Infections

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

Kenya has been on heightened alert, as a major Ebola outbreak centered in Congo has spread across borders in the region.

Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t
 A bubonic plague smear, prepared from a lymph removed from an adenopathic lymph node, or bubo, of a plague patient, demonstrates the presence of the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes the plague in this undated photo.

Employee of Russian plague institute dies of suspected pneumonic infection, Trump offers help

Naegleria fowleri

Nine-year-old dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Kinneret

Medical team performing surgery

Man receives human kidney transplant after surviving 271 days with gene-edited pig organ


Masks did not reduce risk of COVID infection after first Omicron wave, UK research shows

"Our research shows that there were changes in some risk factors around the time that the Omicron BA.2 variant became dominant,” said Prof. Paul Hunter of Norwich Medical School.

 A lady in a face mask looks at her phone amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron wave in Singapore, February 17, 2022.

Fusarim: The dangerous fungus in Gaza that killed an IDF soldier

An IDF soldier wounded in Gaza died due to a fungal infection from Fusarim. What is the Fusarium fungus, how is it transmitted, and what is the treatment?

 Gaza Strip

'Don't panic': Gaza fungal infections not an epidemic, Israeli expert says

Sanitary conditions in Gaza lead to concern about disease, but Israeli health experts clarified that the fungal infection does not represent an epidemic. Health authorities will meet to assess.

 An Israeli soldier walks through a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 22, 2023

Experts reveal proper bathroom hygiene to avoid infections

Learn the correct use of toilet paper and wiping techniques to prevent infections.

Drank toilet bowl water for six months - that's what happened

14 Patients infected in outbreak of resistant bacteria at Rambam Hospital

Rambam Hospital reports outbreak of resistant acinetobacter bacteria in internal wing due to elderly patient from city's old people's home.

Rambam Laboratories

Outbreak of bacteria infects 14 at The Rambam Medical Center

Report of an outbreak of a resistant Acinetobacter type of bacteria at The Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

The new trauma care unit at Rambam Medical Center.