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Poland: Amendments to the law will enable the cultivation of hemp for pharmaceutical purposes

President Andrzej Duda signed the Act of March 24, 2022 amending the Act on counteracting drug addiction.

March 30, 2022
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Matching drugs to DNA is the "new era of medicine"

Scientists from the British Pharmacological Society and the Royal College of Physicians say a genetic test can predict how a given drug will work in the human body. The field of drug matching to DNA is known as pharmacogenomics.

March 29, 2022
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GUS: The pandemic increases pensions and shortens the life expectancy of Poles

During the two years of the pandemic, the average life expectancy of Poles decreased by about two years - data published by the Central Statistical Office confirm. COVID-19 and the high mortality rate for several months of the pandemic brought us back in terms of average life expectancy to the...

March 29, 2022
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Is this a good time to lift the restrictions?

As announced by Minister Adam Niedzielski, we say goodbye to masks in public places and public transport. How will we deal with the lack of restrictions? Is this the right time to abolish them?

March 28, 2022
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What did the manufacturer of this vaccine ask the FDA for?

Moderna has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a change in the marketing authorization (EUA) of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. If the Agency agrees, it will be possible to give a fourth dose of the vaccine to people from 18 years of age who have received a first booster...

March 28, 2022
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Daily report: 2,368 cases of coronavirus infection

The health department informed: We have 2,368 (including 209 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (495), Greater Poland (244), Silesian (226), Pomeranian (191), Lower Silesia (179), Łódź (164), Małopolski (162), Lublin (146), West Pomeranian...

March 28, 2022
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Propaganda that kills

We kind of know. Why party to the presidential election at all costs in the spring of 2020. Why in the summer of 2020 you no longer had to be afraid of the virus and could go to elections in large numbers. Why were schools forced to open at the end of the summer holidays, as if there was no...

March 28, 2022
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Sunday: 3,494 new infections

On Sunday, the health ministry informed: We have 3,494 (including 323 reinfections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (675), Greater Poland (310), Lower Silesia (304), Silesian (286), Lublin (275), of Małopolska (272), Zachodniopomorskie (245), Pomorskie (239),...

March 27, 2022
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Saturday: 6,633 confirmed cases of infection

The Ministry of Health released the latest data on the coronavirus: We have 6,633 (including 659 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1240), Greater Poland (697), Lower Silesia (550), Silesian (547), Lublin (541), Pomorskie (436), Łódź Province (420),...

March 26, 2022
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Do you need an act to increase wages in the National Health Fund?

Last week, the Health Committee dealt with, inter alia, the problem of wages in health care. The discussion focused on the draft amendment to the law on minimum wages in this sector, but the problem of low wages in the National Health Fund was also strongly resounded during it. They are at such a...

March 25, 2022
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EMA approves drug against COVID-19

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has made a recommendation to use an antibody developed by AstraZeneca to help prevent COVID-19 infection. At a time when Europe is facing an increase in disease rates and the process of vaccinating adults has slowed down, such a drug could be an important...

March 25, 2022
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Lavender Day in the Senate - press conference

The conference was attended by: Senator Beata Małecka-Libera Prof. Konrad Rejdak - president of the Polish Neurological Society Alicja Anna Lisowska - president of the EPI-BOHATER Foundation

March 25, 2022
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We are throwing open the door to a pandemic again

Despite appeals from many medical circles, including doctors from the Alliance of Healthcare Employers, the minister of health lifted the most important covid restrictions. In shops, shopping malls, cinemas and other public places (except for medical facilities), from March 28, you no longer need...

March 25, 2022
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8,241 new cases

The health department announced: We have 8,241 (including 866 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (1443), Greater Poland (1014), Silesian (710), Lower Silesia (701), Lublin (597), Pomeranian (590), West Pomeranian (527), Małopolskie (510), Kuyavian-...

March 25, 2022
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Are we going to stop laughing at "Dr. Google"?

Google has some plans for us. The company wants to use smartphones to monitor health - it will record the rhythm of the heartbeat and look ... deep into our eyes. This is to help you recognize health problems.

March 25, 2022
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What about vaccinations of children and adolescents from Ukraine? Waldemar Kraska announces a regulation in this matter

During the month of the refugee crisis in Poland, 3.4 thousand citizens of Ukraine started vaccination against COVID-19, and another over 2 thousand received another dose of the vaccine. The Ministry of Health has announced that it will issue a regulation on the vaccination of children and...

March 24, 2022
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On March 28, the obligation to wear masks, isolation and quarantine disappears

The pandemic continues, infections are with us all the time. Today we have 8,994 new cases, nearly 26 percent. less than a week ago. For four days we have been accelerating the rate of decline in infections - said Adam Niedzielski, Minister of Health on Thursday. The stabilization of the epidemic...

March 24, 2022
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Is it not premature to abandon the restrictions?

By the decision of the health ministry, pandemic restrictions will be released from March 28. Dr. Tomasz Dzieiątkowski revealed in our conversation that he would be one of those people who would still wear the mask. We asked him if the decision to ease the restrictions was not premature.

March 24, 2022
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Conference of the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski - lifting restrictions - live

Press conference on syt. epidemic and the prospect of lifting restrictions with the participation of the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, Deputy GIS Krzysztof Saczka and the Director of NIZP-PZH Grzegorz Juszczyk.

March 24, 2022
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NIK: There is a shortage of specialists in anaesthesiology and intensive care

One doctor anesthetizes two patients at the same time, anesthesiologists working for several days without interruption - incl. such irregularities were detected by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK). By the end of this year, hospitals have time to adapt to the anesthesiology and intensive care...

March 24, 2022
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Parliamentary Team for the Development of the Greater Poland Cancer Center - live

March 24, 2022