Gabriela Galvin

wellbeing

If you live here, you're breathing some of the deadliest air in Europe

Fine particulate matter contributed to about 239,000 deaths in Europe, but the burden was felt more deeply in some parts of the continent than others.

11 January 2025

Health news

Why flu vaccination rates are down across Europe

Several countries expanded their influenza jab guidelines this year, but vaccination rates remain sub-optimal, health experts say.

11 January 2025

Health news

Eating disorders may be linked to teens’ brain development

The new study followed young people for about a decade, tracking their brain development, eating habits, and genetics.

10 January 2025

Health news

France's youth mental health crisis is growing, study shows

Girls and young women have been particularly affected, the analysis found.

9 January 2025

Health news

New dementia patients live fewer than 5 years after diagnosis

Dutch researchers found differences in life expectancy by gender, geographic region, and age at dementia diagnosis.

9 January 2025

Health news

Small Italian town forbids residents to get sick

The declaration comes amid severe workforce shortages in the region and across Italy.

8 January 2025

Health news

France reports first case of more severe mpox strain

France is the fifth country in Europe to detect the new mpox strain.

7 January 2025

Health news

US reports first human death from H5N1 bird flu

US public health agencies said the risk to the general public remains low.

7 January 2025

Health news

What we know about HMPV, the respiratory virus spreading in China

The virus, first identified in 2001, is one of a handful of respiratory illnesses spreading this winter. This is what we know about the current outbreak.

7 January 2025

Health news

Puberty blockers are rarely prescribed to transgender teens - study

The analysis of more than five million children in the US indicates that very few are transgender and prescribed puberty blockers.

6 January 2025

Health news

US top doctor calls for cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks

The recommendation isn’t legally binding, but could help bring public awareness to the health risks associated with alcohol.

3 January 2025

Health news

Giving poor people cash reduced tuberculosis risks in Brazil - study

Researchers said the findings underscore the close link between poverty and tuberculosis, which sickens more than 10 million people per year.

3 January 2025

Health news

Most cancer patients in England now diagnosed at an early stage

With more people being screened for cancer than ever, the share of diagnoses made at an early stage has risen, the data shows.

2 January 2025

Healthcare

As fertility treatments become more common in Europe, who has access?

Access to fertility treatments varies across Europe even as these procedures become more common.

30 December 2024

Healthcare

Italy unveils plans for €4.2 million fund to target obesity

The creation of the fund is viewed as a small but meaningful step to address Italy’s looming obesity problem but critics remain unconvinced of its impact.

20 December 2024

Health news

WHO declares Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak officially over

No new cases of the highly lethal Ebola-like virus have been reported in Rwanda since late October.

20 December 2024

Health news

'The mystery has finally been solved': Unknown DRC disease identified

While local health officials said severe malaria is the culprit, the WHO said testing is still ongoing to confirm the cause of the outbreak.

18 December 2024

Health news

Why scientists believe these two jobs have lower risk of Alzheimer's

The findings could indicate that dementia risks are lower for people in certain professions, but the researchers said nothing is definite.

18 December 2024

Health news

Is the global pandemic treaty dead?

Negotiators looking to avert another COVID-style crisis have yet to make progress on two key sticking points for a global pandemic treaty which has a May 2025 deadline.

17 December 2024

Healthcare

Are new, expensive drugs worth it? Not if you're not a recipient

A new study has found that the approval of new drugs in England has come at a heavy cost to the health of many others due to a loss of funding.

14 December 2024