Health

10,202 people have been diagnosed positive for Corona in the last day - according to data from the Ministry of Health published today (Monday). This is a verified record since April 4th. 168 patients are hospitalized in critical condition - a 95% jump within a week. The total number of infections in the last week has also jumped by 55%, and stands at more than 55,000. The rate of positive tests stands at 39% - almost the highest since the outbreak of the plague, explained by the fact that only patients are tested. There was also a slight increase in the adhesion coefficient of infection...

"The ultra-Orthodox who enter the site are mainly looking for jobs in high-tech, and we get quite a few resumes from software developers, analysts, etc. In addition, one of the filters we choose the most is work from home, which is great. from afar". This is what Noam Tzobari, co-founder of the "Jobik" website, a new job website for the ultra-Orthodox public, says. The site, which was launched last week, has already been accessed by more than 60,000 job seekers from the ultra-Orthodox sector. This is not the only job site intended for ultra-Orthodox society, but the scope of jobs is...

The share of the pharmaceutical giant Teva jumped on the New York Stock Exchange in the past weeks by more than 40 percent. This follows the compromise agreement in principle in the opioid crisis in the United States, according to which it will pay compensation in the amount of more than four billion three hundred million dollars. The compromise settlement will bring to an end the legal discussions in the case of the painkillers and Teva emphasizes that there will be no admission of wrongdoing. Trading ended last night at the New York Stock Exchange with significant price increases. This...

The Airports Authority announced that it has allocated NIS 50 million to a digitization project at Ben Gurion Airport, which will make it possible to manage most departures abroad through independent procedures through online check-in and automatic machines. First, passengers will be offered the option to check in online from home by most major airlines such as El Al, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai and others. Most companies canceled this option during the Corona crisis because of the need to present the results of the tests. But in recent months the option has gradually returned, especially...

Prolonged shutdown of three power plants, for the purpose of carrying out maintenance and renovation work, resulted in a decrease in the operating profit of the OPC company controlled by the Canon company of the Idan Ofer group. OPC, which is managed by Giora Almogi, lost NIS 11 million in the second quarter of 2022, an 85% decrease in loss compared to the corresponding quarter in 2021. The second quarter, which is a transition season in Israel and the US, is the seasonally weakest quarter in OFC's operations. The company operates two power plants in Israel and controls (70%) the American...

A new scientific development may lead to blood tests for cancer diagnosis: Weizmann Institute researchers have located genetic changes in the blood of cancer patients, which may represent a "seal" that will enable early diagnosis of various diseases and cancerous tumors - with a simple blood test. The research findings are published in the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology. Cancer is the world's leading cause of death, even before heart disease, and the diagnosis is often made too late, when the tumor has already spread and the metastases cannot be destroyed. The currently accepted...

The long struggle of the specialist doctors is bearing fruit: Prime Minister Yair Lapid has decided that the preparation to shorten specialist shifts to 16 hours will begin in the periphery immediately. The chairman of the organization of specialized doctors and the leader of the struggle, Dr. Ray Beaton, announced the withdrawal of the letters of resignation. "We have made a great achievement," said Dr. Beaton. "We have not finished the struggle. But as of now, we have reached a situation where the letters of resignation can be withdrawn."

Sunfrost's frozen bean products are back on the shelves, after their production and marketing was stopped due to the discovery of parts of a snake, a mouse, a snail and a bird's foot, among others, in the company's beans and peas, which is owned by Tnuva. They will gradually return to the points of sale starting today. Sunfrost controls about 70% of the cash sales in the frozen vegetables category. See that Sunfrost has begun the process of improving quality control and sorting at its factory in Migdal Ha'Emek, but has not yet activated the three optical sorting machines it announced it...

Teva pharmaceutical company held a press conference Sunday at its new headquarters in Tel Aviv, where it presented its goals for the coming years, which it provided with the publication of the latest reports. In 2027, Teva expects to reach an operating profitability rate of 30%, a debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 2, a cash-to-earnings ratio of 80%, and to return to growth, after several years of revenue erosion. Carr Schultz, Teva's president and CEO, presented Teva's progress since 2017, when he took office. "In 2017, we set goals. One of them was business optimization. 80 production sites - we...

The entrance to the "HaShalom" interchange in the south direction will be opened to traffic again tomorrow (Sunday) - the Ayalon Route Company announced. Traffic on the road was recently disrupted due to infrastructure work in the sinkhole area that opened at the interchange about two weeks ago. According to the company's announcement, the interchange will return "in a reduced format" starting at 05:00