Tag: Public health
The Robert Koch Institute is to be broken up in favor of a new prevention institute. – Health
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is not exactly known for making internal information public. But the atmosphere there is obviously so uncomfortable that the institute’s staff council felt compelled to…
Federal Environment Agency finds dangerous plasticizer in urine samples – Health
Monitoring authorities have found traces of dangerous plasticizers in many urine samples. Toxicologist Marike Kolossa-Gehring from the Federal Environment Agency explains where they could come from and what you should…
Meningococcal B: Can you vaccinate too much? What experts say – health
With the introduction of the meningococcal B vaccination, the youngest children will now be immunized against 14 different diseases. For some parents, the question arises as to whether this will…
Can you vaccinate too much? – Health
With the introduction of the meningococcal B vaccination, the youngest children will now be immunized against 14 different diseases. For some parents, the question arises as to whether this will…
What’s next with the health kiosks – health
Karl Lauterbach would like to equip Germany with health kiosks that would offer low-threshold help. But many questions still remain unanswered – with consequences for existing facilities. It was one…
Women over 55 are increasingly practicing “binge-drinking”
Public Health France (SPF) publishes this Tuesday a new study tracing changes in alcohol consumption among French men and women in 2021. This survey system set up in 1992 aims…
The French consume too many medications due to “lack of medical education”
” Antibiotics are not automatic “. It’s impossible to have watched television in France in the 2000s without coming across this incessant advertising between two clicks. The problem is that…
Study: Asylum seekers have too little access to dental treatment – Health
You can try it. Throw a pithy sentence into the discussion and hope that no one knows whether it is actually correct anyway. At least that’s how it seemed when…
Climate crisis: Researchers warn of millions of deaths – Health
Climate change is not only an environmental crisis, it also has significant consequences for human health. Heat waves and natural disasters are increasing, and diseases are spreading to new regions.…
Lack of medication: "Nowhere is the situation as dramatic as in Germany"
An important HIV drug is in short supply. Experts fear that more people will become infected again as a result. And the problem is partly homemade. source site