Posts Tagged: Israel Health
Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Israel’s Netanyahu Orders Schools Closed, Calls for Unity Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ordered most schools in the country closed as a precaution against coronavirus, and called for the formation of...
Israel Imposes Unprecedented Mandatory 14-Day Coronavirus Quarantine on All Arrivals
Israel will require anyone arriving from overseas to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
Masked Israeli Monitors Count Coronavirus Votes, Carefully
Gloved and masked, Israeli election monitors on Wednesday counted ballot papers of voters suspected of coming into contact with coronavirus. More than 4,000 such voters cast ballots...
Woman From Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Tests Positive Upon Return Home to Israel
An Israeli woman who was a passenger aboard a coronavirus-hit cruise ship tested positive upon return to her home country on Friday, Israel's Health Ministry said. She was...
Israel Avoids Health Crisis With Last-Minute New Drug Budget
Israeli ministers on Thursday averted a health care crisis by passing a last-minute allocation of 500 million shekels ($143 million) to pay for new lifesaving...
Top Ugandan Official Praises Israel for Support of Her Country’s Health System
A top Ugandan government official praised Israel this week for its backing of her country’s health system. “The collaboration between Israel and Uganda is not limited...
Israeli Professor Elected to Executive Board of UN Health Body
Professor Itamar Grotto -- an associate director-general at the Israeli Health Ministry -- was elected on Friday to the Executive Board of the UN’s World...
500 Global Healthcare Experts to Convene in Jerusalem for Medical Conference
JNS.org – Some 500 healthcare experts and entrepreneurs from more than 20 countries will convene in Jerusalem and in other cities across the Jewish state next...
Israel Ranks 6th on List of World’s Healthiest Countries
JNS.org - Israel is the sixth-healthiest country in the world and is the only Middle Eastern country in the top 10, according to recent world health...
Why it’s Cheaper to be Healthy in Israel
A study carried out by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture found that the cost of fruits and vegetables in Israel are lower - sometimes even...
Israeli Life Expectancy Rises, But So Do Cancer Deaths
JNS.org - More Israelis die from cancer than from any other disease or cause, according to a study released Sunday by the Israeli Central...
Data: Israeli Life Expectancy Rising
JNS.org - Israeli life expectancy rose by more than two years per person over the past decade, to 83.6 years for women and 79.9...
Youth and Beauty Abound in Israel
On a recent return visit to Israel this summer, I couldn't help but notice its beauty; the land and seas of course but also the...
Gates Foundation Gives Israeli Firm $110,000 to “Reinvent the Toilet” (VIDEO)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $110,000 to an Israeli company which has built a toilet that doesn't require water and leaves no...
