08.11.2021 – 10:20 PHOENIX Bonn (ots) The Vice President of the German Nursing Council (DPR), Irene Maier, has criticized the slow growth in nursing staff and the passive attitude of politics. “We are short of over 200,000 jobs in Germany. All of this puts pressure on those who work on patients and who do not … Read more
In the wake of the corona pandemic, according to a study, life expectancy in many countries has fallen more sharply than it has been in Western Europe since the Second World War. In some countries, the progress of the past few years has been ruined in a short time, report researchers at the Leverhulme Center … Read more
24.09.2021 – 09:00 Federal Medical Association Berlin (ots) Berlin, 24.09.2021 – In agreement with the Paul Ehrlich Institute, the German Medical Association has updated the haemotherapy guideline last amended in 2017 as part of the regular updates and published it on its website. The admission criteria for blood donation by people with sexual risk behavior … Read more
What will happen to Germany’s schools after the summer holidays? It’s only June, and the number of infections is currently quite low, but a statement by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) at the weekend fueled this debate. “We will not be able to go back to school completely without protective measures,” he said on … Read more
In Austria, further corona restrictions will come into effect on July 1st. The curfew introduced due to the Corona crisis will be lifted. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced that night catering would be possible again with initially slightly reduced capacity. “It can be danced, married, celebrated”. The infection situation was significantly better than generally expected, … Read more
15-06-2021 The first physical meeting of EU health ministers since March 6, 2020, this Council made it possible to note in general a clear improvement in the health situation obtained at the cost of a substantial collective effort, in particular as regards the incidence and hospitalization rate. The deployment of vaccination campaigns is advancing at … Read more
31.05.2021 – 11:00 Federal Ministry of Education and Research – – Berlin (ots) BMBF strengthens collaborative research on long Covid symptoms Any infection with SARS-CoV-2 carries the risk of long-term damage to health. Due to the novelty of the disease, there is currently still a lack of scientifically sound knowledge about these long-term effects. Winning … Read more
09.04.2021 – 10:34 PHOENIX Bonn (ots) The parliamentary group leader of the Left in the Bundestag, Dietmar Bartsch, has sharply criticized the corona policy of the federal government and in particular of the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder. “We are currently in a chaotic situation, we have a huge communication problem on the part of … Read more
11-03-2021 At the press conference held on 11.03.2021, Minister of Health Paulette Lenert gave an update on the test strategy in the fight against the coronavirus. The press conference was an opportunity to review the conclusions of the first phase of large-scale screening (LST1) of the research taskforce, to draw a first preliminary assessment of … Read more
Status: 02/24/2021 3:36 p.m. By the end of this week, everyone over the age of 80 should have received an invitation. Health Minister Heiner Garg (FDP) made this clear in an interview with NDR Schleswig-Holstein in the morning. Previously, his statement that this group would be “finished” by the end of this week caused irritation … Read more