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Public health in Israel: outbreaks and vaccination, hospitals and clinics, Health Ministry decisions, and research from Israeli teams.

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Sheba hospital chief Itzhak Kreiss to run Health Ministry on interim basis

Prof. Itzhak Kreiss will serve as acting director-general of Israel's Health Ministry after Moshe Bar Siman Tov resigned, while still heading Sheba Medical Center.

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Health Ministry confirms director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov will step down

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Heidi Levine has surgery after settler attack on Abu Falah olive harvest

Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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Paraguay's vice president meets Netanyahu and Sa'ar, signs health pact

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Israel's Health Ministry reports a rabid jackal at Kfar Hittim in the Galilee

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Israel reviews 90,000 genetic tests after BRCA 1 screening kit fault

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Israel's Health Ministry sets out guidance on the brain-infecting ameba

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