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 With the cold and flu season currently affecting adults and children across Deutschland, a common reoccurring question is whether workers have to come into the office when their child is sick. https://www.thelocal.de/20180220/what-working-parents-need-to-know-when-their-child-is-sick Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:46:08 +0100 what-working-parents-need-to-know-when-their-child-is-sick Before World AIDS day on December 1st, statistics about new cases of infection in Germany have been published. After years in which figures remained stable, positive and negative trends have been noted. https://www.thelocal.de/20181126/hiv-number-of-new-infections-declines-slightly-as-many-are-still-unknowingly-positive Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:38:44 +0100 hiv-number-of-new-infections-declines-slightly-as-many-are-still-unknowingly-positive British people might like to tell themselves that the empire was built on a stiff upper lip. But Germany’s attitude of giving things time to heal seems much more appropriate to the modern workplace, writes Floraidh Clement. https://www.thelocal.de/20180802/what-we-could-all-learn-from-the-german-attitude-to-sickness Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:24:59 +0200 what-we-could-all-learn-from-the-german-attitude-to-sickness There were 500 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) last year in Germany, the second highest number ever recorded, according to researchers at the Robert Koch Institute. https://www.thelocal.de/20180307/tick-borne-viruses-in-germany-last-year Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:55:04 +0100 tick-borne-viruses-in-germany-last-year In the third week of February this season's flu outbreak hit a peak in Germany, with 24,000 new cases registered. Hospitals in Frankfurt are reportedly stretched to the limit. https://www.thelocal.de/20180223/where-the-flu-outbreak-has-been-hitting-germany-worst Fri, 23 Feb 2018 11:15:50 +0100 where-the-flu-outbreak-has-been-hitting-germany-worst An 82-year-old man has murdered his wife and forgotten that he killed her, according the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). https://www.thelocal.de/20170623/pensioner-murders-wife-then-forgets-he-has-killed-her-dementia Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:07:24 +0200 pensioner-murders-wife-then-forgets-he-has-killed-her-dementia The aggressive bird flu H5N8 had already spread into several German states, and was detected in Berlin and Brandenburg on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161125/bird-flu-virus-now-discovered-in-seagulls-in-berlin Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:29:12 +0100 bird-flu-virus-now-discovered-in-seagulls-in-berlin Tens of thousands of people in Germany have shared a Facebook post in which a new father explains how dangerous the herpes virus can be to babies – as illustrated by the tragic case of his own son. https://www.thelocal.de/20160523/new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online Mon, 23 May 2016 14:10:14 +0200 new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online The TelefonSeelsorge (Telephone Pastors) counsel and console millions of callers each year. In 2016 the service will be 60 years old. https://www.thelocal.de/20151228/helping-germans-overcome-crisis-for-60-years Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:04:01 +0100 helping-germans-overcome-crisis-for-60-years Germany on Friday passed a law banning professional assisted suicide services - even if practitioners say they do so purely in the interest of suffering people. https://www.thelocal.de/20151106/new-assisted-suicide-law-could-criminalize-doctors Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:25:21 +0100 new-assisted-suicide-law-could-criminalize-doctors A report released on Monday found that rapidly inflating workloads are putting employees' health at risk due to stress. https://www.thelocal.de/20150316/stress-endangering-workers-health-report Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:28:03 +0100 stress-endangering-workers-health-report UPDATE: Chancellor Merkel used her speech at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference to set out her stall for the 2017 election battle, with particularly harsh words for junior coalition partners the Social Democratic Party (SPD). https://www.thelocal.de/20141209/merkel-breaks-off-interview-at-party-conference Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:20:00 +0100 merkel-breaks-off-interview-at-party-conference UPDATE: Ex-German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is being treated for leukaemia at a clinic in Cologne. The shock diagnosis came after he sought treatment for a minor sports injury. https://www.thelocal.de/20140620/ex-foreign-minister-westerwelle-has-leukaemia Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:47:00 +0200 ex-foreign-minister-westerwelle-has-leukaemia Twenty-five office employees were hospitalised on Tuesday after eating bread rolls scattered with rat poison. Staff thought they had been left a present when the box containing the bread appeared on the company's doorstep. https://www.thelocal.de/20130417/49199 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:45:00 +0200 49199 Mental illness has emerged as the overwhelmingly dominant cause of hospitalisation in Germany, with depression and schizophrenia accounting for the highest number of days spent by patients in clinic beds, a report revealed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100727/28775 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:19:00 +0200 28775