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For third year in row, Sheba Medical Center ranks as one of world’s ‘Top...

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For the third consecutive year, Newsweek magazine has ranked Sheba Medical Center among the “Top 10 Best Hospitals in the World,” placing it at #10 in 2021. The magazine’s annual “World’s Best Hospitals” survey, which debuted on the Newsweek.com site on...
A staff member receives a second dose of Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer, on Jan. 10, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

High level of antibodies after second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Israeli study shows

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More than 98 percent of people who received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have developed antibodies that neutralize the virus, according to the results of a serological study conducted by Tel Aviv’s Sheba...
Israelis receive a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit Health Fund vaccination center in Jerusalem on Jan. 12, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

One dose of Pfizer’s vaccine cuts infection rate by a third after two weeks,...

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A single dose of Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine lowers the chance of contracting the disease by a third after two weeks, according to a new Israeli study. The findings of the study, which was conducted...
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Let’s hope this lockdown is Israel’s last

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One of the lessons officials tasked with managing Israel’s anti-coronavirus campaign have come to learn is that in a situation the likes of which Israel faces today, where 4,000 new infections are confirmed every...
A team of Israeli medical experts lands in Italy on Dec. 2, 2020, to help a Piedmont District hospital cope with a surge in COVID-19 patients. Photo: Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center.

Israeli medical team aids COVID-19 battle in northern Italy

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An experienced team of 20 doctors and nurses from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center flew to northern Italy at midnight on Dec. 2 to assist a local hospital dealing with a serious outbreak of COVID-19. This...
Israeli orthopedic surgeon Dr. Elhanan Bar-On, head of the Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response. Credit: Sheba Medical Center.

A doctor without borders

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Micka, 23, was the last person rescued from under the rubble of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake and brought to the Israel Defense Forces field hospital in Port-au-Prince. Though one leg had to be amputated,...
Nurse Hela Litwin administers Israel's first SARs-CoV-2 vaccine, BriLife, to volunteer Segev Harel at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan in Nov. 1, 2020. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry Spokesperson's Office.

Clinical trials of Israeli coronavirus vaccine underway

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The first Israeli SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was administered at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on Sunday to the first volunteer in a clinical trial. The vaccine, called “BriLife,” was developed by the...
Professor Eli Schwartz (center), flanked on the left by Eli Assolin, CEO and co-founder of Newsight Imaging, and on the right by Eyal Yatskan, CTO and co-founder of Newsight Imaging. Credit: Newsight Imaging.

Israeli hospital reports successful trials for saliva-based coronavirus test

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An Israeli hospital’s innovation center has announced a 95 percent success rate in clinical trials for a new saliva-based coronavirus test that provides nearly instant results. “After testing hundreds of patients under laboratory conditions, we...
Researchers on the COVID-19 response effort at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, from left: Professor Angel Porgador, deputy vice president for research and development; Dr. Roi Gazit; and Avishay Edrir, March 2020. Photo Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU.

Israeli universities, institutes lead the fight against coronavirus

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Israeli universities and institutes—and their affiliated academics, researchers, doctors, scientists and students—are leading the fight against the coronavirus. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Migal Galilee...
Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Credit: David Shay via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center ranked among world’s top 10 best hospitals

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Newsweek ranked Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer as the world’s ninth best hospital for 2020, moving up one spot from last year’s list. The weekly magazine noted the hospital’s breakthrough research in cardiology, gynecology, genetics and...