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Health: Critical condition – Red Cross calls for blood donation – Panorama

The Red Cross is urgently asking for blood donations. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa Due to corona, many operations had to be postponed. Now they need to be replenished – but blood supplies are currently scarce. Berlin – Due to the lack of supplies, the German Red Cross is urgently calling for blood donations across the country. …

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Health: Prognosis of health insurance deficit – how to finance it? – Politics

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach should take measures to stabilize the finances of mandatory health insurance funds. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Are health insurance companies missing 17 billion euros in the next year – or is it even 25 billion? Forecasts still vary. The debate about what should be done is increasingly heated. Berlin – A …

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Health: Bayer wins lawsuit: EPA must review glyphosate – News

Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller is highly controversial. Photo: Haven Daley/AP/dpa Because of the weed killer glyphosate, Bayer has a large legal construction site in the US. There were two important court decisions on Friday. One relates to Bayer, and the other to the US Environmental Protection Agency. San Francisco/Jackson County – The US Environmental Protection Agency …

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Health: Countries: Make abortion legally safe after online counseling – Politics

Demonstration for the right to abortion in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Photo: picture alliance / dpa More and more people are using telemedicine. Even women who want to end their pregnancy with medication themselves. Is it ok? States want to embellish this gray legal area. Stuttgart/Hamburg – In the future, pregnant women across Germany …

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Health: heat-sick – especially high risk for city dwellers – knowledge

Summer is just around the corner: for some people, high temperatures can be particularly stressful. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Temperatures in most regions already exceeded 30 degrees in mid-June. For some groups, the heat can be particularly stressful. In the capital, on the other hand, there should now be a plan. Berlin – If the apartment …

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Pandemic: Expert report is the next stage in the corona-politics dispute

Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) at a press conference in Berlin. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa How should Germany prepare for a possible bigger corona wave after the summer? The FDP especially wanted to wait for an expert opinion. It’s coming now – but does it provide the desired answers? Berlin – The battle for …

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Health: Study: Numerous mutations in monkeypox pathogens – Knowledge

Electron micrograph of monkeypox virus. Photo: Andrea Männel/Andrea Schnartendorff/RKI/dpa About 5,000 cases of monkeypox in humans have been reported worldwide this year. The researchers say the mutation rate of the virus is “surprisingly high”. According to the study, the causative agent of the current monkeypox epidemic has mutated surprisingly strongly. Compared to related viruses from …

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Traffic light introduces law: Anyone can change gender every year – internal politics

The federal government wants to undermine biology with a historic law: From mid-2023, every citizen over the age of 14 should be able to change their gender and name at the registry office! Justice Minister Marko Bušman (44, FDP) and Family Minister Lisa Paus (53, Greens) presented the cornerstone of the new law on self-determination …

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Health – Stuttgart – Paramedics to get more skills from Friday – Health

Stuttgart (dpa/lsw) – From this Friday onwards, paramedics, who are often the first to arrive with an ambulance, can take more medical measures. The state of Baden-Württemberg has now created the legal basis for this. New skills include administering pain medication, for example. “We are taking an important step towards better emergency care,” Interior Minister …

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