Health news

Hospitals are turning to helper bots to solve chronic staff shortages

Robots currently being trialled in hospitals around the world can deliver prescriptions and work around the clock, including night shifts.

1 February 2023

Health news

‘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.

18 January 2023

France

Macron unveils new plan to stop 'endless crisis' in French healthcare

Emmanuel Macron unveils new plan to stop 'endless crisis' in French healthcare

6 January 2023

Health news

England leading race to wipe out hepatitis C ahead of global targets

The country’s health service has used a pioneering medicine deal and ‘find and treat’ programmes to reduce deaths from hepatitis C by 35 per cent.

28 December 2022

Health news

AI is helping doctors spot and treat strokes much faster

The Brainomix e-Stroke system has been shown to improve patient outcomes.

27 December 2022

United Kingdom

UK ambulance workers' walkout stokes fears of health system paralysis

The industrial action prompted warnings from healthcare leaders about straining a health system already in crisis.

21 December 2022

Health news

This new artificial muscle is just like a human’s but stronger

A team of researchers at the KAIST has developed a new artificial muscle much stronger and faster than human muscles using graphene-liquid crystal composite fibres.

20 December 2022

Rethink

How your body clock can make drugs and vaccines more effective

The efficacy of vaccines and drugs differs in the mornings vs the afternoon. We spoke to Oxford Professor Russel Foster about its importance.

19 December 2022

Europe

Europe's health workers slam 'empty' post-pandemic promises

Euronews interviewed public health professionals across Europe and they all agree: working conditions have only worsened since the pandemic and they are demanding action.

12 December 2022

Health news

This ‘smart sensor’ dressing can tell you how well a wound is healing

The “smart” dressing works by monitoring the pH level of a wound, a key piece of data that can inform doctors how well it is healing.

29 November 2022

Ukraine

Nine months on, how war in Ukraine is impacting pregnancies

"An average of about 900 children a day are being born into a life of uncertainty. The chaos of the war poses a serious threat to these mothers and newborns."

24 November 2022

Tech News

Innovation Radar Prize: How is Europe championing its start-ups?

German quantum tech company NVision could save lives by allowing the earliest assessment of response to cancer therapy in a safer way.

17 November 2022

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Argentine healthcare workers march demanding better salaries

Residents, doctors, and healthcare workers march through Buenos Aires while holding candles and lights asking for higher salaries and better working conditions.

15 November 2022

Euronews Debates

Fit for the future: How can Europe create sustainable healthcare?

The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with ballooning health costs, are putting Europe’s healthcare systems under more strain than ever.

4 November 2022

Health news

‘Heart in a box’ device slashes heart transplant waiting lists

The box pumps blood through hearts that have stopped beating, to “reanimate” them so they can be used for transplants.

1 November 2022

Euronews Debates

Euronews Debates | Shaping the future of biosimilar medicine in Europe

Euronews has gathered a panel of experts, industry leaders and key players in Brussels to address the issue of biosimilar medicines.

28 October 2022

Lifestyle

World’s ‘dirtiest man’ dies in Iran aged 94

Amou Haji was so called because he had not washed for almost 70 years and he believed that staying dirty kept him alive for so long.

26 October 2022

Health news

Do I need to have a fourth COVID jab? Here's what you need to know

Here’s what you need to know about the rollout of COVID booster shots this winter.

21 October 2022

Health news

Transplanted livers can keep working for more than 100 years

These findings pave the way for a much bigger donor pool, potentially giving new hope to future patients.

18 October 2022

Smart Health

eHealth: How is digitalisation changing the medical sector in Europe?

The digitalisation of healthcare has become one of Europe’s top priorities. In this map, we take you to four countries who are leading the digital transformation of health in Europe.

13 October 2022