Health & Wellness

"This report has significant public health implications in that it defines patients with severe mental illness, particularly those with schizophrenia, as being at risk for a more severe course of COVID-illness and mortality," says psychiatrist Professor Mark Weiser of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.

"Right now, it's not clear what is causing this outbreak," says Professor Ronen Arnon, head of the Pediatric Liver, Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Nutrition Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus. Healthcare providers have been instructed to report cases that could be relevant.

NeoTX's "Tumor Targeted Superantigen works to kill cancer cells in a way that no currently available cancer treatment is able.

Spontaneous conception of quadruplets is not common, estimated at only 1 pregnancy out every 700,000.

As polio rears its head in Israel for the first time since 1989, the Health Ministry is determined to complete vaccinations for some 2.5 children nationwide, but is worried about "vaccine fatigue."

The World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s list of countries with polio outbreaks names 28 other nations, including Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and Ukraine. Public health official: Fake news is largely responsible for entire communities not getting vaccinated.

Respiratory syncytial virus can cause infections in the airways and even death. The vaccine is administered to high-risk infants born prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy or suffering from congenital heart or severe chronic lung disease.

The study also shows poor sleep could be linked to a higher risk of anemia during pregnancy in some cases.

Nearly 12,000 children and infants in Jerusalem vaccinated this week. Four-year-old girl who contracted first known case of polio in Israel in 30 years has developed paralysis.