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 A cave where ticks live.

Fifteen-year-old teen from Israel's north diagnosed with cave fever

 Paul Alexander, who died on Monday, was one of the last people alive to live inside an iron lung.

Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78

By REUTERS
 Congestion in the emergency room

How Israel is overcoming overcrowded hospital rooms this winter

 Half Free and Make-A-Wish make dreams come true for sick children

'Half free' in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish association

 Flu and cold season is here. Prepared accordingly

How do you protect yourself from winter illnesses?

By STAV NAMER
 You don't want to end up sick on your next vacation (illustrative)

Seeing is believing: How observing sickness triggers biological defense mechanisms - study

Vaccination against the flu

‘Tired’ of getting vaccinated, Israelis are reluctant to get flu shots

 A man receives a COVID-19 vaccination at a health clinic in Jerusalem

Beyond treatment: Reframing health in our ill-health systems

By ALBERT JACOB
 Hatem enjoys his coffee outing with Hadassah-University Medical Center staff.

Chronically ill Hadassah patient has coffee date of a lifetime

 Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal

Israeli infected with Dengue fever after trip abroad

 Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia.

Live parasitic worm extracted from 64-year-old woman's brain

By REUTERS
 Spices

Craving something sweet? These 6 spices reduce the desire for sugar

 You don't want to end up sick on your next vacation (illustrative)

Can children recognize sick people's faces? - study

 Illustrative photo of a toddler.

How do children recover easily from common colds during the first three years of life?

 People wearing protective suits collect dead birds, as there is a major outbreak of bird flu, in Vadso municipality in Finnmark in Norway, July 20,2023

Norway, Finland battle rapid spread of bird flu

By REUTERS
A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Fragments of Beethoven’s skull returned to Austrian university

Community Contribution: Shufersal's "100 Wishes" Campaign for Make-A-Wish

By Denis Bar Aharon
 You don't want to end up sick on your next vacation (illustrative)

Travel troubles: How to avoid getting sick on your next vacation

By Walla!