare surgical procedure performed before the boy was fully outside his mother’s body.
The “ex utero intrapartum treatment” (EXIT) procedure during a Caesarean-section delivery...
Jewish Agency to provide loans to employees seeking child surrogacy overseas
The Jewish Agency for Israel has decided to grant financial loans to employees of the organization who decide to search for a pregnancy surrogate overseas, becoming the first Israeli governmental organization to offer financial assistance...
The Negev blooms, offering better resources for expectant mothers and families
Deep in the heart of the Arava, as the glow of the afternoon sun dances across the mountains of Jordan, just on the other side of the valley, two Israeli women in their second...