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USA

Backlash against opinion writer for telling Jill Biden to drop 'Dr'

The author of the op-ed urged first lady-in-waiting Dr Jill Biden to drop the honorific "Dr" as she hadn't "delivered a child".

13/12/2020

Argentina

Police in Argentina search house and clinic of Maradona's doctor

Diego Maradona's doctor is reportedly under investigation for manslaughter four days after the iconic footballer died of a heart attack at his home, according to an Argentinian news agency.

29/11/2020

World

Italy asks overseas doctors to fly in to help fight COVID-19

Health authorities in Italy have realised they have enough ventilators to cope with the second coronavirus wave but not enough medics to operate them.

17/11/2020

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Young doctors in Barcelona take off clothes to highlight concerns

The doctors said taking their clothes off was meant to symbolise a lack of protection they felt in doing their jobs.

20/10/2020

Portugal

Portugal PM Costa cools tensions after calling doctors 'cowards'

Antonio Costa met with the Portuguese Medical Association on Tuesday after sparking widespread outcry during an "off the record" conversation.

25/08/2020

World News

Beware of the sun: Doctors share tips as temperatures rise in Europe

During summer, the importance of sun protection cannot be overstated. How to choose and apply sunscreen properly? Euronews gathered a few tips from dermatologists.

28/07/2020

United Kingdom

Palliative care doctor shares a day in her life during COVID-19 era

'You can lose the personal touch' says a British palliative care doctor as she took Euronews through her day treating end-of-life patients during a pandemic.

10/06/2020

France

Human contact tracing underway in France to stop spread of COVID-19

Euronews talks to GPs at the centre of France's human contact tracing initiative

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Supply of protective gowns 'critical' say UK hospitals

Supplies of protective gear will run out this weekend in parts of England, hospital bosses say, amid warnings that doctors' lives are being put at risk.

18/04/2020

Italy

'Staff is down to the bone': Italian healthcare workers on COVID-19

'These are my first days of work and I’m facing COVID-19', said one Italian doctor who started working amid the #coronavirus pandemic.

08/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Experts answer your burning COVID-19 questions

Every week on Euronews, we're bringing together a panel of leading experts in a variety of fields to answer your coronavirus questions.

02/04/2020

France

Coronavirus: First French hospital doctor dies of COVID-19

The doctor was from the Oise department, one of the first French areas to be heavily hit by the virus.

22/03/2020

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Zimbabwe doctors protest alleged abduction

Dozens of doctors marched at Zimbabwe's biggest hospital on Sunday, demanding the release of a union boss believed to be abducted after calling for a pay strike.

15/09/2019

World

What is France's innovative digital solution to combat GP shortage?

An innovative digital solution will give residents in rural areas of France access to doctors in an attempt to combat ‘medical deserts’.

14/08/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. As a GP, I'm happy FaceApp is making us all think about old age - for once ǀ View

FaceApp has taken the world by storm in the last week, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. [...] It turns out we are more interested in ageing than we realised.

24/07/2019

France

French doctor charged with poisoning patients

An anaesthetist in France is suspected of poisoning patients during surgery to trigger heart failures and then heroically bring them back from death's doorstep.

17/05/2019

World

Dr Denis Mukwege knows the physical wounds are only half the battle

Dr Denis Mukwege has operated thousands of women who have been brutally raped, and he knows the physical wounds are only half the battle. At Panzi hospital in Bukavu - which he founded 30 years ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Doctor Miracle battles on against sexual violence.

18/04/2019

World

The extraordinary story of a campaigner saving rape victims' lives

Doctor Miracle's reputation spreads well beyond his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war - a surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his extraordinary work.

17/04/2019

World News

Which EU country is the best to be in if you need a GP?

New data by Eurostat looks at numbers of general medical practitioners in EU countries.

17/01/2019

Ireland

Ireland not ready for abortion service

A group representing doctors fears Ireland is not geared up for abortion services after they were legalised in a referendum

06/01/2019