Healthcare

Florida Senate passes six-week abortion ban

Florida's Republican-led Senate passed a bill on Monday to outlaw most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, bringing the state a step closer to joining others across the U.S. South…

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WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to ‘essential’ medicines list

Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries,…

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As 2024 election approaches, White House jumps into states’ abortion battles

The White House is jumping into state-level battles for women's reproductive rights, lending legal and messaging advice to allies in states pushing restrictions as the Biden administration seeks to make…

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Food and drinks are getting sweeter. Even if it’s not all sugar, it’s bad for our health

Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit and honey, were an important energy source for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily…

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AstraZeneca gets EU backing for targeted breast cancer therapies

Pharma giant AstraZeneca said that two of its existing therapies were recommended for treating patients with some forms of high-risk breast cancers in the European Union, in a boost to…

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Don’t wear earphones all day – your ears need to breathe

Wireless earphone sales are booming, with Apple alone selling an estimated 100 million sets of AirPods in 2020. Being untethered from our phones or devices means we are likely to…

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Umana Medical and GPI to showcase innovations at Med-Tech Malta

Medical technology leaders and creators Umana Medical, as well as its Italian parent company GPI, a multinational industrial leader in the sector, will be participating through exhibitions and workshops at…

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Malta: President inaugurates memorial dedicated to health care professionals

The President of Malta George Vella has inaugurated a memorial dedicated to health care professionals at San Anton gardens. The memorial was restored since it had sustained a lot of…

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Britain begins world’s largest trial of blood test for 50 types of cancer

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's state-run National Health Service will on Monday begin the world's biggest trial of Grail Inc's flagship Galleri blood test that can be used to detect more…

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Malta to vaccinate children between 12 and 15 years in July

Malta's Health Minister announced that children aged between 12 and 15 will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in July. The use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for teenagers between 12 and…

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Settling your differences before bedtime ‘could prolong lifespan’

Most of us are guilty of stewing over a disagreement and failing to make peace for a few days - or even longer. But a new Oregon State University study…

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Face masks should complement and not replace other preventive measure – ECDC

The ECDC announced that face masks in the community should complement and not replace other preventive measure. In its statement the ECD said that the use of face masks in…

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WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh clinical advice on Tuesday for treating COVID-19 patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it advised using low-dose anti-coagulants to prevent…

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England to ban unhealthy food displays at supermarket checkouts

Supermarkets will be banned from displaying unhealthy food and drink products close to the checkout counters, as well as using them in special offers including buy one get one free.…

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New human-to-human virus identified in Bolivia

Researchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the human-to-human transmission of a rare virus in Bolivia belonging to a family of viruses that can cause…

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European Commission on Wednesday proposes an overhaul of the rules on public health

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of the rules on public health which would give the EU the power to declare an health emergency and stress test national…

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Common cold antibodies hold clues to COVID-19 behaviour

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the…

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Italy’s health services feeling the strain as spread of Covid-19 is accelerating

The spread of COVID-19 is accelerating in Italy and the nation's health services are starting to feel the strain, the Higher Health Institute said Friday in its weekly monitoring report…

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European countries facing shortage of Covid-19 drug remdesivir

European countries are facing shortages of COVID-19 drug remdesivir because limited supplies are running out, officials said, with cases surging and the United States having bought up most of drugmaker…

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COVID-19 can spread through virus lingering in air – CDC

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said COVID-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health…

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How two mass events ruined Malta’s image as ‘poster child of Europe’s Covid19 first wave success’ – Medical Expert Report

A paper published in the Journal of Community Health, by Professor Charmaine Gauci, the Superintendent for Public Health, doctors’ association head Martin Balzan, Mater Dei Hospital’s chief operating officer Steve Aguis, Sarah Cuschieri…

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Covid-19 exposed Madrid’s primary healthcare critical situation

El Pais reports that numbers don’t tell the whole story of the dramatic situation facing Madrid’s understaffed primary healthcare professionals as they try to cope with a second Covid-19 wave. Doctors…

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Comniq.EU – Health

by Keith Zahra European regulators could be in a position to approve the first vaccine against Covid-19 this year, after a flurry of trials by pharma companies leading the…

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Malta: Covid-19 situation under control as number of cases in hospital remains low – PM

The Covid-19 situation in Malta is still under control in spite of an increase in cases, namely because the number of people requiring medical care in hospital remains extremely low,…

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Malta: MUMN to go ahead with industrial action, warns of partial lockdown in a week if high cases continue

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses will join the Medical Association of Malta in going ahead with their planned industrial action after talks with the government failed to reach a compromise.…

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Doctors and Nurses industrial action suspended after meetings with Health Minister

The unions representing doctors and nurses said on Saturday they had suspended industrial action they planned to take in protest over the holding of mass events and the consequent spread…

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Its for the health and the economy – Maltese employers call for the cancellation of all mass events

The Malta Employers’ Association said that mass events like parties and feast marches are risking the reversal of all the gains made against the spread of the Covid virus in…

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Spain records highest daily rise of coronavirus cases

Spain has recorded its highest daily rise in new coronavirus cases since the beginning of the deescalation process, with 971 infections detected in 24 hours on Thursday, compared to Wednesday’s…

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Collusion in Malta’s Hospitals’ pre-determined’ concession to Vitals Global Healthcare – National Audit Office

A multi-million euro deal to transfer three State hospitals to an obscure private company was “predetermined”, the National Audit Office said. MaltaToday reports that the NAO said government was reluctant to…

