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Oct 23 2025

Vaccinated against polio - or not?

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The DNAMR workshop speakers (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Mathias Pletz, Dame Sally Davies, Takuko Sawada, Dagmar Reitenbach und Dr. Marc Gitzinger.

Oct 21 2025

World Health Summit 2025: Focus on antimicrobial resistance

The World Health Summit (WHS), held annually in Berlin, is a key forum for international exchange on global health policy. Representatives from science, politics, business, and civil society discuss

Oct 20 2025

Rare virus transmitted by rats infects woman in Germany—link to private pet rat breeding facility

Doctors and scientists from the University Hospitals Leipzig (UKL) and Mannheim (UMM), and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) and the Bernhard

A man in a smock, with his back to the viewer, pushes a bed with a patient through a hospital corridor. Also visible is a waiting area with palm trees on the left and a red brick wall with black-and-white portraits. The man pushes the bed toward an open glass door, behind which is an illuminated corridor.

Oct 16 2025

Declining quality, risk to patient safety, rising costs: KHAG jeopardizes infectious disease care

On October 8, 2025, the German Federal Cabinet approved a draft law to amend the Hospital Reform Act (KHAG). In a joint statement, numerous professional societies and associations criticized the

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