BiondVax Pharmaceuticals – the Israeli company developing a universal flu vaccine – has announced that its universal flu vaccine (M-001) is suited to all six new influenza strains found in recent years in people.
The IDF wouldn’t be able to fulfill its mission of protecting Israel without soldiers who can meet every physical challenge thrown at them. This week, the IDF’s top commanders didn’t simply give their soldiers this message. They showed the rest of the IDF how to keep fit by participating in the IDF Commanders Championship.
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In a new survey compiled by Bloomberg, Israel’s healthcare ranked fourth for most efficient system — way ahead of Canada (17th) and the US (46th) and just behind Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.
Countries were ranked according to three criteria: life expectancy, percentage of GDP per capita and the absolute per capita cost of health care. Countries included in the survey all had a population of at least five million people, GDP per capita of at least $5,000, and life expectancy of at least 70 years.
In another category of the same survey, Israel ranked first in the longest life expectancy — 81.8 years — in Africa and the Middle East category.
As more people around the world reach for a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil for dressing salads, frying, baking and even drinking, a revived ancient industry in Israel is getting attention in global markets and competitions.
Interest in Israeli olive oil mirrors the burgeoning Israeli wine scene, but it’s a newer phenomenon, says Hilla Wenkert, an international olive-oil judge and owner of Olia, a concept store in Tel Aviv stocked with oils made of Leccino, Coratina, Koroneiki, Souri and other varieties grown in Israel.
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