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Illustrative: Smoking causes lung damage
DYING FOR A CIGARETTE

Israel's youth smoking crisis: Alarming trends revealed 

In the shadow of childhood classrooms, fifth graders secretly inhale their first deadly breaths of nicotine. Beyond these schoolyard gates, a merciless epidemic claims 8,000 Israeli lives each year while tobacco companies pocket billions from a nation's addiction.

Gila Isaacson
1/22/2025
Cigarettes

FDA Proposes Plan to Make Cigarettes Nonaddictive

FDA's Bold Plan to Strip Nicotine from Cigarettes Faces Trump-Era Showdown

Eliana Fleming
Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Massive Support Package for Returning Hostages

Inside Israel's Massive Rescue Package for Hamas Captives

Gila Isaacson

Nearly there

This is how the hostage deal will go down

Gila Isaacson
 Israeli soldier mourns for the fallen soldiers of Israel on Yom HaZikaron - Israel Memorial Day

1.25 Million Mental Health Treatments: Israel's Hidden War Cost Exposed

Revealed: The Staggering Mental Health Toll of War in Israel's Latest Numbers

Eliana Fleming
Hostages freed in first deal

Israel getting ready to get our hostages back 

The hostage director is ready for a deal: "We are prepared to handle the captives"

Eliana Fleming
Workers working at a cannabis farm in central Israel, on December 4, 2024

PTSD RELIEF HANGS IN THE BALANCE

Israel could ban Medical Cannabis for PTSD – Here's what we know

Gila Isaacson
Transparent plastic divider on the reception desk in the hospital admission department with red lettering emergency

Ministry of Health makes an urgent announcement

Ministry of Health: "Anyone who has come into contact should urgently go to the emergency room."

Eliana Fleming
Lung cancer. Illustration.

So, Good News And Bad News

Israeli lung cancer rates declining, smokers overwhelmingly at risk

Avi Woolf
Baby. Illustration.

Here's Hoping No-one Will Need It

Great news for parents of newborns: Up to 20 days' leave if infant kept at hospital

Avi Woolf

Here we go again?

CORONA 2025: New Virus Puts China in State of Emergency

Gila Isaacson, JFeed Staff
Protestors blocking Ayalon highway with a giant Hanukkah for the hostages

We just want them home for Hanukkah

With a giant menorah: Families of hostages block the southern Ayalon Highway

Eliana Fleming
Destruction at Kibbutz Be'eri home

The North of Israel now faces another threat

Another blow in the North: Concern over carcinogenic material in homes damaged by rockets

Eliana Fleming
Photos of kidnapped Hamas hostages

The critical condition of the hostages in Gaza

This is the main reason for the deaths of most of the hostages in captivity

Eliana Fleming
UN Headquarters

Ministry of Health Reveals Brutal Conditions of Released Hostages in UN Report

Israel submits shocking report to UN on Hostage abuse and trauma by Hamas

Eliana Fleming
Polio vaccine. Illustration.

Really, Really Bad News

"A vaccinated child is a protected child": Health Ministry detects polio in unvaccinated minor

Avi Woolf
Transparent plastic divider on the reception desk in the hospital admission department with red lettering emergency

Israel Faces Deadly E. Coli Infection Outbreak

Life-threatening infection spreading across Israel. These are the symptoms.

Eliana Fleming
Pills illustration

Health Ministry Issues Critical Warning About Risky Weight Loss Pills

Ministry of Health warns against illegal weight loss pills after hospitalization incident

Eliana Fleming
Ziv hospital in Tzfat

Terrorist from October 7 gets VIP treatment in Israeli hospital 

Outrage at Treatment of Nukhba Terrorist in Israeli Hospital: "Like He's a King"

Eliana Fleming, JFeed Staff
Coronavirus

COVID-19

New COVID-19 Variant XEC – Here's what you need to know

Gila Isaacson