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Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs raises $600 million to advance AI drug design. Illustration.

Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs raises $600 million to advance AI drug design

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A doctor holds a patient's arm after it has been removed

Purim Shpiel: New cutting-edge weight loss procedure takes the world by storm

By SHRINK PERETS

FENTANYL LOLLIPOP.

My first fentanyl: What it was like being sedated by the infamous narcotic

A Syrian soldier is seen standing in the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria July 7, 2018.

Jordanian border forces clash with smugglers from Syria, killing four

By REUTERS

Ketamine use soars in Belgium: University of Antwerp Toxicology Center sounds alarm. Illustration.

Belgians sniff, ingest, or inject between seven and eleven times more ketamine than in 2012

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of a nightclub.

Drug used by Hamas on October 7 appears in TLV nightclubs

FDA bans Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs due to cancer risk. Illustration.

FDA bans Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs due to cancer risk

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Metal cylinders containing nitrous oxide gas in ground in Lille, France.

France plans to isolate 100 top drug lords in hyper-secure 'Narco-Prison'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A milestone was reached in the fight against HIV/AIDS with the development of Lenacapavir.

This HIV drug is hailed as 2024's Discovery of the Year

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Eilat Women's Festival advertisement

Women should feel safe and supported in spaces intended for them

By JPOST EDITORIAL

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser visit the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024.

Missed signs: What's known about the Germany Christmas market attacker?

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , REUTERS

TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone

By REUTERS

A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 11, 2024.

Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade

By DR. ITAY GAL

No more needles?

No more needles? MIT unveils needle-free microjet inspired by squids for painless drug delivery

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Israel, Hezbollah war disrupts Syria's lucrative Captagon trade

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line

Use of Ozempic.

Weight loss injections ease knee pain

By DR. ITAY GAL

An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012.

Bombing Hezbollah’s drug empire is the key to weakening its power

By MICHAEL OREN

Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Captagon crisis: Middle East’s $5.7 billion drug trade fuels Hezbollah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF