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Saxon BSW politician Jens Hentschel-Thöricht criticizes data gaps in the handling of the corona pandemic in Saxony and accuses the government of a lack of transparency. "It is alarming that the state government has no reliable data on deaths and infe ..
To ensure that ambulances are no longer used unnecessarily for non-life-threatening cases in future, the district of Leipzig wants to test three alternative emergency vehicles. A pilot project was approved from the beginning of February, as announced ..
Hospitals in Saxony will receive more money for inpatient treatment this year. The health insurance companies are expected to provide 3.6 billion euros for patient care. This is 4.36 percent or a good 150 million euros more than in the previous year, ..
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) is putting its finger in the wound in view of the shortage of doctors in Saxony. "If there are more than 400 GP vacancies in Saxony, then this is a catastrophic situation. We have the second most expensive healthc ..
In Saxony, respiratory illnesses are on the rise in the wake of the seasonal flu epidemic. According to the State Investigation Institute (LUA), influenza viruses are primarily responsible for this. According to the authority's latest report, 3,407 c ..
In 2024, sickness-related absences from work fell slightly among those insured with the DAK health insurance fund. According to the health insurance company, employees were on sick leave for an average of 20 days. In the previous year, it was 21 days ..
With the start of the seasonal flu epidemic at the beginning of January and the end of the Christmas vacations, reports of respiratory illnesses are on the rise. The incidence is dominated by influenza viruses, with the number of registered cases inc ..
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) can cause cancer - but recently only two thirds of girls up to the age of 17 in Saxony had been fully vaccinated against them. Among boys up to the age of 13, the proportion without appropriate protection is as high as 79 ..
In the past year, the authorities in Saxony have registered significantly more cases of whooping cough. Current statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin show a total of 1,701 registered cases from January to the end of November. The ..
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has spoken out in favor of a clear separation between medical cannabis and cannabis for private use. "Here in Leipzig, we can learn that these are two different things and that they must be kept separate ..
According to an extrapolation, more than 184,930 people in Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have recently received medical treatment for alcohol addiction. This is the result of an analysis by the Institute for Health System Research of the Barmer ..