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Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

Some of the children could reportedly enter the asylum system after their hospital stays are complete

By Jacob Jaffa

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A group of Gazan children will travel to the UK 'in the coming weeks' to receive medical treatment (Image: Getty)

A nurse in the Netherlands is under investigation after posts on her social media account suggested she would like to kill 'Zionist' patients (Image: stock via Getty)

Healthcare

Dutch nurse investigated over posts saying she would kill ‘Zionist’ patients

By JC Reporter

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Supporters of Dr Swee Chai Ang, orthopaedic surgeon and founder member of Medical Aid for Palestinians, rally outside the London HQ of the British Medical Association (BMA) (Image: Ron Fassbender/Alamy Live News)

Antisemitism

Jewish doctors are ‘afraid to display their names on their badges’

By Elisa Bray

9 min read

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to demonstrate with a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. All classes at Columbia University have been held virtually today after school President Minouche Shafik announced a shift to online learning in response to recent campus unrest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

By Miri Bar-Halpern and Dean McKay

Introducing ‘decolonisation therapy’, the pseudoscience that seeks to erase your Zionism

4 min read

Pro-Palestinian activists gather for a rally in front Tisch Hospital at NYU in June 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

New York

Pro-Palestinian demo outside New York hospital after calls for ‘global intifada’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Children on their way to Disneyland Paris as part of the Magical Taxi Tour. (Photo: Nicky Bamber and Chris Mathison)

Charities

Meet the Jewish philanthropist who has taken thousands of sick kids to Disneyland

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

The Israeli film star suffered monthslong headaches, leading to the discovery of the massive buildup that could have killed her and her baby. (Getty Images for Disney)

Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot reveals she had a nearly fatal blood clot in the brain during pregnancy

By JC Reporter

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Steeting pledges crackdown on antisemitism in NHS

The Health Secretary has called on regulators to take action against NHS workers who promote ‘extremist’ views

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

December 15, 2024 11:28

Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has vowed to root out antisemitism from the NHS. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Jewish nurses and midwives unite for first in-person gathering since pandemic

The group has provided support to Jewish medical professionals who have faced adversity since October 7

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

August 6, 2024 10:05

Daniel Gillis, chief executive of Camp Simcha and Dr Fiona Sim from the Jewish Medical Association

Child with blood disorder ‘scared to wear kippah’ after being ‘forced out of bed’ by pro-Palestine nurses

Manchester hospital said it was investigating after boy ‘treated well’ when he was without a yarmulke

By Felix Pope

1 min read

March 21, 2024 14:40

The child, whose face has been obscured to conceal his identity, received medical treatment while lying on the floor of the hospital (Photo: Elliott Smus)

Same-day appointments ‘just the start’ says GP

For anyone who’s struggled to see their GP, the news of a private GP practice opening in North London will be welcome.

By Dr Tal Helbitz

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December 20, 2023 09:30

Dr Tal Helbitz: ‘My patients are like an extended family’

By Pippa Buck

I was diagnosed with cancer just before my 11th birthday but summer camp has made me stronger

Camp Simcha lifted my spirits after I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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September 29, 2023 16:14

I was diagnosed with cancer just before my 11th birthday but summer camp has made me stronger

Heart health and genetics: why screening is so important for our community

Around 7.6 million people in the UK are living with a heart or circulatory disease, and an estimated 340,000 live with an inherited cardiac condition.

By Mayo Clinic

3 min read

September 29, 2023 11:39

Heart health and genetics: why screening is so important for our community

The plastic surgeon helping Jews love their noses

Dr Terry Dubrow, star of TV show Botched, says his experience of correcting mistakes always proves emotional for him and his patients

By Elisa Bray

3 min read

September 15, 2023 09:20

The plastic surgeon helping Jews love their noses

Painkiller review: This story has been told before

Netflix series telling the tale of how the opioid OxyContin wrought devastation upon America hits the wrong notes

By Josh Howie

2 min read

September 15, 2023 08:57

Painkiller. Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler in episode 101 of Painkiller. Cr. Keri Anderson/Netflix © 2023

NHS to review how it communicates with Jewish communities

The review will among other things look at how to better accommodate Jewish patients on days of religious observance

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

August 3, 2023 17:13

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 02: A London Ambulance parked outside The Royal London Hospital on January 2, 2023 in London, England. NHS A&E departments are facing extreme pressures this winter. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said that some A&E departments are in a 'complete state of crisis.' (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

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Healthcare

Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

Dutch nurse investigated over posts saying she would kill ‘Zionist’ patients

Jewish doctors are ‘afraid to display their names on their badges’

Introducing ‘decolonisation therapy’, the pseudoscience that seeks to erase your Zionism

Pro-Palestinian demo outside New York hospital after calls for ‘global intifada’

Meet the Jewish philanthropist who has taken thousands of sick kids to Disneyland

Gal Gadot reveals she had a nearly fatal blood clot in the brain during pregnancy

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