Health Ministry
Sheba hospital director Yitshak Kreiss to temporarily serve as Health Ministry director-general
Katz’s request followed the announcement that Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov would step down after serving in the role for about nine years across two terms.
Police, Health Ministry uncover operation selling methamphetamine labeled as 'khat drops'
Three detained amid investigation into unlawful blood sample collections at Kaplan Medical Center
Suspected patients test negative for Ebola after returning to Israel from DRC, Health Ministry says
Two suspected Ebola patients placed in isolation after returning from DRC, Health Ministry says
The ministry emphasized that there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Israel, and the two individuals in isolation are only suspected to have possibly contracted the virus.
Health Ministry director-general to step down after nine years, set to join Columbia University
During his tenure, Bar Siman Tov led Israel's healthcare system through the COVID-19 pandemic, the October 7 massacre, and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war.
Iran’s energy and environmental crises: The promise of a free Iran - opinion
Making Iran’s skies breathable, its energy reliable, and its industries competitive would be powerful measures of a free Iran’s renewal.
Israeli patients' blood samples allegedly taken without consent for research, hospital says
Kaplan Medical Center filed a police complaint over suspicions that blood samples were taken from patients without their consent as part of research in the hospital’s cardiology department.
One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North
Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.
Private hospital in Tel Aviv shut down over severe safety violations following surprise inspection
The district physician issued the order Monday evening after the inspection found deficiencies that the ministry said posed a serious and immediate danger to patients' health and safety.
Nine-year-old dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Kinneret
According to the ministry, an investigation found that the boy had been swimming at Kursi Beach in the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) about a week before his hospitalization.
Health minister’s intervention highlights Israel’s protekzia problem, healthcare gaps - editorial
The question raised by this story is not whether Katz helped a sick Israeli. He did. The question is what happens to the sick Israeli who does not have access to the health minister.
Unauthorized weight loss supplement containing banned ingredient leads to hospitalization
Laboratory tests conducted by the ministry found that the product contains the active ingredient sibutramine, a pharmaceutical substance banned in Israel and multiple other countries.
Israel prepares for effects of 'Godzilla' El Niño with Health Ministry drills
El Niño typically peaks around December, but Israelis could see more rain and flooding in early autumn because of the strength of this year's weather event.
