https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Eight cases of the Borna virus, transmitted by shrews, have been identified in encephalitis patients who died between 1999 and 2019, researchers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200108/eight-deaths-in-southern-germany-blamed-on-shrew-borne-disease Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:18:02 +0100 eight-deaths-in-southern-germany-blamed-on-shrew-borne-disease The German Farmers’ Association called on Friday for 70 percent of the country’s wild boar population to be culled so as to reduce the chances of a spread of illness. https://www.thelocal.de/20180112/farmers-call-for-killing-of-70-percent-of-germanys-wild-boar Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:02:00 +0100 farmers-call-for-killing-of-70-percent-of-germanys-wild-boar German children are not adequately protected against diseases, scientists have warned, as tens of thousands of young ones are not vaccinated on time. https://www.thelocal.de/20170113/german-children-insufficiently-vaccinated-against-measles Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:00:00 +0100 german-children-insufficiently-vaccinated-against-measles A report on cancer carried out for the Healthy Ministry and published on Tuesday revealed that Germans are increasingly likely to contract cancer, but they should also live longer. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/why-twice-as-many-germans-get-cancer-as-40-years-ago Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:12:42 +0100 why-twice-as-many-germans-get-cancer-as-40-years-ago The German government is concerned that dating apps are leading to a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including a doubling in the number of syphilis infections, Bild reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160421/dating-apps-are-leading-to-rise-in-sexual-diseases-govt Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:14:26 +0200 dating-apps-are-leading-to-rise-in-sexual-diseases-govt Federal Drugs Commissioner Marlene Mortler said that seriously ill patients should have access to cannabis through their health insurance provider. https://www.thelocal.de/20150203/drugs-commissioner-wants-easier-access-to-cannabis Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:48:41 +0100 drugs-commissioner-wants-easier-access-to-cannabis The German Ethics Council said the law should not be changed to permit assisted suicide in a paper published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141219/ethics-council-rejects-assisted-suicide-terminal-illness-dying-law-bill Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:09:00 +0100 ethics-council-rejects-assisted-suicide-terminal-illness-dying-law-bill A rash of suspected horse poisonings in western Germany, which has reportedly killed more than 50 animals, has turned out to be a deadly illness which comes from the creatures eating certain tree seeds. https://www.thelocal.de/20131127/horses-die-from-tree-seed-disease Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:14:00 +0100 horses-die-from-tree-seed-disease German scientists claim to have found a gene which increases the risk of heart attacks by 15 percent. Over half of those tested had the gene. https://www.thelocal.de/20131111/german-scientists-find-heart-attack-gene Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:22:00 +0100 german-scientists-find-heart-attack-gene Most Germans favour the introduction of mandatory vaccinations, after a measles outbreak in several parts of the country earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20130715/50835 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:34:00 +0200 50835 A 14-year-old German boy has died due to complications from a measles infection he picked up as baby from an unvaccinated child. Failure to immunize against the disease has led to several fatalities in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20130614/50305 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:52:00 +0200 50305 Volunteers have pulled 25 tonnes of dead carp out of a lake in eastern Germany - there are so many, locals are running out of boats. Regional officials have admitted they are baffled - only carp seem to be dying in the lake. https://www.thelocal.de/20130506/49549 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200 49549 Health officials are warning that Germany’s failure to have blanket vaccinations for measles is putting people unnecessarily at risk of catching the potentially dangerous disease. https://www.thelocal.de/20130423/49299 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:42:00 +0200 49299 Thousands of patients die of infections picked up in German hospitals every year. Are health authorities cutting too many corners? https://www.thelocal.de/20130307/48393 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:19:00 +0100 48393 It is never too late to stop smoking to reduce health risks - new figures show the number of heart attacks in Germany has dropped by nearly nine percent since a smoking ban in public places was introduced five years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20130222/48127 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:48:00 +0100 48127 Researchers at Dresden's university clinic have found pesticides can trigger the degenerative nerve disorder Parkinson's disease. https://www.thelocal.de/20121204/46557 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:44:00 +0100 46557 Germany’s blackbirds are at risk from a new outbreak of a deadly virus this summer, experts have warned, after finding it in mosquitoes that have survived the winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20120420/42057 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:50:00 +0200 42057 A normally harmless virus has infiltrated the oncology department at Heidelberg University's hospital, infecting 19 severely ill patients and possibly leading to three deaths. Health authorities are searching for the source of the outbreak. https://www.thelocal.de/20120124/40307 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0100 40307 German researchers announced Tuesday they had developed a process to make the most effective anti-malaria drug cheaper and easier to produce in large life-saving quantities. https://www.thelocal.de/20120117/40171 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0100 40171 Around €250 million worth of swine flu vaccine was due to go up in smoke on Tuesday – as Germany disposed of 16 million doses that people refused to take during last year’s outbreak of the potentially deadly virus. https://www.thelocal.de/20111129/39181 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:12:00 +0100 39181