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      <title>93% of Israelis are exposed to secondhand smoke in public spaces</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Approximately 154 Israelis die each week from smoking-related illnesses, amounting to roughly 8,000 deaths annually, according to the The Israel Cancer Association.]]></description>
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      <title>Your body’s ‘true age’ may help predict future illness, scientists say</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Each additional one-year increase in biological age over chronological age was associated with a 15% increase in the risk of mortality.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Delivering change: MDA midwife seeks expanded role for women’s health care</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gila Zarbiv says Israel can improve maternal care by giving midwives a larger role before, during and after birth.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 10:38:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israeli high-tech leaders ride wave of support for trauma victims</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Shavuot benefit at Jerusalem’s Tower of David raised funds for HaGal Sheli's surfing-based rehabilitation programs.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 11:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's health ministry warns citizens against Ebola-affected areas</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A total of 144 people have died, and there are 653 suspected cases.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Health Organization's health attack tracker has an Israel problem</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tania Shalom Michaelian]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy paper published by the Center for Medical Integrity shows that Israel-related incidents are disproportionately reflected in WHO's conflict health database.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'I felt the weight of all the women of the village on my shoulders'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Nadia Khir is honored for changing the face of women’s healthcare in Druze society.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Attorney plans to testify before House panel that healthcare unions are making hostile work conditions for Jews, Israelis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deena Margolies, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS that antisemitism in healthcare is a bigger problem than a single union or doctor and is becoming “normalized.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First female Druze-Israeli physician honored for advancing women</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nadia Khir, 58, is a veteran and highly respected gynecologist.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:23:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Donated cornea from soldier slain in Lebanon improves vision of injured officer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“I was given the privilege of receiving the light of his eyes,” said IDF Lt. Shily Leibovitch.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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