Healthcare

15

Sep

Coronavirus, SpainCoronavirus, Healthcare, Spain

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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21

Aug

CDPRO, Comuniq.EUEU, Healthcare

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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07

Aug

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsCoronavirus, Economy, Healthcare, Malta

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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05

Aug

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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01

Aug

Breaking News, Malta, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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26

Jul

Coronavirus, Malta, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta, Malta Employers

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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25

Jul

CD eNews, Coronavirus, News, SpainCoronavirus, Healthcare, Spain

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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07

Jul

CD eNews, Malta, NewsHealthcare, Malta, Vitals

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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05

Jul

CD eNews, Coronavirus, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, WHO

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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30

Jun

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Dispatch, Healthcare, Malta, Malta News, News, TechnologyAI, Healthcare, Malta, Technology

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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27

Jun

Coronavirus, News, USACoronavirus, Healthcare, USA

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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12

Jun

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsGozo, Healthcare, MUMN

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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09

Jun

Italy, NewsAscoli, Healthcare, Italy

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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03

Jun

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsHealthcare, Steward

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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30

May

Coronavirus, Malta News, NewsCommonwealth, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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10

May

Coronavirus, Malta News, NewsHealthcare, Malta

Emotional tribute to all Mothers working in Healthcare in Malta

Ministry of Health (MALTA)

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08

May

CD eNews, Malta, Malta News, News, TurkeyHealthcare, Malta, Turkey

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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25

Apr

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsCoVid19, Healthcare

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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18

Apr

CD eNews, Coronavirus, Medical News, NewsCoVid19, Healthcare, Medicine

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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18

Apr

CDPRO, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Blog, Medical News, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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17

Apr

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsHealthcare, Migrants

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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12

Apr

Malta, Malta Headline, NewsChris Fearne, Healthcare, Hospital, Malta

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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10

Apr

Coronavirus, Malta, Malta News, News, Photo StoryHealthcare, Malta, MaterDei

“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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05

Apr

Coronavirus Blog, Malta, NewsChris Fearne, Coronavirus, CoVid19, Healthcare, Malta

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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02

Apr

Coronavirus, Italy, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Italy

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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24

Mar

CD eNews, Coronavirus, Malta, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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21

Mar

Coronavirus, Coronavirus Blog, Malta, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Malta

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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18

Mar

Coronavirus, Newschildren, Healthcare, WHO

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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10

Mar

CD eNews, HEalth Care, NewsAIDS, Healthcare, HIV, StemCell Transplant

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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09

Mar

Coronavirus, Malta, NewsCoronavirus, Corporate Dispatch, Economy, Healthcare, Tourism

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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04

Mar

CD eNews, Coronavirus, NewsCoronavirus, CoVid19, Healthcare, Science

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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03

Mar

Company News, Coronavirus, NewsCoronavirus, Healthcare, Pfizer

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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11

Feb

CD eNews, Coronavirus, NewsChina, Coronavirus, Healthcare

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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28

Jan

Healthcare, News, UKCancer, Healthcare, UK

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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18

Jan

CD eNews, China, Healthcare, NewsChina, Healthcare, wuhan

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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17

Jan

News, World Health Organization (WHO)Healthcare, WHO

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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17

Jan

China, Healthcare, NewsChina, Healthcare

Second person dies from mystery Chinese virus

A second person has died in China from a mystery virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two other Asian countries, officials said late on Thursday. The news comes…

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16

Jan

Coronavirus, Healthcare, Japan, NewsChina, Healthcare, Japan

Japan confirms first case of new China coronavirus strain

Japan has confirmed its first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the US state department.   A…

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15

Jan

China, Healthcare, News, USAChina, Healthcare, USA

U.S. issues warning about pneumonia outbreak in China

The U.S. State Department warned Americans in China about an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan believed to be caused by a new strain of coronavirus, and…

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15

Jan

Australia, CD eNews, NewsAustralia, Fires, Healthcare

Australian wildfire smoke stokes health fears

  Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government office blocks in the Australian…

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13

Jan

China, Coronavirus, News, World Health Organization (WHO)China, Healthcare, WHO

Chinese mystery virus outbreak not spreading at present

An outbreak of pneumonia that has killed one person in China and infected 40 others appears to be linked to a single seafood market in the central city of Wuhan…

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12

Jan

CD eNews, China, Coronavirus, Healthcare, NewsChina, Healthcare, wuhan

First death from China mystery illness outbreak

A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while seven others are in critical…

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09

Jan

Canada, Entertainment World, NewsCanada, Healthcare, Justin Bieber

Singer Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. The symptoms often include a rash, muscle pain, and tiredness. In a long message on his…

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09

Jan

CD eNews, China, Coronavirus, News, World Health Organization (WHO)China, Healthcare, WHO

WHO fears China’s mysterious outbreak could be new virus

Chinese state media said on Thursday that an outbreak of more than 50 pneumonia cases in the central city of Wuhan could be caused by a new strain of coronavirus.…

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08

Jan

Healthcare, News, World Health Organization (WHO)Healthcare, WHO

Spread of polio still an international public health concern

The spread of polio internationally remains a global public health concern, experts meeting in Geneva have concluded. The opinion comes in a statement released on Tuesday following the latest meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the…

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06

Jan

China, Healthcare, NewsChina, Healthcare

Sars ruled out as dozens fall ill in China

A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said. They also discounted bird flu and Middle East…

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04

Jan

China, NewsChina, Healthcare

Alarms raised in China as mystery pneumonia outbreak infects dozens and spurs WHO action

China's health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said, as the number of its cases rose to 44…

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02

Jan

CD eNews, China, Healthcare, NewsChina, Healthcare

China investigates respiratory illness outbreak

Chinese experts are investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness in the central city of Wuhan that some have likened to the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. The city’s health commission said in…

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31

Dec

NewsHealthcare, Romania

Woman dies after set on fire during surgery in Romania

A 66-year-old woman in Romania has died after being set on fire during surgery, the country's health ministry announced on Sunday evening. The woman was undergoing surgery for her pancreatic…

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29

Dec

Healthcare, Italy, NewsHealthcare, Italy

Nearly quarter of million in bed with the flu in Italy

Over 247,000 people in Italy were affected with the flu during the week before the Christmas holidays. The most affected regions are Valle d'Aosta, Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Marche…

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26

Dec

Healthcare, News, UKHealthcare, UK

Cancer patients to be put on fitness programmes by NHS within 48 hours of being diagnosed

Cancer patients will be enrolled in gym sessions before they can start chemotherapy to help their odds of survival. Within 48 hours of being diagnosed, patients are being encouraged to…

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19

Dec

Healthcare, News, World Health Organization (WHO)Healthcare, smoking, WHO

WHO reports that for the first time male smoking rates stalled

For years, declines in tobacco use were driven mostly by women and girls. The UN health organization welcomed governments' successful efforts to decrease smoking among men and boys. The number…

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19

Dec

Healthcare, News, World Health Organization (WHO)Breast Cancer, Healthcare, WHO

WHO applauds low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women

More women could soon have access to an affordable version of an expensive life-saving breast cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The UN health agency has prequalified the biosimilar version of the…

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14

Dec

NewsHealthcare, Music, Science

Classical music improves surgeons’ performance, study shows

Surgeons’ performance can be significantly improved by listening to classical music in the operating theatre, new research from Dundee University reveals. ClassicFM reports that the study, published in the International…

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12

Dec

Healthcare, News, South Koreae-cigarettes, Healthcare, South Korea

South Korea finds some liquid e-cigarette products have ingredient linked to lung illness

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