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Health

Council in Spain’s Catalunya hires bug exterminators to target sewers overrun by cockroaches

SIXTY feet below Sitges, a town close to Barcelona, cockroaches have taken over the sewers.  The bugs are wading through a river of raw sewage...

Spain has Europe’s lowest breast cancer mortality rate

Spanish women are the least likely to die from breast cancer in Europe

Manchester man suffers horrific Benidorm waterslide accident

The victim has deep scars from a Benidorm waterslide accident

EU medical authorities say benefits of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine ‘outweigh possible side effects’

BLOOD clots should be listed as a 'very rare' possible side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine, said the the European Medicinces Agency (EMA) today....

Why buying a bike is the only resolution worth investing in for the New Year

Writes Ashley from Andalucian Cycling Experience

Why It is Important to Have the Right Motivation for Relationships

Why Am I Not in a Relationship? 877 million… that's the exact number of articles that Google is going to give you if you type...

‘Family party’ in Spain’s Valencian Community leads to largest cluster of new infections since end of state of alarm

A FAMILY party has led to 16 new COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community. The family gathering was held in La Plana, in Castellon Province,...

WARNING: Why doing this one thing during the traditional Christmas Eve feast in Spain could be a danger to...

THE traditional Christmas feast in Spain takes place on Christmas Eve and is likely to involve an inordinate amount of seafood – and you'll...

VILLA PARADISO can help you to stop your ‘social media addiction’

CHECKING and scrolling through social media sites has become an increasingly popular activity over the last decade. That has risen dramatically further since the start...

Massive amount of fires across Spain were the result of arsonists, new figures reveal

The Guardia Civil has investigated 387 fires across Spain, 53 fires of which were caused by negligent behaviour.

Spain appoints ‘sex tsar’ in attempt to boost declining population

She has been appointed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

Unvaccinated people told to stay away from New Year’s Eve parties in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

VALENCIAN Community residents who have received no COVID-19 vaccines have been told to stay away from New Year's Eve parties. The appeal came this Thursday...

Is bread bad for you? Scientists reveal the healthiest options for one of Spain’s most popular foods

SCIENTISTS have revealed the healthiest bread options, with results that may surprise you.  Although the World Health Organisation recommends just 250 grams of bread per...

What are the tax benefits of investing in a QNUPS?

A QNUPS (Qualifying Non-UK Pension Scheme) is an offshore unapproved pension arrangement which satisfies the definition of a pension scheme as set out in...

Spain’s Murcia Region has lowest cancer death rates, figures reveal

MURCIA is the region with the lowest death rate associated with cancer, new figures have revealed. Although 2,765 people died as a result of the...

17.6% of people aged 15 years and over smoke in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE VALENCIAN Health Ministry says that 17.6% of people aged 15 years and over classify themselves as regular smokers in the Valencian Community. 2.6% of...

Five dead – including British tourists – and dozens still missing in Mallorca’s biggest flood in decades

AT least five people including two British tourists have been killed in the storm that flooded all corners of Mallorca. The east coast of the...

Benidorm’s much-needed new medical centre in resort’s ‘English Zone’ takes big step forward on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A €4.57 million contract has been awarded to build Benidorm's new Rincon de Loix health centre. The new facility will replace the current two-floor clinic...

Madrid bans half of cars from its roads to tackle air pollution

Depending on pollution levels, the decision will be revised daily

Doctors in Spain’s Andalucia to go on strike again

The Andalucian Medical Union has called for seven days worth of strikes until the end of May. Strikes are proposed to take place between...

Avoid the gym: How to get fit in your living room or in Spain’s great outdoors

Wanna avoid COVID? There are so many online fitness options to help get your body in shape after the festive excesses, writes Jo Chipchase

Alarm as 11 members of same family who run corner shop test positive for COVID-19 in Spain’s Mallorca

The family lived under the same roof in the Es Rafal district in Palma de Mallorca according to the Ministry of Health

World first as Spanish scientists create human-monkey hybrids in China so they can ‘grow organs’

In Greek mythology, chimeras are often depicted as a fire-breathing creature composed of a lion, goat and snake

Drinking coffee daily helps prevent colon cancer from returning to treated patients, study finds

DRINKING more than four cups of coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of recurrent bowel cancer, a new study has found. According...

BREAKING: Spain sees an expected increase in number of coronavirus related deaths and new infections following the weekend

BOTH the number of coronavirus related deaths but also the number of new patients have risen slightly in the last 24 hours.

Double standards: Fully-vaxxed Brit expats arriving in UK from Spain discover they don’t have the same quarantine exemptions as...

AN Olive Press reader has slammed the “double standards” imposed by UK authorities after discovering a major pitfall of visiting the UK from Spain...

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