Malfunction

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.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
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.
The official airplane of the Prime Minister Wing of Zion is seen parked at the Ben Gurion Airport on October 20, 2020

Netanyahu's 'Wing of Zion' plane's windshield cracks mid-flight

The issue will be fixed before Netanyahu departs for the US on Sunday, which will be the Prime Minister's first flight on the plane.

|ByUDI ETZION
A doctor using the Chameleon system (illustrative)

Israeli hospitals face second nationwide computer system malfunction

The Health Ministry reported another exceptional malfunction in the computerized medical record management system in several hospitals, which led to erroneous copying of patients' data.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
iPhone device

Apple admits - the alarm clock "hangs" on some devices

A bug in iPhone devices leaves the alarm clock silent, causing users to be late. Apple admits the issue and is working on a fix to resolve the problem.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL