https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A northern Italian hospital has called for almost 3,500 children to be tested for tuberculosis as a precautionary measure, after a paediatrician was diagnosed with the infectious disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/hospital-to-test-3500-children-for-tb-after-doctor-diagnosed Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:54:16 +0200 hospital-to-test-3500-children-for-tb-after-doctor-diagnosed A Nigerian baby girl who survived a shipwreck that killed her parents and captured the heart of an Italian doctor has become the new face of the country's migrant drama, with hundreds of requests to adopt the orphan. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/the-baby-girl-who-has-become-the-face-of-italys-migrant-tragedy Thu, 26 May 2016 14:09:10 +0200 the-baby-girl-who-has-become-the-face-of-italys-migrant-tragedy Enrico Quaglia, from Turin, was filmed handing over a €2,000 bribe to an inspector from the Ministry of Economy in a paper bag containing a sandwich. https://www.thelocal.it/20160203/italian-doctor-forget-invalidity-claims-with-sandwich-bribes Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:30:30 +0100 italian-doctor-forget-invalidity-claims-with-sandwich-bribes Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of an Italian doctor in Kenya. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/three-arrested-over-italian-doctors-murder Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:14:11 +0100 three-arrested-over-italian-doctors-murder An Italian doctor working for a children's NGO was killed and three Italians injured in an armed robbery on the house they were staying in close to Kenya's Indian Ocean beach resorts, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151129/italian-doctor-murdered-in-kenya-armed-robbery Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:20:19 +0100 italian-doctor-murdered-in-kenya-armed-robbery An Italian urologist has been suspended from practising in the UK after twice failing an English language test. https://www.thelocal.it/20151030/italian-doctor-banned-in-uk-for-bad-english Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:00:08 +0100 italian-doctor-banned-in-uk-for-bad-english An Italian doctor in his seventies who worked in a hospital in Tripoli has gone missing in Libya, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150122/italian-doctor-reported-missing-in-libya Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:14:00 +0100 italian-doctor-reported-missing-in-libya UPDATED: An Italian doctor who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone has recovered from the disease and his antibodies are being sent back to west Africa to help combat the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/italian-ebola-patient-has-recovered-reports Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:39:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patient-has-recovered-reports An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa is recovering but is still in an isolation unit, the specialist clinic in Rome treating him said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/italys-ebola-patient-is-getting-better Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:57:38 +0100 italys-ebola-patient-is-getting-better A doctor banned for life for doping offences involving top athletes including Lance Armstrong has hit back at reports of a secret meeting with members of the embattled Astana cycling team. https://www.thelocal.it/20141209/banned-doping-doctor-denies-astana-link Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:09:00 +0100 banned-doping-doctor-denies-astana-link The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has "improved slightly" after he was treated with a new experimental drug. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/italian-ebola-patients-health-improves Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:48:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patients-health-improves The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone "worsened slightly" on Monday as he underwent a second blood transfusion from a survivor of the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/italian-ebola-patients-health-worsens-slightly Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:19:00 +0100 italian-ebola-patients-health-worsens-slightly UPDATED: An Italian doctor battling the deadly Ebola virus on Tuesday began treatment with an experimental drug in Italy's leading hospital for infectious diseases. https://www.thelocal.it/20141125/italian-doctor-with-ebola-arrives-in-rome Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:26:00 +0100 italian-doctor-with-ebola-arrives-in-rome UPDATED: An Italian doctor has contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and is being repatriated for treatment, the health ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141124/italian-doctor-contracts-ebola-in-sierra-leone Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:38:00 +0100 italian-doctor-contracts-ebola-in-sierra-leone A woman in the process of having a medical abortion was forced to call police to a hospital in Genoa on Easter Saturday after a doctor, described as a ‘conscientious objector’ to abortion, refused to assist her. https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/genoa-doctor-refused-to-assist-abortion Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:09:00 +0200 genoa-doctor-refused-to-assist-abortion A doctor in Locorotondo, a town in the southern Italian province of Bari, who took a call from the son of a bedridden patient urgently requiring a tracheostomy tube change at home, is being sued for allegedly failing to assist the woman. https://www.thelocal.it/20140423/italian-doctor-sued-after-refusing-easter-visit Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:45:00 +0200 italian-doctor-sued-after-refusing-easter-visit