Spain will introduce a “menstrual sick leave”
EUROPE – SPAIN Spain’s parliament passed a law on Thursday, 16 January, granting paid sick leave to women suffering from menstrual pain. Workers with menstrual pain will be entitled to …
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Doctors in Latvia prescribe too many antibiotics
LATVIA – HEALTH Consumption of antibiotics in Latvia increased last year. According to the State Agency of Medicines, more than 2.2 million packs of antibiotics were sold from January to …
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Flu epidemic declared in Latvia
LATVIA – HEALTH & WELFARE The group’s sickness rates in two cities have passed the paediatric threshold – as a result, the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced the …
Estonia is running out of important medicines, shortages threaten all of Europe
ESTONIA – HEALTH According to the news portal Postimees, Estonia is running out of several important medicines. The authorities are looking for solutions, but hint that the problem is wider …
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In Estonia there has been a sharp increase in the incidence of HIV infection
ESTONIA – HEALTH While last year 125 patients were diagnosed with the disease, this year there are already 213.According to the Health Development Institute, although the rate of HIV infection …
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Latvia faces a shortage of paediatric antibiotics
LATVIA – Medicine According to ltv.lsm.lv journalist Viktorija Puschkele-Otto, both family doctors and pharmacy representatives talk about the problem of antibiotics for children. Some of them make children’s suspensions of …
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Italy is going to conduct a pharma-cologic investigation on Latvians
LATVIA – Education and Science According to the ÂŤMinistry of Education and ScienceÂť, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis for the first time in Latvia implements the prestigious ERA Chair project. …
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Armed paramedics?
LATVIA – Ambulance Service Emergency Medical Services (lat. NMPD) has decided to arm itself. The Service is currently developing a specific security programme to reduce the risk of violence and …