Israel health news today: Cancer, Doctors and nurses, Diabetes
Google's edition for Israel carries mostly international coverage; the country's own outlets appear among it.
What the press in Israel is covering in health today
In Israel, YNET and הארץ led on health stories about a gene linked to higher cancer risk, the possibility of improving muscle strength after 85, and a mushroom said to protect brain cells. Other coverage included GLP-1 drugs linked to lower risks after surgery, a new CE mark for Da Vinci 5 cardiac procedures, and outbreak reporting on Ebola, mpox, dengue and measles.
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Today's themes
Cancer (13) · Doctors and nurses (5) · Diabetes (4) · Vaccines (4) · Hepatitis (2) · Mental health (2) · Viruses (2) · Bird flu (1) · Dengue (1) · Ebola (1)
Mentions of tracked outbreaks
- Dengue Attention: elevated
Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC - Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda high
The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Projected Effect of 2026 Federal Changes to the Childhood Immunization Schedule on Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States | Annals of Internal Medicine ACP Journals · 19 Oct, 21:55 UTC - Poliovirus (wild and vaccine-derived) Attention: elevated
Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC - Avian influenza H5N1 Attention: high
CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Contagion Live · 19 Oct, 21:22 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:16 UTC
All headlines
- כמיליון נוסעים בקיץ ועליית מחירים: למה מנכ"ל ישראייר כ"כ אופטימי? גלובס · 20 Oct, 03:22 UTC
- ציפור שלא עפה, עם טופר של ולוסירפטור, חיה בסין כבר לפני 150 מיליון שנה ביזפורטל · 20 Oct, 03:20 UTC
- Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface Science Daily · 20 Oct, 03:04 UTC
- ההגבלות על חיבור דאטה סנטרים לחשמל יציתו קרב בין היזמים TheMarker · 20 Oct, 03:02 UTC
- סמוטריץ' מבטיח שהקיצוץ יוחזר אבל לא חושף מאין יבוא הכסף calcalist · 20 Oct, 03:00 UTC
- נתניהו הפך בנבזות את מחויבות טראמפ לטפל בגרעין האיראני למותנית בבחירתו הארץ · 20 Oct, 03:00 UTC
- Star Wars Funday Football Takes on Super Bowl LXI StarWars.com · 20 Oct, 02:56 UTC
- המלחמה בתימן מתרחבת והשותפות של סעודיה עוד מנסחות את תנאיהן הארץ · 20 Oct, 02:45 UTC
- Hegseth Meets Netanyahu in Israel, Days Before Vote, Axios Says Bloomberg.com · 20 Oct, 02:41 UTC
- New wave of violent settler attacks hits Americans and others in lead-up to key election NBC News · 20 Oct, 02:25 UTC
- Tracking Trump: Trump attacks Zelensky; Putin proposes meeting with U.S., China; Trump calls judge a ‘lunatic’; and more The Washington Post · 20 Oct, 01:57 UTC
- הצ'ק הפתוח של מלחמת הנצח: הקרב על תקציב הביטחון כאן 11 · 20 Oct, 01:54 UTC
- Trump accuses Iranian regime of killing 75,000 protesters in past eight months The Jerusalem Post · 20 Oct, 01:50 UTC
- Gold slips as investors weigh Fed rate outlook Reuters · 20 Oct, 01:33 UTC
- Pop star Macklemore to benefit pro-Palestinian group The Jerusalem Post · 20 Oct, 01:22 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:00 UTC
- Oil eases as markets assess potential waiver on Russian energy, Middle East supply risks Reuters · 20 Oct, 00:58 UTC
- Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples AP News · 20 Oct, 00:54 UTC
- UFC champ Alexander Volkanovski sees two contenders standing out the most Yahoo Sports · 20 Oct, 00:30 UTC
- Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur Sci.News · 20 Oct, 00:27 UTC
- Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced Israel visit Al Jazeera · 20 Oct, 00:21 UTC
- Gold Holds Decline as Energy-Led Inflation Weighs on Rate Path Bloomberg.com · 19 Oct, 23:55 UTC
- Israel Air Force welcomes Apache helicopter deal amid bureaucratic delays The Jerusalem Post · 19 Oct, 23:50 UTC
- Vance Declines to Endorse Netanyahu in Re-Election Bid WSJ · 19 Oct, 23:50 UTC
- ‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos The Guardian · 19 Oct, 23:38 UTC
- Barbara Palvin Walked the Victoria’s Secret Show Six Weeks Postpartum The New York Times · 19 Oct, 23:33 UTC
- Former JPD officer accused of misusing police databases faces federal charge WBBJ-TV · 19 Oct, 23:05 UTC
- דיווח: שר ההגנה האמריקאי הגיע לביקור חשאי בישראל ונפגש עם נתניהו הארץ · 19 Oct, 22:57 UTC
- Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 22:49 UTC
- Pete Hegseth, Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Israel ahead of elections The Jerusalem Post · 19 Oct, 22:48 UTC
- Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, reports Axios Reuters · 19 Oct, 22:48 UTC
- A Dyson Supersonic Nural is $78 off during Amazon's Holiday Beauty Event Mashable · 19 Oct, 22:39 UTC
- שר ההגנה האמריקני הגסת' ביקר אתמול בישראל ונפגש עם נתניהו mako · 19 Oct, 22:32 UTC
