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 Almost three million cases of flu have been reported in Italy since the start of the winter season, and the number of confirmed cases is rising. https://www.thelocal.it/20200123/flu-outbreak-in-italy-half-a-million-people-struck-down-in-a-week Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:36:03 +0100 flu-outbreak-in-italy-half-a-million-people-struck-down-in-a-week Those of you living in Italy will no doubt be familiar with maladies that only Italians seem to suffer from. Anna Pujol-Mazzini, whose mum is Italian, shares some insight into growing up being taught how to avoid Italian-only ailments. https://www.thelocal.it/20191211/ailments-that-only-exist-in-italy Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:56:19 +0100 ailments-that-only-exist-in-italy Italians have come up with some truly weird and wonderful remedies for common health complaints but do they help, or are they just a bunch of old wives' tales? https://www.thelocal.it/20150609/health-health-tips-from-the-italian-gran-you-never-had Tue, 09 Jun 2015 17:42:26 +0200 health-health-tips-from-the-italian-gran-you-never-had The number of measles cases in Italy has tripled this year, largely because parents are not getting children vaccinated due to spurious health scares, the health ministry said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170317/threefold-increase-in-measles-cases-as-anti-vaccine-movement-grows-in-italy Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:11:25 +0100 threefold-increase-in-measles-cases-as-anti-vaccine-movement-grows-in-italy After a successful operation to remove his kidney, doctors wondered why the patient was showing no signs of recovery. https://www.thelocal.it/20160926/italian-doctors-remove-wrong-kidney-from-sick-man Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:37:57 +0200 italian-doctors-remove-wrong-kidney-from-sick-man The rate of cancer among children in Taranto, southern Italy - home to the Ilva steel plant - is 30 percent higher than the national average, the first report into cancer rates in the region shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20160919/steel-plants-blamed-for-high-child-cancer-rate-in-southern-italy Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:45:53 +0200 steel-plants-blamed-for-high-child-cancer-rate-in-southern-italy A toddler spent several days in intensive care being treated for vitamin deficiencies and other complications, thought to be caused by her parents' vegan diet. https://www.thelocal.it/20160629/two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:39:43 +0200 two-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-being-raised-vegan A small medieval village in Calabria has taken a unique approach to the problem of its dwindling and ageing population: ban people from getting sick. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/italian-town-warns-people-to-stop-dying Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:52:51 +0200 italian-town-warns-people-to-stop-dying Italians are feeling upbeat about their health and can expect to live a long life despite their economic worries, according to the latest government statistics released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141223/italians-upbeat-about-health-in-214 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:04:00 +0100 italians-upbeat-about-health-in-214 Almost half the number of Italians suffering from severe illnesses prefer not to take time off work over fears they will lose their job, according to figures from the Associazioni dei malati cronici (association of the chronically sick). https://www.thelocal.it/20131217/severely-sick-italians-fear-job-loss Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:47:02 +0100 severely-sick-italians-fear-job-loss