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Lion Shield: Clalit opens a new protected hospital for hundreds of patients

The protected hospital in Rishon Lezion, set up in days, opens today with 250 staff. Clalit CEO Eytan Wirtheim: "Protecting hospitalized patients is our top priority."

Clalit’s protected hospital “Harry Shield”.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a welcome ceremony upon Modi's arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel February 25, 2026.

Modi arrives in Israel, Iranian affiliates claim to hack medical files

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Iran-linked hacker group claims to hack servers of Israel's largest healthcare provider

 Meuhedet Health Fund

Israel's health services prepare for war amid Iran tensions


Israelis tired of rolling up sleeves are rejecting new needed COVID-19, Flu vaccines

With a new Covid variant and Jewish High Holidays around the corner, Israelis are being reminded to head for their annual vaccinations.

Woman gets vaccinated.

New Israeli/American research supports benefit of remote medical services to reduce hospital visits

Telemedicine reduces the need for patients to rush to crowded emergency rooms by 20% without harming quality of care.

Device allows vitals to be taken remotely from home

Warnings about Israel’s impending doctors’ crisis - opinion

The decision of Reichman University, Israel’s sole private university, to open its own medical school may prove crucial.

 DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state.

Clalit Healthcare Services uses data scientists for proactive innovation for members

While Clalit’s relative membership has dropped in the last three decades, management is doing its utmost to become the country’s first innovation-driven HMO.

 PROF. RAN BALICER (left) at the inauguration of the Clalit-Harvard Berkowitz Living Lab in Jerusalem, with Prof. Isaac Kohane, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.

Beilinson Friends Forum hosts event for cancer innovation in Israel

A generous endowment from Drs. Susan and Henry Samueli is expected to give cancer treatment and research in Israel an extra leg up.

 Prof. Gal Markel Director of the Davidoff Center and the Samueli Institute in Bilinson The couple Dr. Henry and Dr. Susan Samueli Dr. Eitan Wertheim Director of the Bilinson and Sharon Hospitals and Finny (Pinchas) Cohen Yore Association Friends of the Medical Center

Gaza border families invited to the Negev to relieve stress

Meir Tzur, head of the Central Arava Regional Council, said that he hopes that they feel safe and calm away from the hustle and bustle.

Zukim village, a new village based on ecological tourism.

Drinking green tea can have dangerous consequences - Israeli study

Researchers from Israel's Kaplan Medical Center discovered that drinking too much green tea can cause significant damage to the liver.

 Green tea: Can a soothing natural drink have dangerous consequences? (Illustrative)

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