Category: Health
First-day sick notes fuel broader debate over health-care reform
(de-news.net) – The FDP supports tax-free attendance incentives, while the SPD opposes the requirement for first-day sick notes, dividing Germany’s coalition. Medical leaders are cautioning…
Coalition divisions surface over first-day sick notes
(de-news.net) – First-day sickness certificates and more extensive social policy reforms have rekindled internal tensions within Germany’s ruling coalition, with SPD worries about unforeseen consequences,…
Germany weighs sugar tax as lawmakers clash over health and consumer costs
(de-news.net) – Germany’s proposed sugar tax has opened a broader debate over consumer costs, public health and the appropriate role of government in shaping everyday…
Sugar tax proposal faces opposition by CDU/CSU (Update)
(de-news.net) – The German government’s proposed sugar tax could be considerably more expansive than previously disclosed, potentially placing a broader range of beverages under a…
Linnemann wants to preserve pension credits for family caregivers, pushes tougher response to hospital assaults
(de-news.net) – Carsten Linnemann (CDU), the new German Health Minister, is attempting to stop proposed reductions in pension credits for family caregivers, claiming that their…
Government expands support measures after major wildfire response
(de-news.net) – Recent wildfires in Germany and neighboring Belgium have intensified attention on emergency response, public health, transport policy and the growing risks associated with…
Heat wave raises alarm over German care homes
(de-news.net) – A Verdi survey found that extreme heat is exposing German care-home staff and residents to unsafe indoor temperatures, while staffing shortages may intensify…
Germany balances immediate transport relief with long-term climate adaptation (Update)
(de-news.net) – Germany is responding to historically low river levels with emergency transport measures while policymakers, environmental groups, and public health organizations argue that increasingly…
