Israel health basket

Israeli gov't approves 2026 health cm'tee to approve medications, tech with NIS 650 budget

The delay in appointing the committee persisted in recent months due to the lack of a sitting health minister.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel's Health Ministry.
HEALTH MINISTRY Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov attends a meeting of the healthcare basket committee earlier this year. Israelis believe they have a national health insurance system, but the picture is often very different, states the writer.

Health basket cuts are crippling families - opinion

Behind every child with cancer stands an entire family fighting not only the disease but often the system itself.

|ByEFRAT LICHTMAN
Man talking on mobile phone.

Medical hotline to assist patients and professionals reopens in Israel

The hotline, which had previously functioned only for emergencies, will reopen for expanded assistance starting this week.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
People gather and light candles to remember the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Health fund psychologists, private therapists to get government grants

The huge numbers of traumatized Israelis who were wounded, lost loved ones, homes, and businesses on October 7 need emotional support and therapy.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Your Investments: Living longer

The increase in the length of our lives raises the question of how to finance those added years.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014ByAARON KATSMAN
Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, the oldest couple to make aliya.

Implanted cardiac tissues from pig and horse save life of combat soldier

The young soldier, Yaniv Yifrah, was diagnosed with severe cardiac insufficiency caused by a damaged aortic heart valve that endangered his life.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Yaniv Yifrah after recovering from surgery.

*RX for Readers: Hair scare*

Are new immigrants susceptible to hair loss?

JUNE 26, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Once cause of hair loss is iron deficiency, more prominent in women than men

MK: Failure to budget child safety costs lives

Advocacy group Beterem tells Knesset panel 13 youngsters died from accidents in April.

MAY 26, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
ORLY LEVY-ABECASSIS.

Proper prior prevention

Even with immunization against pneumonia, pediatric lung infections are still a danger.

APRIL 3, 2014ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
‘When your child is ill with either a viral or bacterial infection, take care to wash their hands regularly with soap and water,’ advises Dr. Adi Klein