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Protection of people over 65 years of age against pneumococci - good direction of change

Positive news for patients is the change in the draft announcement of the Minister of Health on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices, which has been in force since January 1 this year.

Feb. 7, 2022
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Should COVID-19 vaccination be mandatory?

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen signed a law on compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 on Friday. In Poland, from March 1, a regulation comes into force, imposing such an obligation on medics. Are you in favor of such a solution? Should immunization against Covid-19 be compulsory?...

Feb. 7, 2022
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Play fake news!

"Go viral!" - this is the name of the game developed by psychologists from the University of Cambridge, in which experts from the UK government were also involved. What is it about?

Feb. 7, 2022
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Bladder cancer: it's time to change treatment standards

We talk to Dr. Iwona Skoneczna from the National Institute of Oncology. Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute, Grochowski Hospital Rafał Masztak, MD, PhD.

Feb. 7, 2022
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A theologian and philosopher instead of a doctor?

There is a position on the draft ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on specialization in areas applicable to health care. It is about introducing a new specialization - addiction psychotherapy.

Feb. 7, 2022
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Does the fifth wave really treat us more favorably?

The Minister of Health announces decisions to unblock beds for non-covid patients, who currently have significantly impeded access to treatment, although covid wards are standing, if not empty, then largely unused. The number of COVID-19 patients is increasing, but slower than expected. The...

Feb. 7, 2022
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Unhealthy competition. Current comment

A few weeks ago, on the occasion of the presentation of the bill on the modernization and improvement of the efficiency of hospitality, the minister of health stated that one of the aims of the act is to eliminate "unhealthy competition" between hospitals. It is about competing for patients, for...

Feb. 7, 2022
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Daily report: We have 24,404 (including 2,427 recurrences) coronavirus infections

The health department informed: We have 24,404 (including 2,427 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (3715), Greater Poland (2621), Silesian (2520), Lower Silesia (1919), of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (1926), Pomeranian (1913), Łódź Province...

Feb. 7, 2022
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Testing in pharmacies, that is a series of errors

From the beginning of the pandemic, testing has been one of the weakest points of the Polish fight against the pandemic. Only 98th place in the world in terms of testing intensity speaks for itself. Botswana is directly ahead of Poland.

Feb. 7, 2022
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Sunday fall, but the tide is still high

On Sunday, the Ministry of Health informed: We have 34,703 new and confirmed #coronavirus cases from provinces: Mazowieckie (4962), Silesian (3993), Greater Poland (3934), Lower Silesia (2844), Pomeranian (2836), Łódź Province (2517), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (2483), of Małopolska (2076), of Lublin...

Feb. 6, 2022
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45,749 new and confirmed cases

On Saturday, the health ministry informed: We have 45,749 new and confirmed #coronavirus cases from provinces: Mazowieckie (6536), Silesian (6098), Greater Poland (5460), Lower Silesia (3391), Łódź Province (3338), Pomeranian (3216), of Małopolska (2872), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (2702), Lublin...

Feb. 5, 2022
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There is no unanimity in Germany regarding the restrictions

German health experts are clearly divided over whether the country is ready to ease the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Feb. 4, 2022
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Annual flu vaccination in children strengthens their future immunity

Scientists have found that children who receive the seasonal flu vaccine for years produce antibodies that also provide them with greater protection against new strains, including those that can cause a pandemic.

Feb. 4, 2022
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Home Medical Care: PLN 49 for program qualification

The Ordinance of the President of the National Health Fund was published, amending the ordinance on the reporting rules and conditions for the settlement of healthcare services related to the prevention, prevention and combating of COVID-19.

Feb. 4, 2022
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The Ministry of Health awarded subsidies to medical universities. How much money have universities received?

The announcement of the Minister of Health on the additional distribution of subsidies from financial resources for 2021 for the maintenance and development of the teaching and research potential of on 30 December 2021

Feb. 4, 2022
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Conspiracy theories, horoscopes and medical myths - is this the world?

The biographer of the world-famous tennis player, Novak Djokovic, gave (in the context of recent reports, indeed shocking) information: the athlete is going to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Was he convinced by medicine and scientific facts about immunization, or was he convinced by his sporting...

Feb. 4, 2022
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Any generally accessible pharmacy could perform diagnostic tests for COVID-19

The Ministry of Health has already published the second announcement of the Minister of Health in connection with the approval from 27 January 2022 of the possibility of conducting antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 by a pharmacist in a generally accessible pharmacy.

Feb. 4, 2022
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COVID_19 in Europe: a ceasefire?

The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe said the continent could soon enter a period of calm as regards the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Feb. 3, 2022
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A new treatment pathway for advanced triple negative breast cancer

New research shows that inhibition of the CECR2 gene prevents the progression or metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer.

Feb. 3, 2022
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Nurses on the hospital reform project: to the bin

OZZPiP considers it necessary to take corrective measures in health care, however, the implementation of the presented draft act in this wording may have effects similar to the tax laws of the "Polish Order". This is another, after the act on the network of hospitals, reform without a payer and...

Feb. 3, 2022
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Pig heart transplant - is it ethical?

Following the historic success of a genetically modified pig heart transplant carried out by doctors at Maryland University Hospital in Baltimore in January this year, German scientists plan to start their own farm.

Feb. 3, 2022