Monthly Archives: June 2020

Testing CPAP on Covid-19 patients

Posted on June 7, 2020

Israel’s Itamar Medical (reported here previously) is funding a trial of its disposable WatchPAT ONE CPAP device. It will be given to 200 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients in the Mount Sinai Health (US) system with respiratory symptoms but who … Continue reading →

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Detecting Covid-19 in India

Posted on June 7, 2020

Israel’s Zebra Medical was being deployed last year (see here) to detect TB cases across India. Zebra is now assisting Apollo (India’s largest hospital group) to diagnose coronavirus cases using its machine-learning algorithm that analyzes CT scans of suspected Covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Keeping Covid-19 patients off ventilators

Posted on June 7, 2020

Israel’s Respinova developed Pulsehaler to help COPD patients improve their lungs and avoid ventilation. Repinova is now preparing for clinical trials in Israel on patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as caused by Covid-19. https://www.israel21c.org/copd-innovation-may-keep-covid-patients-off-ventilators/

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Bride invites EMT “savior” to her wedding

Posted on June 1, 2020

EMT Yoav Shemaryahu saved Hila Meuda’s life after a kitchen accident sent boiling wax all over her face and arms. Yoav helped her to remove the wax slowly in a way that would not exacerbate the burns. A year later, … Continue reading →

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Shavuot in the Land of Milk and Honey

Posted on June 1, 2020

It is traditional to have dairy foods on the Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) – the most popular being cheesecake and blintzes. Israel has over 800 dairy farms and the Israeli Holstein breed of cow produces on average the highest … Continue reading →

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Arab praises Jew who returned lost property

Posted on June 1, 2020

More details of that story (see here) of a religious Jew who traced the Palestinian Arab who lost a bag containing NIS 40,000. On Kol Hai Radio, the Arab said “I am happy I ended up, thank G-d, with someone … Continue reading →

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Israel re-opens bars, cafes and restaurants

Posted on June 1, 2020

Israel’s restaurants, cafes and bars have reopened after two months closure. Israel’s PM said “We want to help the economy, but also ease your lives, make it possible for you to get out, return to normalcy, get a cup of … Continue reading →

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Feeding the fish at Jerusalem’s aquarium

Posted on June 1, 2020

60 volunteer divers clean and maintain the fish tanks at the Israel Aquarium in Jerusalem. They also feed a few of the fish that cannot have their food thrown to them from above. The aquarium’s 33 tanks hold hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Outfoxed

Posted on June 1, 2020

The Mayor of Nof Hagalil in Northern Israel sent a veterinarian and an electricity department truck with a crane to rescue a fox from the second-floor windowsill of its national insurance office. How the fox got there is unclear, but … Continue reading →

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We were all born in Jerusalem

Posted on June 1, 2020

The first ever English translation of former Israeli PM Menachem Begin’s amazing literary speech in 1972, about his past and present homelands. (Need to register for free trial) https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/israel-zionism/2020/05/we-were-all-born-in-jerusalem-a-never-before-translated-speech-by-menachem-begin/

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