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Rising Crystal meth industry winning drugs war

Petrovice is in the Czech Republic. The small town is close to the German border. Patrick, whose name we changed for security reasons is an

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Expert says Europe needs better teamwork to fight drugs war

Sophie Claudet, euronews: “So, the UK is planning to enforce a ban on legal highs sometime in May, but we’ve seen in the Republic of Ireland the ban

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Legal and lethal: the rise in deaths from new-wave drugs

Cheap but deadly “Words could never define what that feels like. To bury your child at seventeen for something that is so cheap but deadly.” “Heroin

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First all-out doctor's strike in the history of England's National Health Service

A “bleak day”. That was one reaction by government ministers to the first all-out doctors’ strike in the history of England’s National Health Service

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Ukraine marks 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Ukraine held memorial services on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl – the worst nuclear disaster in history. A botched test at the

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The medical response in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster

On the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster Euronews has talked to one of the world’s leading experts on radiation-related health issues

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Chernobyl: an insider's view of the atomic accident

80-year-old Alexander Davidovich Hellerman started work at Chernobyl in 1976. when the first reactor began operating. He was a senior manager at the

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Chernobyl nuclear disaster remembered

Thirty years ago, on April 26 a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. An explosion and

Ukraine

Chernobyl: thirty years on, health issues remain

Thirty years after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, fears over radiation contamination at Chernobyl have not gone away.

My Europe Series

Life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

A visit to the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine reveals what life is like three decades after the nuclear disaster.

Health Series

The power of plasma - could it help fight diseases?

Most of the matter around us is either solid, liquid, or gas. But there is something often called the fourth state – plasma – that has remarkable

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Takeaway: does plasma have super powers?

Materials touched by plasma have their physics changed. Here we show a tissue before plasma treatment, the liquid is quickly absorbed. Then the

USA

US Health experts confirm Microcephaly link with Zika virus

Confirmation of link between microcephaly and Zika Questions remain unanswered Report could refocus efforts on a vaccine After weeks of study

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Resuscitating Greece's struggling health system

Greece is facing crippling debts, high unemployment and a daily influx of migrants. All of which impacts the healthcare sector. This edition of Smart

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All you need to know on Parkinson’s Disease Day

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World Health Day: WHO focuses on dramatic rise in diabetes

Almost one in eleven people globally are affected by diabetes, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. Released to coincide with this

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Yellow fever: what you need to know

The authorities of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever in January 2016. The first cases have been identified in the district of Viana

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US health officials warn of mass Zika virus infections in Puerto Rico

There is concern that hundreds of thousands of people on the US island territory of Puerto Rico could become infected with the Zika virus this year

Italy

Italian nurse held on suspicion of 13 murders

An Italian nurse has been arrested on suspicion of killing 13 elderly patients. The nurse in her 50s worked at a hospital in Piombino in Tuscany

France

Autistic kids losing out in France as ‘retrograde vision’ leaves country lagging behind rest of Europe

France lags behind the rest of Europe when it comes to autism with around just one fifth of children getting the support they need, it’s been