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Implant provides a way out for 'locked in syndrome' sufferers

Implant provides a way out for locked in syndrome sufferers

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Fighting dementia with gaming

A mobile game that challenges a gamer’s spatial navigation has generated the largest-ever dementia study.

France

Bird flu returns to Europe as France becomes the latest country to find H5N8 avian influenza in wild ducks

Cases of H5N8 bird flu have been detected in wild ducks in Northern France amid a recent outbreak of the disease in Europe.

Germany

Germany to cull thousands of poultry after bird flu outbreak

Authorities in Germany have decided to kill 92,000 poultry after a series of high risk H5N8 bird flu cases have been confirmed across the country.

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Belgium

Brussels blocked by massive protest

Thousands of demonstrators who work in Belgium's health and welfare sector are angry about government plans for austerity measures.

Europe News

Europeans live longer, but not in the best of health - new report

Europeans are now more likely to live into their 80s, but they may not be in the best of health.

Ukraine

360 video: How the UNDP is helping save lives in Ukraine

In 2015, the country's government handed over the procurement and distribution of some life-saving drugs to international organisations including the UN. Access and cost have improved as a result.

Switzerland

Zika virus declared no longer an international emergency by WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Zika no longer constitutes an international emergency – warning at the same time that the virus will continue to spread where mosquitoes carrying

United Kingdom

'Right to be frozen' ruling for UK teenager triggers concern

Is it a scientific way of cheating death?

World News

Life & Death: what the stats say about you

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

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

Real Economy

The economy of an ageing Europe

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

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.

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…

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…

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

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.

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…

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

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…