Healthcare Week

World News

Students ease Bulgaria's health worker shortfall during pandemic

Volunteer medical students are working in COVID-19 wards across Bulgaria.

02/04/2021

Europe News

Number of teenagers seeking psychiatric help soars amid pandemic

Youngsters being hospitalised for mental disorders, including depression and schizophrenia, have tripled in Belgium over the past year.

31/03/2021

World News

Is COVID jab diplomacy about values over vaccines in Europe's east?

For countries in Eastern Europe, buying vaccines is not just about soft power or geopolitical goodwill — it's about values underlying the programmes.

31/03/2021

Health news

The diabetes epidemic is already upon us - can technology save us?

While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic another epidemic has been staring us in the face for 30 years: Diabetes.

31/03/2021

World News

Pandemic unemployment leaving more without health insurance

Elina is a migrant in Austria. She used to work as an English teacher in Vienna. When the pandemic struck she lost her job. Now she is pregnant in a foreign country, without a job and without health insurance.

31/03/2021

Nature

Can hearing birdsong help boost our mental health and wellbeing?

As cities went quiet during lockdown, the sounds of nature broke through. It may have been just what we needed.

31/03/2021

Ocean

The ocean, a source of treatment for some of the world's worst diseases

In partnership with the European Commission

The ocean could hold the cure to the worst threats to public health. Researchers and experts are using some of the most unknown marine bioresources to make compounds to improve our health and they're doing so without damaging the sea.

30/03/2021

Travel News

How will COVID anxiety impact the travel industry in 2021 and beyond?

The return to travel is largely considered something to celebrate. But concerns about the physical and mental health implications are normal after more than a year of lockdowns. We find out why.

30/03/2021

World News

WHO 'afraid' many European children didn't get routine jabs amid COVID

The WHO told Euronews it is "afraid" that fewer Europeans got routine vaccinations for serious diseases, like measles, during the pandemic, which could lead to outbreaks down the line.

30/03/2021

Living

The NGO saving lives by recycling soap from luxury hotels

Meet the Swiss NGO redistributing toiletries from hotels in Europe to deliver to those in need.

30/03/2021

Health news

Meet Dr Hudsson: The robot medical professional

At Moscow’s Hadassah Clinic, your health check will be carried out by a doctor who is never tired or stressed. Meet Dr Hudsson, the robot medic.

30/03/2021

Health news

How a smart thermometer saw COVID-19 coming before the experts

“What we were seeing in March was an unusual outbreak everywhere, a complete black swan event,” Kinsa founder and CEO Indra Singh told Euronews.

30/03/2021

Romania

Mental health concerns as pandemic increases children's screen time

The pandemic has increased the time children and teenagers are spending online. But experts warn that it is leaving children vulnerable to a host of negative consequences, like bullying, addictions and cyber predators.

30/03/2021

Eco-Innovation

Activity is the ‘miracle pill’ that could save both people and planet

We spoke with Peter Walker about his new book The Miracle Pill & how increasing activity could help the environment too.

30/03/2021

World News

Most vulnerable in Europe have fallen through gaps in health systems

"Many people have found themselves with a real drop in revenue during the pandemic, often the most vulnerable, and even a small reduction to money coming in can make a difference. People put healthcare on the back burner," said a Belgian charity worker.

29/03/2021

Spain

The mental toll for health workers on Spain's coronavirus frontline

Pablo is a nurse in Madrid's La Paz hospital. He worked on the frontline of COVID-19 during the first pandemic. He had no idea the toll it would take on his mental health.

29/03/2021