Cancer

Asbestos contamination forces schools in Australia, New Zealand to close

Asbestos is a prohibited substance in Australia and New Zealand that can cause several types of cancer when its fibers are inhaled or ingested.

Asbestos warning tape is seen at Black Mountain School in Canberra, Australia, November 17, 2025. Almost 70 public schools in Canberra will be closed today due to potential asbestos contamination
A woman experiencing emotional stress

Israeli study reveals a link between prolonged psychological stress and cancer

Artificial intelligence

AI-assisted system could revolutionize early cancer detection

A STATUE of Fred Lebow stands near the finish line of the New York City Marathon. The annual event will take place today. In running his final marathon, Lebow found life, if only for a little while longer, says the writer.

Fred Lebow: Surviving the Holocaust, fighting cancer, and running his last lap


Health ministry investigates malfunction in BRCA screening test after false negative results

The BRCA 14 nano-chip test, which is common in Israel, targets women of Ashkenazi and Ethiopian descent who have not been diagnosed with cancer.

Blood collection tubes pictured during the annual blood collection campaign 'Bloedserieus', organised by the Red Cross Flanders, on Monday 12 May 2025, at Training centre ZoWe Campus Brugge.

New and improved ‘killer’ cells show promise in staving off cancer spread - study

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University found that in the sample with modified 'killer' cells, the cancer did not spread.

Cancer ilustration image.

CNN host Christiane Amanpour confirms cancer returned for third time

The 67-year-old CNN host advised people “listen to their bodies” during her appearance on the Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story with gynecologic oncologist Dr. Angela George.

Christiane Amanpour CBE, Chief International Anchor, CNN speaks at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London, Britain, May 15, 2024.

Israel reviews cancer diagnoses after malfunction in Roche test kits for tumors

Urgent guidelines were issued to medical laboratories after a malfunction in Roche test kits was found. Laboratories are urged to destroy all stock of the faulty kits and conduct new tests.

Surgeons place a tissue sample in a test tube on June 7, 2019

Below the belt: Prostate matters

From risk factors to lifestyle tips, Dr. Ofer Gofrit breaks down what every man should know about prostate cancer.

Below the Belt: Prostate Matters

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

Residents of Gabes have reported rising rates of respiratory illnesses, osteoporosis and cancer, which they blame on toxic gases from the state chemical group’s phosphate plants.

Demonstrators hold signs as hundreds of Tunisians march through the capital Tunis to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, in Tunisia, October 25, 2025

Israel Cancer Association launches 2025 'Knock on the Door' fundraiser

“The campaign is a symbol of support and mutual commitment in the community, in which thousands of students, youth movement members, and volunteers go door to door and raise donations," said ICA.

Cancer ilustration image.

Battling conspiracies of a Western anti-fertility plot, Pakistan vaccinates girls against HPV

“I have heard that the vaccination is being used to make women infertile and reduce the population of Muslims,” Ali Sheikh, a mother of two in Karachi, told AP.

An illustrative image of the HPV vaccine.

Former US President Biden undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, NBC News reports

"President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment," NBC News quoted a spokesperson for Biden as saying. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a cabinet meeting inside the West Wing of the White House in September. Biden must not continue with the Obama policy of appeasing Iran and turning a blind eye to its terrorist proxies, the writers warn.

The FDA approved the first bladder cancer treatment that prevents removal

For the first time, a device for releasing local chemotherapy in the bladder has been approved in the U.S., for patients who do not respond to standard treatment.

In Israel, about 2,000 new patients are diagnosed each year with bladder cancer

International study: Blood test detected cancer at early stages in thousands of participants

In a study of over 111,000 participants in the U.S., the Galleri test identified 32 types of cancer — including pancreatic and ovarian — often at early, more treatable stages.

The Galleri test succeeded in identifying 32 different types of cance