Health Ministry

Anti-Polio Op. Faces Vaccine Fears

Mass immunization may be slowed as activist groups argue vaccines are dangerous.

Health Ministry urges vaccines after finding 2.5% of children in south carry polio virus.

The death of a runner in last March's Tel Aviv Marathon has prompted the Health Ministry to issue rules for marathon sponsors

Min. German says: “We are obligated, as a state, to treat people of all classes.”

Some 11,000 Israelis are currently being treated with medical marijuana – enough to catch the attention of the government and Knesset

Health Minister asks experts to reconsider the ban on blood donations from those in male homosexual relationships.

Yael German has turned down her ministerial BMW, but she cannot get the hybrid car she really wants.

The Health Ministry will allow bakers and bread manufacturers to use a “seal of approval” if they use whole grain flour

PM Netanyahu praises his government’s new investment in health, says new OECD ratings show the strategy is paying off.

The fight of interns for higher wages than specified in the collective bargaining agreement has reached the high court

Jerusalem raises the quality of life in Arab neighborhoods, changing attitudes; on Sunday, a new infant care center opened in Shiloach.

The health ministry has warned against using baby bottles with Bisphenol A (BPA).

Israel's Ministry of Health reports a decline in doctor-to-patient ratio in Israel.

The High Court has overturned a plan for free dental care to young children by reallocating funds, saying the Knesset should have been consulted.