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1.2 million people in Italy over the age of 50 have so far received a notice to pay a fine of 100 euros for failing to vaccinate against Covid-19, Ansa news agency reported citing the Health Ministry. The fines were introduced over the winter along with mandatory vaccination for this age group.more

Pugs have high health risks and can no longer be considered a typical dog from a health perspective, a new study suggests. Experts are advising people not to buy the dogs until there is an improvement in their health and their body shape shifts to being less extreme.more

The probability that an obese preschooler will be an obese adult is more than four times greater than that of his peers with the correct body weight. WHO reports that children in Poland gain weight the fastest in Europe - the National Health Fund said.more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a single booster dose of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine in children 5-11 years of age. The decision has yet to be approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).more

Nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK in the past year have come from abroad.more

Google is being sued over its use of confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million individuals in the UK. more

1.71 percent of Europe's adult population has skin cancer, meaning that about 7,304,000 people on the continent have the disease, according to a recent survey by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) presented at the organization's spring symposium in Ljubljana, Slovenia.more

As of today, the obligation to wear masks in public transport - metro, buses, trams, trains, planes and taxis - has been abolished in France.more

NHS prescription charges in England are to be frozen in the latest move by ministers to ease the cost-of-living crisis amid fears the squeeze on family incomes is damaging the Tories.more

The government is to delay a ban on multi-buy deals for junk food and pre-watershed TV advertising. The Department of Health said the plans would be deferred for a year while officials assessed the impact on household finances as families struggle with the increasing cost of living.more

Public Health Scotland has confirmed it is helping to trace contacts of a monkeypox patient who was identified in England. more

As many as one in four people in the UK suffer from chronic pain, which is generally hidden and not understood by the general public, Ipsos research for BBC News has revealed. The use of opiods, which should not be used in the long term, is increasing.more

At least one person confirmed to be infected with coronavirus has died in North Korea, Reuters reported, quoting a North Korean state media statement today.more

Millions of adults could be offered a fourth Covid jab this autumn after a study revealed they give protection ‘above and beyond’ that provided by a third dose.more

Many patients in south-west England are being left in dental pain because they are unable to register for NHS care, with some so desperate that they are even resorting to DIY treatment, it has emerged. more

Microsoft co-founder, billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Twitter yesterday that he was infected with a coronavirus.more

The contact of children, especially small ones, with screens, including smartphones, is a big problem and disturbs development. At the same time, few people are aware of this problem - noted psychologist Bogna Białecka.more

Big high street pharmacy chains including Boots and Superdrug have run out of some hay fever medicines, with the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, blaming temporary supply issues.more

People vaccinated against COVID-19 when infected with the Omikron variant show significantly greater resistance against other variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to research in South Africa.more

Train passengers will be greeted by colourful flowers at major stations across Britain to boost passengers’ mental health. more

Omicron XE is a so-called recombinant variant which occurs when an individual becomes infected with two or more variants at the same time more

The NHS cannot cope with the growing need for care, long delays for treatment are now routine and the staffing crisis is so acute that retired doctors are now being asked to come back and work in hospitals.more

Although catching the common cold does not immunize against COVID-19, infection with COVID-19 may, at least temporarily, increase the number of antibodies against the common coronaviruses that cause the common cold, as well as the closely related viruses SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, Science Advances reports. more

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is much less likely than Delta to result in long Covid in people who have had two doses of vaccine, new figures suggest.more

From 16 May, the state of epidemic will be transformed into a state of epidemic emergency, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced today. He also announced that the state of epidemic emergency will be maintained at least until September.more