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Emergency teams on alert as Storm Byron brings flooding risks across Israel

Emergency services are on high alert as Storm Byron brings heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding from the North to the Negev, with risks expected to peak Thursday into Friday.

Heavy winds and rain at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, December 10, 2025.
President Herzog praised Adams’s “conscientious leadership” and “forward-thinking entrepreneurial spirit.”

President Herzog Commends Sylvan Adams for $100 Million Gift to Rebuild Soroka Medical Center

A patient at Clalit before a blood test.

Virtual world enters treatment rooms: VR glasses reduce anxiety among patients in Israel

 A Clalit clinic in Jerusalem's Mekor Baruch neighborhood; illustrative.

Clalit workers to strike following disagreement with Health Ministry cmtee's 'attempted takeover'


Israeli Meir Medical Center welcomes four sets of twins in 24 hours

Eight bundles of joy were successfully delivered at a Clalit-affiliated hospital in Kfar Saba.

 Four sets of twins were successfully delivered within the same 24 hour period in Kfar Saba.

Omicron booster vaccine reduces COVID hospitalization, death among elderly

Clalit study is the first in the world to prove new reformulated Omicron vaccine protects the elderly and immunocompromised from hospitalization and death.

 A NURSE prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the new Omicron variant spreads, in Dutywa, in Eastern Cape province, South Africa this week.

First comprehensive study on monkeypox vaccine efficacy conducted in Israel

Researchers in Israel tested the effectiveness of giving a single dose of the vaccine to prevent cases of symptomatic monkeypox infection.

 An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022

Clalit gives mascot a baseball cap as Deri takes over Health Ministry

The mascot's creator, Daniela London-Dekel, responded: "If it were up to me, Hamoodi would receive the new health minister with two hands outstretched forward with prison uniforms."

 Hamoodi's portrayal for haredi audiences.

Healthcare 2040: Could doctors predict your medical future?

Effectively collaborating with computers could help reduce errors and allow healthcare to shift from supplying patient-level, reactive therapeutics to predictive, proactive and preventative care.

 Gil Shwed (right) discusses rise in cyber attacks in the healthcare arena.

Paxlovid reduces risk of COVID-19 death by 81%, Clalit study shows

So far, over 30,000 COVID-19 patients in Israel have been treated with the anti-viral Paxlovid drug.

 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022.

Fourth coronavirus vaccine dose lowers mortality risk fourfold - study

Patients who received the fourth dose were 76% less likely to die compared to those who received just the third dose.

  Israelis receiving their fourth coronavirus vaccine, January 3, 2022.

Essence Group - Providing innovative personal protection technologies globally

Essence Group, is a leading technology company, which develops cloud-based, end-to-end security and healthcare solutions that protect people while they’re at work and at home.

 CEO DR. HAIM AMIR (M) with the Essence Group team at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

Essence SmartCare, Sharan Medical Care launch medical monitoring project

The pilot project is a collaboration between Essence SmartCare, Clalit Health Services and Sharan Medical Care and can reduce hospital occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

 VitalOn technology is used for remote monitoring of Essence SmartCare patients.

Technion students developed digital tools to improve patients' knowledge

Two Technion PhD students have created animated explanatory videos to educate patients on genetic counseling, giving patients access to the knowledge needed to make informed decisions.

Clinical Professor Stavit Shalev, Technion.