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Spain’s Health Minister, Carolina Darias, says she’s worried about a possible new trend of rising COVID-19 cases

SPAIN'S Health Minister, Carolina Darias, has told parliamentarians in Madrid that she is concerned about a 'possible change in trend' in new COVID-19 cases. Her...

Natural Herb Kratom May Have Therapeutic Effects and Relatively Low Potential for Abuse or Harm

A survey was carried out in 2020 by Albert Garcia-Romeu, Kelly Dunn, Roland Griffiths, and David Cox of Johns Hopkins as well as Kirsten...

Spain’s Andalucia to begin vaccinating people over 70 mid-April with the 80-and-over age group expected to be fully vaccinated...

THE Junta expects to start calling over-70s for their first jab in about three weeks. Now that vaccination has resumed with the AstraZeneca doses and...

DEAR JENNIFER: Does medical insurance or Spain’s health service cover accidents?

AN accident policy is the best protection for your daily life, which is always full of surprises. We run the risk of having an accident...

BREAK WITH GAMBLING ADDICTION: Experts Villa Paradiso give advice

ONLINE gambling has seen a big rise over the last year due to the COVID pandemic with people having more time on their hands. Marbella-based...

‘FOURTH-WAVE’ coronavirus fears in Spain as single-shot Johnson vaccine supplies are delayed

HOPES of a large batch of single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Spain next month have been dashed. The company has promised to...

SMOKE SIGNALS: Gandia bans smoking on Nord beach due to public health and environmental reasons

Each discarded butt is said to potentially pollute thousands of litres of seawater, leading to severe damage to marine life.

Spain’s Balearic Islands may enforce new restrictions after rebound in COVID-19 cases

With the COVID-19 incident rate jumping from 41.2 to 47 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in just one week, Balearic spokesman Iago Negueruela said the government 'will apply more restrictive measures at Easter'

First case of ‘highly contagious’ Brazilian COVID variant is reported in Spain’s Murcia region

THE first recorded case of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 has been announced in the Murcia Region. Murcia's Health Minister, Juan Jose Pedreñó, said: “Tests...

COVID 19: Air bridge with Spain brought in 14% of virus, say UK experts

THE British government's decision to open travel corridors last summer could have had a significant impact on the spread of the virus, according to...

Spain plans to increase age limit of AstraZeneca coronavirus jabs to 65 years

SPAIN is set to raise the age limit for people receiving the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine from 55 to 65 years of age. The Vaccine Report...

Spain probes death of Marbella teacher two weeks after AstraZeneca vaccine

RESEARCHERS are working to to determine whether the death of a Marbella teacher two weeks after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine is linked to the...

EXPLAINER: What we know about Spain halting AstraZeneca jabs and how it will delay vaccination plan

NEWS that Spain had followed other European countries in halting use of the AstraZeneca vaccination left people across the nation asking one important question:...

Heart attack diagnosis missed in women more often than in men, study in Spain finds

WOMEN experiencing heart attacks are more likely than men to have their symptoms of chest pain misdiagnosed by doctors as anxiety or stress, a...

A Helping Hand: Help the community and earn extra cash in the UK

WITH a recession once again crippling the job market in Spain, many expats have been left without seasonal or permanent work. Some have been separated...

Spain’s Malaga records lowest number of Covid infections in last three months

COVID-19 cases in Malaga have begun to reduce in recent weeks. The updated health data released on Monday brings the number of new infections down...

Spain named as one of the best countries in Europe to be a female health care worker – despite...

FOR women looking to embark on a demanding career in the health sector, making sure they earn a fair amount for all their hard...

Andalusian hospital explores health benefits of Spain’s ‘liquid gold’ against COVID-19

A HOSPITAL in the Andalucian town of Jaen is trialing a revolutionary tablet containing one of Spain's most synonymous products against the symptoms of...

Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar see 20% rise in shares after praise of COVID drug

SHARES in Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar have surged after scientists confirmed ‘potent preclinical efficacy’ of its drug Aplidin against COVID-19. The study, printed in peer-reviewed...

What You Need to Know About Hernia: Causes, Treatment, and Side Effects

Fatty tissues and organs are kept in place by muscle tissues. When that muscle tissue is too weak, the slightest amount of pressure can...

Ronda’s newest fruit export hits the shelves for the first time after successful campaign

SUPERMARKETS and restaurants in Ronda will see a welcome addition this spring thanks to a successful experimental fruit harvest. Pitaya, aka dragon fruit,...

EXECUTIVE HEALTH: Full medical check-up including MRI scan in Marbella

IT felt like being slotted into a sock, or the middle of a doughnut, and had it not been for the panic button I’d...

Villa Paradiso Rehab focuses on treating the underlying issues of addiction

WHILE the coronavirus pandemic has been hitting the headlines,there has been a whole raft of ‘COVID victims’ who have suffered the consequences of the...

It is not possible to be fat and healthy, say Spanish scientists

IT’S impossible to be ‘fat and fit’ and even if you are slightly overweight you are unhealthy, a new study has found. Researchers in Spain...

How Can Family Cope When a Loved One is Severely Injured

If there are people in the world who wouldn’t turn their back on us, that would definitely be our family. Our family has been...

Spain will receive doses of Moderna vaccine in ‘7 or 10 days’

SPAIN will receive 600,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine within the next six weeks as part of the European Union contract.  Salvador Illa, the health...

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