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Life & Death: what the stats say about you

Advances in medicine and better awareness about lifestyle choices mean Europeans are living longer than ever.

18/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Brain implant allows paralysed monkey to walk

It’s being hailed as a major medical breakthrough: partially-paralysed monkeys have learned to walk again thanks to a brain implant that uses wireless signals to bypass broken nerves in the spinal cor

16/11/2016

Real Economy

The economy of an ageing Europe

The tide has definitely turned against Europe’s population – making it increasingly ‘grey’.

15/11/2016

Europe News

NGO warns of worrying healthcare access for migrants in Europe

A report by a leading medical NGO has found that migrants are struggling to access proper healthcare across Europe.

15/11/2016

My Europe Series

Climate change's devastating effects on Europe's nature, health and economy

Global warming is expected to continue with its share of devastating weather patterns: heavy rainfalls, floods, extreme droughts and lasting effects on nature, the economy and people’s…

11/11/2016

My Europe Series

Bosnia and Herzegovina: dying for coal

On all Saints day, people had come from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even from abroad, to honour their loved ones at the cemetary of the Divkovici village, in Bosian and…

11/11/2016

Haiti

Big cholera vaccination campaign underway in Haiti

The country has been struggling with cholera since it was first brought in accidently in 2010 by UN peacekeepers

10/11/2016

France

French nurses stage nationwide protests

Thousands of nurses have rallied across France to demonstrate against budget cuts and staff shortages, claiming care is being put at risk.

08/11/2016

India

New Delhi smog surpasses hazardous levels

Authorities in New Delhi have begun revoking licences of older diesel vehicles and halted construction work, in a desperate bid to combat days of extreme air…

08/11/2016

World News

Pollution is silently killing 600,000 under-fives a year

A new report from UNICEF unearths some shocking figures on the extent of the damage air pollution is doing to children all over the world

31/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Piecing together the gender jigsaw of autism

Scientists in the US are seeking to enroll hundreds of families with autistic sons but unaffected daughters in a study looking for genetic clues and protective…

31/10/2016

Next Series

Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices

People with schizophrenia are volunteering for a European research project to help the control and perhaps even silence the tormenting voices in their heads by confronting a computer avatar of…

31/10/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: me & my avatar

Can this avatar fight schizophrenia?

31/10/2016

World News

Has the West covered up its own sports drug cheats?

Russia fielded a diminished Olympic team at Rio 2016, and its Paralympic team was excluded entirely, after findings of widespread, state-orchestrated doping.

28/10/2016

USA

Miracle baby Lynlee who was born twice after life-saving surgery

Lynlee at 23 weeks underwent a risky and complex surgery.

26/10/2016

Belgium

Can a child choose euthanasia?

In September, a 17-year old became the first child to be euthanised under Belgian law.

25/10/2016

World News

Could your smartphone kill you?

On 11 October Samsung stopped all production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after several handsets exploded or caught fire.

23/10/2016

World News

Which is the most obese country in the EU?

Eurostat has today published figures on the level of obesity in the European Union.

20/10/2016

World News

Are refugees bringing diseases to Europe?

TB, HIV, flesh eating bacteria are among the terrifying diseases popularly linked with migration

20/10/2016

Spain

Spanish mum, 62, shows off new baby

Lina Alvarez is no ordinary mother.

19/10/2016