https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A female doctor from southern Norway faces losing her job after she was caught sending explicit text messages to the phone of a male patient, it was revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141201/female-doctor-may-lose-job-after-sexting-patient Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:03:00 +0100 female-doctor-may-lose-job-after-sexting-patient Long, dark winter nights, the government getting you down, and Christmas bringing an endless cycle of shopping and debt? Well, latest research reveals suffering, bad politicians, and money problems can actually make you happier. The Local meets Professor Joar Vittersø of the Arctic University in Tromsø, who explains why being happy is more about sufferance than smiles. https://www.thelocal.no/20141129/the-key-to-happiness-pain-politics-and-poverty Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:30:00 +0100 the-key-to-happiness-pain-politics-and-poverty Cases of the potentially deadly enterovirus D68 has been found in Norway, it was revealed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141125/deadly-enterovirus-d68-found-in-norway Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:15:00 +0100 deadly-enterovirus-d68-found-in-norway An SAS plane was emergency landed in Copenhagen airport on Saturday after it was thought a passenger was infected with the Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.no/20141123/norwegian-airline-grounds-flight-in-ebola-scare Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:52:00 +0100 norwegian-airline-grounds-flight-in-ebola-scare A 70-year-old self-confessed alternative medicine man has been jailed in Norway after he gave misleading and illegal advice to a terminally cancer patient, it was revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141120/sham-healer-jailed-for-harming-cancer-victim Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:06:00 +0100 sham-healer-jailed-for-harming-cancer-victim Norway's flu vaccine only has a small effect on curing flu symptoms in healthy adults, said a study on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141107/flu-jab-in-norway-has-limited-effect-study Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:09:00 +0100 flu-jab-in-norway-has-limited-effect-study The Norwegian government will give seriously ill patients in Norway their own dedicated doctor, it was announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141024/norways-seriously-ill-to-get-their-own-dedicated-doctor Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:37:00 +0200 norways-seriously-ill-to-get-their-own-dedicated-doctor Bed bugs that once nearly died out altogether in Norway are back more prevalent than ever, pest experts have warned. https://www.thelocal.no/20141021/bed-bugs-in-norway-are-back Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:09:00 +0200 bed-bugs-in-norway-are-back A Norwegian woman who contracted the Ebola virus while working for Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leoneis now free of the virus and was released from an isolation unit on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141021/norwegian-ebola-victim-cured Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:14:00 +0200 norwegian-ebola-victim-cured Børge Brende was in Sierra Leone on Wednesday to visit some of the Norwegian volunteers helping battle the outbreak of the ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.no/20141016/borge-brende-visits-ebola-training-clinic-in-sierra-leone Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:02:00 +0200 borge-brende-visits-ebola-training-clinic-in-sierra-leone The Norwegian woman, admitted to Ullevål hospital in Oslo after catching the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, is being treated by a team of 25 people, it was revealed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141014/25-medical-staff-treating-ebola-victim-in-norway Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:30:00 +0200 25-medical-staff-treating-ebola-victim-in-norway Over 150 people living in Norway have so far volunteered to join a Norwegian-UK effort to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone. https://www.thelocal.no/20141013/160-norwegians-sign-up-to-battle-ebola Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:24:00 +0200 160-norwegians-sign-up-to-battle-ebola The Norwegian female health worker, infected by Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and now receiving treatment in Oslo, is showing signs of improvement, it was confirmed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141013/condition-of-norwegian-ebola-victim-improves Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:10:00 +0200 condition-of-norwegian-ebola-victim-improves The Norwegian woman, infected by the Ebola in Sierra Leone and currently receiving treatment in Oslo, will get the last dose of the virus treatment medicine ZMapp available in the world. https://www.thelocal.no/20141007/norwegian-ebola-victim-to-get-worlds-last-dose-of-zmapp Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:17:00 +0200 norwegian-ebola-victim-to-get-worlds-last-dose-of-zmapp The Norwegian woman, diagnosed with Ebola while working for a charity organization in Sierra Leone, will arrive in Oslo for treatment on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141006/ebola-virus-victim-arrives-in-norway Tue, 07 Oct 2014 00:09:00 +0200 ebola-virus-victim-arrives-in-norway Norway's Minister for Health went on record on Monday to state those who take part in international aid work must run the risk of contracting diseases like Ebola if global society is to survive. https://www.thelocal.no/20141007/world-needs-aid-workers-taking-ebola-risk-minister-of-health Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:10:00 +0200 world-needs-aid-workers-taking-ebola-risk-minister-of-health Sweden has confirmed a suspected case of Ebola on Sunday, making it possibly the first Nordic case of the virus. https://www.thelocal.no/20140831/ebola-threat-to-norway-after-sweden-fears-first-case Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:35:00 +0200 ebola-threat-to-norway-after-sweden-fears-first-case Norwegian citizens who have bought or have meat from Denmark are being asked to search their fridges, looking for the listeria bacteria which has taken 12 lives in Denmark this week. https://www.thelocal.no/20140813/norwegians-at-risk-from-the-danish-listeria-bug Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:01:00 +0200 norwegians-at-risk-from-the-danish-listeria-bug An airplane travelling over Norway was forced to land in Trondheim after an African passenger having a coughing fit triggered an Ebola fear on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140812/ebola-scare-forces-plane-to-emergency-land-in-norway Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:20:00 +0200 ebola-scare-forces-plane-to-emergency-land-in-norway A Norwegian nurse who stole nearly 250,000 kroner ($40,000) from two dying patients in Oslo will be sentenced in September, it was announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20140808/norwegian-nurse-steals-from-deathbed-patients Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:26:00 +0200 norwegian-nurse-steals-from-deathbed-patients