Illness

Flu or a common cold? Here are 3 signs that will help you tell them apart

Everyone around you is sick and sniffling, but to know whether it’s a common cold or the flu – there’s a fairly simple way to check. Here are the 3 main signs.

Flu or a common cold?
CAR-T causes less collateral damage to healthy cells than standard chemo.

How does CAR-T cancer treatment work? - explainer

Magen David Adom ambulance outside The Green-Wagner ER

Israel faces early, severe flu season as Health Ministry urges mass vaccination

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) hold pictures of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman while joining in a rally, days after the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 7, 2024.

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia in critical condition as son’s return uncertain


Israel prepares to face Hepatitis wave in children seen in Europe

Europe is facing a wave of Hepatitis in children, and Israel is preparing for the worst. There's only one problem: No one knows where it's coming from.

 Hepatitis A virus (HVA) causes acute inflammation of the liver and is the most common of all forms of viral hepatitis

Make-A-Wish announces their 1000 NFT's for 1000 4 wishes

The project combines the newest and most progressive technology of NFT's, with a great cause to help grant 1000 wishes to children with critical illness.

 Board Member Roy Nissany, Dvir Benedek- Chairman, Lior Helfon- board member, Neta Alchiister Ambassador of Make-A-Wish Israel, Denise Bar-Aharon Co-Chair and CEO

COVID-19 restrictions lowered death rates for other illnesses, says study

A Canadian study examined the impact face masks, social distancing and other mandated restrictions had on respiratory illnesses besides COVID-19.

 Cars line up at a drive-through COVID-19 testing center in Ganey Taaruha Tel Aviv, on January 3, 2022.

Study finds brain changes similarly to Alzheimer’s following COVID-19 infection

Many people don’t understand the long-term effects of COVID-19 and prefer to catch it and get it over with, yet a new small study gives the best reason to stay away from the virus.

Elderly man (illustrative)

This tumor in one man’s brain turned out to be something else entirely

The tumor found in this man's brain turned out to be something repulsive and completely different than expected.

 The brain

This man couldn’t sit or lie down. Then he had this first-of-its-kind surgery

Yonatan couldn’t sit or lie down until he met this doctor.

 Back pain

Recovering from COVID-19? This is your chance of being reinfected

What is reinfection? How easy is it to get reinfected? All your questions are answered here.

Test tube with Coronavirus label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020.

Havana syndrome could be caused by electromagnetic energy pulses targeting US diplomats

"Pulse electromagnetic energy...plausibly explains" the symptoms of Havana syndrome reported by some 1,000 US diplomats and spies.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Havana Syndrome, which U.S. officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents", in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, US November 5, 2021

Seven signs that you may have already had coronavirus

Here's how to know if you’ve already been sick and recovered from the novel coronavirus.

 Woman blowing nose (Illustrative)

80% of women suffer from this during pregnancy. What can be done?

Eighty percent of women suffer from this problem in pregnancy. What treatments are available?

A pregnant woman sits on a bed holding her belly.