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Staff absences at NHS hospitals in England due to Covid-19 have jumped to their highest level for a month, with numbers climbing in all regions, new figures show.more

About 580 thousand Poles suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and by 2050 this number will double - Polish experts are alarming and calling for the implementation of the "National Alzheimer's Plan" in the country. Today we celebrate European Brain Day in Europe.more

Pharmaceutical concern Moderna Inc. asked the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue urgent authorization for a second booster dose (a fourth in total) of his Covid-19 vaccine for all adults, the New York Times reported.more

Around one in eight adults in Britain think that, two years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, life will never return to normal – though nearly one in 10 believe things are already back to how they were.more

Pregnant women should be asked how much alcohol they are drinking and the answer recorded in their medical notes, new "priority advice" for the NHS says. more

Researchers from the University of Gdansk will soon begin studies in people who have experienced COVID-19. Their aim will be to examine, among other things, how COVID-19 affects the human brain, whether it accelerates the ageing process and what neuropsychological changes may occur after experiencing this disease.more

On Friday morning, the last remaining requirements for travellers entering the UK that were introduced because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be lifted, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced yesterday. This includes the unvaccinated.more

The second anniversary of WHO's announcement of a global epidemic has prompted more than 130 scientists, activists and representatives from leading charities to write an open letter addressed to world leaders. The signatories of the letter, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, appeal to ensure equal access to coronavirus vaccines.more

Russian troops have so far attacked at least 25 hospitals and other health facilities in Ukraine, British Health Minister Sajid Javid reported today. He reported that the UK had sent six more medical aid planes to Ukraine.more

Arminia Bielefeld are without six players for tomorrow's Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund. The players, as well as coach Frank Kramer, have contracted a coronavirus, reports dpa.more

According to the survey conducted by UCE RESEARCH and SYNO Poland for the ePsycholodzy.pl platform, more than six out of ten people have at least one of the depression symptoms listed in the survey. According to experts, it is a hidden source of low productivity and frequent absence of employees, generating losses for employers and the whole economy. more

Dr Tomasz Fryzlewicz, who lives in Plymouth, had been branded a risk to patients over his language issues.more

The results of the poll come as an Alzheimer’s Society petition, calling on the Health Secretary to reverse the decision, passed 5,000 signatures in less than a week, with more than 493 signatures coming from London.more

Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), sounded the alarm after data showed that an increasing number of people aged 55 and older have COVID-19.more

Compulsory vaccination against Covid-19, which was to be introduced and enforced in Austria from March, has been suspended for three months. This follows a report presented yesterday by a special commission to assess the impact of the mandatory vaccination law coming into force, Health Minister Johannes Rauch and European Affairs Minister Karoline Edtstadler said.more

Anticipation is growing that the UK’s passenger locator form may be scrapped next week, with the last few travel rules for unvaccinated people also up for debate.more

Households are the biggest contributor to food waste in the UK, making up 70 per cent of the total.more

Ukraine is currently facing its biggest humanitarian crisis in 77 years. A health system capable of helping refugees must be established, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge stressed today in Copenhagen.more

The NHS will pay for patients' taxis and hotels if they opt for treatment at another hospital away from their home, Sajid Javid is to announce, as he launches a major health reform that will allow the public to “shop around” between trusts to avoid long waiting times.more

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed "several" attacks on health facilities in Ukraine and is investigating further ones, said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. These attacks have cost many people's lives; there are also many wounded - he added.more

A healthy and properly balanced diet can be an effective means of reducing the risk of COVID-19 in healthy, physically active and non-obese young people - researchers from the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University have proven.more

A groundbreaking academic study examining whether benefit sanctions are linked to claimant ill-health, including mental illness and suicide, has been halted after ministers reneged on a longstanding promise to release sanctions data.more

Each local hub of GP surgeries in England will be required to provide the service from October.more

Only three in 10 students would be confident to share information regarding their drug use without fear of punishment.more

Jet2 has become the first major airline to drop the requirement for face coverings onboard some flights. more