Faro hospital without pediatric A&E due to staff absences
Sunday has seen a notice posted on the door of Faro Hospital’s pediatric department, saying there will be no service available today before 9pm. Any eventual admissions will have to
Hackers bring down new media sites: PJ cybercrime unit investigating
A new IT hack on media organisations appears to have taken place in the early hours of this morning. In the wake of the attack last month on the Impresa
China Three Gorges reinforces position in EDP
China Three Gorges, the power company owned by the Chinese Communist State has decided to reinforce its participation in Portuguese energy company EDP. It will pass to holding 20% of
Covid may not be reason 13-month-old baby “fighting for life in hospital”, warns doctor
Coinciding with the latest weekend for the vaccination of children aged 5-11 comes a story of a 13-month-old baby ‘fighting for life in hospital’ in Porto with myocarditis. The little
Covid vaccines for tots and babies: Vaccine technical commission confirms it’s “one of scenarios being considered”
Closing a busy day of conflicting information, Válter Fonseca, coordinator of the vaccine technical commission has told TSF radio that “sooner or later, the discussion on administration of the Covid
Doctors up the ante, saying hospitals at risk of collapse – due to staff in isolation
No sooner had health director Graça Freitas suggested measures to control the pandemic will be coming “in the next few months” (click here), than doctors have upped the ante –
Teachers union Fenprof says it will consider it “a provocation” if current minister continues into next government
Just as public sector syndicates have started drawing their lines in the sand ahead of the forming of the new government, teachers union Fenprof has said it has no fear
Number of doctors and medical experts calling for suspension of Portugal’s child vaccination programme skyrockets
Just a week since publication of an Open Letter calling for the suspension of the child vaccination programme (click here), the number of medical specialists signing their names to it
Risk of hospitalisation from Omicron 75% less than Delta
Over two months since this message was transmitted loud and clear from South Africa (where it was officially identified), the Omicron variant has finally been classified by Portugal’s DGS health
PAN goes into meltdown after founder admits he could return
Article updated on February 7: After the catastrophic election results of PAN (the People Animals Nature party), former MP André Silva – PAN’s very first MP, and a shining light