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Record increase in daily cases registered by WHO

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United…

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Maltese AI Company Defining the Healthcare of Tomorrow In The UK

Maltese AI company EBO.ai has partnered with UK health informatics firm Servelec as Exclusive AI Partners for patient self-management and is now bringing innovative self-managed services to thousands of patients…

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US: Flu vaccine use in elderly may be linked to community coronavirus mortality

COVID-19 death rates may be lower in communities where large proportions of elderly residents received flu vaccines, based on data from more than 2,000 counties around the United States. Researchers…

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Malta: MUMN takes industrial action against Steward Healthcare in Gozo

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) said that it will be taking industrial action against Steward Healthcare because the company wants to employ foreign nurses at the Gozo…

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Italian woman makes 90 Ascoli-style olives while undergoing brain tumour removal surgery

60-year-old Abruzzo woman made 90 Ascoli-style olives au gratin in less than an hour while having an operation to remove a brain tumour in an Ancona hospital Tuesday. "It all…

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Malta: Steward Healthcare doctors take 90% in buy-out of American owners

Cerberus Capital Management has sold Steward Health Care System LLC – the company which owns Steward Health Care International, which runs three state hospitals in Malta. Source: Malta Today Updated…

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Commonwealth General Secretary says that Malta has done the best in the whole of Europe

Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth General Secretary, through a video hailed Malta for its way of handling the Coronavirus outbreak. She congratulated Malta for doing the best in the whole of…

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Emotional tribute to all Mothers working in Healthcare in Malta

Ministry of Health (MALTA)

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Gratitude at health services expressed by Turkish national involved in accident in Malta

A Turkish national, heavily injured in a motorbike accident in Malta, expressed his gratitude to Turkey and Malta for helping him return home. The Turkish news agency, Anadolu reports that…

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Malta: Malta receives major shipment of PPE for healthcare workers

The first of several planned mega-shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 battle arrived in Malta on Friday. Deputy prime minister and…

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Antiviral remdesivir reported as effective in limiting disease progression in monkeys with COVID-19

US government scientists reported Friday that the antiviral drug remdesivir was effective in treating monkeys infected with COVID-19. "Early treatment with the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir significantly reduced clinical disease…

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COVID-19: A risk management strategy – Prof. Neville Calleja

By Prof. Neville Calleja, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a game changer for many of us. Public health, from being regarded…

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Malta: 500 healthcare workers call on government not to let migrants drown

The list of healthcare workers urging Prime Minister Robert Abela not to abandon migrants at sea reached 500 on Friday. On Thursday, a letter to Abela had been signed by…

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Malta: Transition team set up to take care of medical appointments backlog – Fearne

The Health Ministry has put together a transition team that will be in charge of handling all medical appointments which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Malta…

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“Let it be hope” – Malta’s Emergency Nurses

If we can carry one thing throughout our daily job, let it be hope. Let it be hope that better things are always ahead. Let it be hope that get…

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Today, the red and white flutters with pride and hope more than ever – Chris Fearne

An update on the infected numbers, another check on the number of high dependency beds being made available, the state of play at the ITU, a meeting with frontline doctors,…

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Covid19 patients in Pavia Hospital in Italy undergoing treatment using plasma of recovered patients

Several coronavirus patients at Pavia's Policlinico Hospital have received the plasma of patients who have recovered from the virus, sources said Thursday. The hospital has started testing plasmotherapy in collaboration…

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Malta in third place in Covid-19 tests carried per million people

Malta is the in the third place in the amount of tests it has carried for Coronavirus. According to data published by Our World in Data Malta has carried 2,046 tests…

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A message to the Maltese by Dr Konrad Borg – Consultant at MaterDei Hospital

Dear all, Yesterday we noted a number of people who went out in groups, compromising the sacrifices made by so many of us, who have understood the necessity of the…

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Parents need to prepare kids to guard against CoVid-19

The World Health Organization said parents need to prepare their kids to guard against COVID-19 after a new study showed that babies and very young children can sometimes develop severe…

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For second time in history, HIV patient has been cured

For the second time in history, a patient suffering from HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, has been cured of the infection, doctors said Tuesday. In a study published in medical journal…

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Malta & COVID -19 – This is not business as usual

We find ourselves at a point today where our immediate neighbours, and the world as a whole potentially face one of the most serious episodes in living memory. Not for…

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Coronavirus has mutated to a far more aggressive strain – Scientists

Coronavirus has mutated into two strains, one which appears to be far more aggressive, scientists have said, in a discovery which could hinder attempts to develop a vaccine. The older…

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Pfizer says it identified antiviral compounds that have the potential to inhibit Coronavirus

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified certain antiviral compounds it had in development that have the potential to inhibit coronaviruses and is engaging with a third party to…

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Vaccine targeting the novel Coronavirus being tested

A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report Monday on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Center for Disease Control…

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Prostate overtakes breast as most diagnosed cancer in UK

Prostate cancer has become the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England, overtaking breast cancer for the first time, latest figures quoted by the Evening Standard show. The report says that provisional cancer…

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Experts warn over scale of China mystery virus as US airports start screening

The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent…

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WHO warns lack of new antibiotics threatens global efforts to contain drug-resistant infections

Declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics are undermining efforts to combat drug-resistant infections, says the World Health Organization (WHO). Two new reports reveal…

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