Birth

Research: Fathers get depressed after child's birth, just not right away

Estimates suggest that about one in ten fathers experiences postpartum depression.

 An illustrative image of babies.
MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

Born under fire: MDA delivers baby in Jerusalem minutes before rushing to shelter

Magen David Adom paramedic Elad Pas shields a newborn baby during a missile alert.

‘I shielded the baby with my body’: Paramedic protects newborn during Iran missile alert

Yasmin and Yaniv Mittelberg with paramedics Adel Hamias, Yarin Benita, and Dvir Malul who helped deliver their baby boy.

Adding Light: New Life Delivered by MDA Under Fire


Palestinian terrorist's wife has quadruplets with semen smuggled from prison

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is reportedly demanding answers from the Israel Prison Service on the matter, hoping to stop the phenomenon.

 GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Why Israel innovates in healthcare and what the world can learn - opinion

Shortcomings in the Israeli healthcare system have spurred life-changing innovations that the rest of the world should learn from.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Iran faces battle to boost birth rate to stop demographic 'black hole' - analysis

Iran may not have a new generation of the kind of men that led it in the 1980s-2000s. The birthrate issue is only one part of the larger battle.

 An Iranian soldier stands guard near Iranian Navy helicopter carrier Kharg at Port Sudan at the Red Sea State, October 31, 2012.

How should you prepare to leave the house with your newborn?

If leaving the house with your baby for the first time seems intimidating, here are some tips for a fun, successful adventure.

 Mother and baby

Human rights in childbirth - opinion

A country that enshrines civil equality and also proudly holds the title for the highest birth rate of all OECD countries – must treat its women with the utmost respect.

 ON PAPER, every woman in Israel has the right to choose to give birth in a hospital, at home or in a birth center, says the writer.

What is a newborn scrunch and why's it so important for a newborn baby?

When babies fall asleep in a particular position, this affects the way they observe the world. This is what it means.

Illustrative image of a newborn baby

A baby in Brazil was born with a 12 cm tail with 4 cm-thick ball of skin

Doctors in Brazil were stunned when a baby was born with a 12-centimeter tail equipped with a 4-centimeter-thick ball of skin, but they removed it.

 Illustrative image of a baby.

This baby was born weighing 7 kilograms

This 7-kilogram baby was born in Brazil via C-section after doctors realized the mother couldn't carry it to term. Now he's too big for typical newborn clothes and diapers.

 Baby foot (Illustrative)

Prenatal alcohol consumption can change your baby's face shape - study

Changes in face shape were seen even in cases where the amount of alcohol consumed was less than a small glass of wine or a bottle of beer. 

 Pregnant woman suffers from depression (Illustrative)

Israeli midwives stretched too thin, assist multiple births at once

A close and supportive midwifery team can reduce the need for interventions in childbirth and reduce the necessity of cesarean section and instrumental deliveries.

Midwifery continuity care was found to give women better pregnancy experiences than those who didn't have it.