German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to promote physical education in schools in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced rising number of overweight children . "The children have suffered the most from the pandemic". - He told the daily Bild.more
State Secretary for Health Maarten van Ooijen has proposed that the price of cigarettes should gradually rise to EUR 47 per packet in 2040, reports the daily De Telegraaf, which now costs EUR 8.more
A shortage of GPs has left some areas of England having to cope with half the number of doctors than other areas, an analysis for the BBC has found.
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Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a major change happening in every single supermarket in the UK. The retailer says the change could potentially save tens-of-thousands of shoppers' lives.
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As of June 1, a Covid-19 pass will no longer be required for entry into Italy, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. The ministry announced that it will not extend the requirement for the so-called Green Pass, which expires at the end of May.more
More and more misleading information about monkey pox is being disseminated on social media, for example that the virus of this disease originated in a laboratory. This is fake news - experts assure. They also argue that the virus has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine.more
People suffering from monkey pox, infected with the monkey pox virus and suspected of being infected will be obligatorily hospitalized. 21 days will be quarantine in case of exposure to monkey pox or being in contact with the monkey pox virus - according to the ordinance of the minister of health.more
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday that another 16 infections were confirmed in England, bringing the total there since May 7 to 101.more
Wales is the last UK nation to remove all its restrictions after more than two years of measures. The Welsh government has said COVID hospital admissions are falling but the NHS is still under pressure.more
A worldwide shortage of health care workers numbering in the tens of millions could make it impossible to provide adequate health care, reports The Lancet.more
The German Standing Committee on Immunization (Stiko) recommends vaccinating children from five to eleven years of age against Covid-19 with a vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Previously, such a recommendation only applied to children of this age with diseases, informs "Tagesspiegel".more
Two cases of monkey pox have been reported in America. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the latest wave of the virus is spreading especially by sexual contact.more
People infected with the monkey pox virus have to stay in isolation for 21 days, Belgian media reported yesterday. Belgium is the first country in the world to introduce this obligation.more
In the agglomeration of Madrid, the capital of Spain, there are already 37 percent. all confirmed cases of infection with monkey pox in the world, the medical authorities of the region estimate. In total, 39 people were infected there.more
Covid-19 cases are rising in the United States and the situation could worsen in the coming months, federal health officials have warned, calling on authorities in some regions to re-enforce the indoor mask injunction.more
UK charities have called on the government to bring in leave for those who suffer from menstrual pain. It comes as Spanish politicians approve a new draft bill that would allow those with painful periods to have three days off a month.more
I am afraid that the spread of monkey pox in Europe may accelerate with summer events and festivals, warned the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe, Hans Kluge.more
A team from the University of Manchester have been working with scientists in Australia - where sunbeds are already banned. They looked at the harm and costs linked with indoor tanning.more
A further 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK, bringing the total to 20 already, the country's Health Minister Sajid Javid announced yesterday. He added that most of the cases are mild.more
Many people look set to be offered a fifth coronavirus vaccine - but health experts say the "likelihood, timing and severity of any potential future wave of COVID-19" is unclear.
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A health alert has been issued in Madrid due to the detection of 7 initially confirmed and 22 suspected cases of monkeypox virus infection in the region, Europa Press reported. Swedish health authorities yesterday reported the first confirmed case of monkeypox in a person living in the Stockholm area.more
