HEALTH

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the death of the former footballer Ilie Balaci, Health Minister Sorina Pintea (photo 1)announced on Monday that she has sent a specialist team to the Ambulance in Craiova. Ilie Balaci (photo ...

The first cases of African swine fever have been tracked down in Teleorman county, Liviu Dragnea’s fief. Mass media reported that two pigs, confirmed with the African swine fever virus, have been found dead in a forest, on Dragnea family’s ...

More and more counties in Romania are facing the drug consumption among youngsters. For instance, one in ten high school students in Constanta (southeastern Romania) has tried at least one drug, with the most consumed one being cannabis. Being also ...

A baby boy with a rare malformation has been born at the Maternity Hospital in Ploiesti. The baby has two penises, with the doctors saying they have never met such a case before. The medical manager of the hospital says ...

Eating al desko is on the rise with 50% forced to eat lunch at their desk as the average lunch break shrinks to just 32.14 minutes. 32% of Romanians are bored with eating the same thing for lunch everyday, with ...

Romania was ranked 67th – behind its EU neighbors – in the new Human Capital Index (HCI), launched by the World Bank Group on Friday. Singapore, with an HCI score of 0.88 (on a scale of zero to 1), topped ...

The National Sanitary Veterinary Agency for Food Safety (ANSVSA) has announced the withdrawal from sale of several roe salads and humus, on sale at Carrefour Romania, following the evidence they are infected with Listeria monocytogenes. The company has called on ...

The West Nile virus infection, mostly transmitted by mosquitoes, made 30 victims in Romania this year. According to the data provided to the Ministry of Health by the National Center for Overseeing and Control of Contagious Diseases, since the beginning ...

HOSPICE Casa Speranței has inaugurated on Friday the first socio-medical center in Romania exclusively destined for children with incurable diseases and their families. Through the various types of therapies, from the classic to the revolutionary ones, through technology, the new ...

An outbreak of African swine fever has been confirmed in a household in Giurgiu County, Branistari, Calugareni commune, the National Authority for Veterinary Health and Food Safety (ANSVSA) informs on Sunday. The household has been placed under official supervision, disinfection ...