- Huge Riots and Antigovernment Protests in France: What to Know The New York Times · 19 Oct, 22:29 UTC
- הנאסד"ק קפץ בכ-1%; מניות השבבים קטעו רצף ירידות היסטורי גלובס · 19 Oct, 22:24 UTC
- Who speaks for Mars? Scientists call for ethical debate before terraforming begins Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ has audiences filling theaters NPR · 19 Oct, 22:16 UTC
- משפחתו של בניהו רזי נגד החלטת בית המשפט: "הזויה וחסרת אחריות" YNET · 19 Oct, 21:53 UTC
- Barcelona star to return to starting line-up for PSG clash Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 21:52 UTC
Health
- Stroke survivor acted fast, but delays in treatment remain a concern The Straits Times · 20 Oct, 03:07 UTC
- GLP-1 Drugs and Mental Health: Effects on Depression and Anxiety News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:52 UTC
- How GLP-1 Medications Affect PCOS, Fertility, and Pregnancy News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:36 UTC
- Riboscience to Present First Overall Survival and Immune Activation Data from Phase 1b Study of ENPP1 Inhibitor RBS2418 as Monotherapy and in Combination in Advanced Metastatic Cancers Including MSS CRC, at ESMO 2026 BioSpace · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks? Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:51 UTC
- Research shows risk-taking behavior precedes increased alcohol consumption, not vice versa Medical Xpress · 20 Oct, 00:40 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Taiwan News · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Yahoo Finance · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Three Laboratory Advances Reshaping a More Proactive Future for R&D Technology Networks · 20 Oct, 00:08 UTC
- Early Findings Indicate Multiomic Atlas Maps Bipolar Disorder Risk at Single-Cell Resolution Technology Networks · 20 Oct, 00:06 UTC
- Physician Views Results: Leqembi's dosing makeover keeps IV in the spotlight FirstWord Pharma · 20 Oct, 00:04 UTC
- New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- ישראל גילתה את המנגנון המאפשר לתאי סרטן לשרוד כימותרפיה. Vietnam.vn · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- סרטן השד משפיע יותר ויותר על נשים צעירות, כאשר למעלה מ-60% מהמקרים מתגלים באיחור. Vietnam.vn · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- The Reading Room Podcast: A Closer Look at New Research on 177Lu-Edotreotide for Treating GEP-NETs Diagnostic Imaging · 19 Oct, 23:25 UTC
- Higher ADK levels track stronger triciribine effects in leukemia cells, pointing to a potential biomarker Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:20 UTC
- Body clock imbalance and genes jointly increase psoriasis risk EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 23:19 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from strength training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- LC–MS/MS Tracks Drugs in Australian Wastewater Chromatography Online · 19 Oct, 23:06 UTC
- Medical Journal Article Redefines ‘Infertility’ Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Breast cancer awareness advocate seeks to teach about risk to all people WAMC · 19 Oct, 23:02 UTC
- DNA once dismissed as 'noise' reveals new bacterial species in prostate cancer patients Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Comment on Johnsen et al. Achieving at Least 15% Weight Loss Within 2 Years of Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Is Associated With Lower Risks of Macrovascular and Microvascular Complications: A U.K. Cohort Study diabetesjournals.org · 19 Oct, 22:51 UTC
- Palisades Therapeutics Highlights a Shared Inflammatory Mechanism Across Chronic Diseases in Frontiers in Pharmacology FirstWord Pharma · 19 Oct, 22:47 UTC
- The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC
- Adult-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in a Physician: Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insulin Acceptance in a Case Consistent With Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) Cureus · 19 Oct, 22:36 UTC
- Virtual Pulmonary Rehab and Matched Care, With Omid Pourshahid, MD HCPLive · 19 Oct, 22:32 UTC
- New research shows how microplastics and water interactions could lead to cell damage The Columbian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- Embryos harbor immune cells that already perform adult-like defense functions, study suggests Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- £4 million awarded to develop vaccines that protect livestock and tackle growing biosecurity threat EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 22:07 UTC
- Honey bee hives have ‘living immune systems’ which defend against disease The Conversation · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC