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What is immunity debt – and is it really making kids sick?

There’s been an uptick in viral infections in the post-pandemic period, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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Activists raise awareness on alarming number of abandoned newborns in Hungary

Activists staged a demonstration outside of a major train station to draw attention to the 300 newborns abandoned annually in maternity wards.

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Which are the most common operations surgeons perform in EU hospitals?

When it comes to operations, these are the most common surgical procedures undertaken in hospitals across the European Union.

Healthcare

Doctor shortages and low pay: Europe's hospitals are under the weather

Europe is suffering from a healthcare crisis, with chronic staff shortages, low pay and overtime prompting strikes in Germany, Slovenia, and Sweden. In France meanwhile, a controversial medicine education reform has students and doctors up in arms.

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Doctors and nurse arrested after Romanian hospital deaths

17 people died in the intensive care unit at St. Panteleimon Emergency Hospital in Bucharest over the course of four days.

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Doctors strike in Portugal for better working conditions and pay

Doctors in Portugal are among the lowest paid in the European Union and their working conditions have deteriorated over the last two decades.

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At least seven persons killed by landslides in Baños, Ecuador

The storms sent a deluge of mud and floodwaters crashing into highways and bridges, severing the main road connecting Ecuador’s highlands to its Amazonian provinces.

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What is the Malta hospital scandal engulfing former PM Joseph Muscat?

A former prime minister has become the first in Malta to have criminal charges brought against him over a corruption scandal.

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Female patients have lower mortality rates with female doctors - study

Female patients had lower rates of mortality and hospital readmissions when treated by female doctors, a new study suggested.

Healthcare

Study links nurses’ intention to leave jobs to patient mortality

Experts said hospitals should see nurses’ intention to leave their jobs as a “warning sign” that improvements are needed.

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Spain reintroduces mandatory face masks over COVID concerns

Spain announced on Monday that wearing face masks inside health facilities was now complusory, as COVID-19 and flu cases grow across the country.

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Respiratory deaths more likely in summer than winter, study finds

A Spanish research team has found a correlation between high ambient temperatures and the number of patient deaths during the summer months compared to winter.

Iraq

Fire at wedding in Northern Iraq kills more than 100 people

There was no official word on the cause of the blaze, but the Kurdish television news channel Rudaw aired footage showing fireworks shooting up from the floor of the event and setting a chandelier aflame.

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Australian doctors find live parasitic worm in woman's brain

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

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WATCH: Pope Francis leaves hospital after abdominal surgery

Pope Francis, who is 86, was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Rome after undergoing abdominal surgery.

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Drug-resistant fungus spreading at 'alarming rate' in US hospitals

Candida auris, which spreads easily and can resist common treatments, poses a deadly infection risk to fragile and elderly patients.

Climate

What is desflurane and how is it bad for the environment?

Scotland has recently banned the general anaesthetic due to its climate impact.

Netherlands

European hospitals targeted by 'pro-Russian' hackers

Hospitals in the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Poland and the US have been hit by cyber-attacks, according to Dutch authorities.

Eco-Innovation

How are solar panels saving children’s lives in Zimbabwe?

The southern African country has been experiencing long blackouts while battling polio and measles outbreaks.

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‘Run into the ground’: How did Britain's NHS end up on life support?

Staff shortages, under-funding and a drive towards privatisation are all contributing factors, say campaigners, as nurses launch a new round of strikes.