News for Disease CDC recommends avoiding e-cigarettesCDC, FDA, investigating 'multistate outbreak' of severe pulmonary disease linked to vaping, urge avoiding the products. Health Ministry: Leptospirosis isn't contagiousLeptospirosis transfers only via animals, not people, Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov says. Health Ministry: Number of leptospirosis cases rises to 42Health Ministry says rising number of leptospirosis cases under control, calls on relevant office to work together. Clean water to be added into infected Golan streamsIn an effort to fight leptospirosis, Israel adds clean water into several northern streams. Water company shuts tap due to suspicious test resultWater company says business as usual after closing tap due to abnormal test result. Fear of leptospirosis: 2 treated at hospital in TzfatNorthern hospital tests two patients for leptospirosis after they arrive with abdominal, muscle, pain and fever.Warning to Golan hikers27 people contract Leptospirosis disease; Health Ministry warns against entering Zaki, Yehudia, Meshushim, and Zavitan until further notice. Leptospirosis suspected in northern water sourcesNature and Parks Authority closes two streams as Health Ministry investigates leptospirosis cases. Parasitic disease outbreak in Samaria: Government must wake upDozens of residents ill, shortage of millions of shekels to protect settlements. Council head: Budget doesn't cover quarter of need. Israel Medical Association declares obesity a diseaseApproximately 4,000 die each year in Israel from obesity; a quarter of adult population suffers from disease not due to behavioral weakness. Israeli hospital sends delegation to cholera-stricken ZambiaMedical professionals from Israel help treat cholera victims in Zambia, which is battling an outbreak of the disease. Israeli researchers identify cause of rare disorderTeam of Israeli, US, researchers successfully identifies a single gene which causes a rare and severe neurological disorder. Getting rid of old cellsUnderstanding why cells refuse to die may lead to treatments for age-related disease. Main cause of death in Israel: CancerAbout 25% of deaths are from cancer, and another 21% are from heart disease. CBS: Cancer, Heart Disease Biggest KillersMore Israelis died from cancer in 2012, the latest year for which statistics were available, than from any other disease. Ebola Outbreak Reaches African CapitalGuinea confirms lethal virus has infiltrated capital of two million, suspected cases in neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Meningitis Outbreak Spreads to 5 States, Kills 4An outbreak of a rare and deadly type of meningitis has killed four people and caused 30 others to fall ill in five states across the US. Israeli Medical Breakthroughs Offer HopeA team of Israeli scientists offer hope in treating autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn’s, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis. |
