Category: Health
Klingbeil defends reform package, says more changes still needed as health funding adjustments become known
(de-news.net) – Germany’s coalition defended its reform package as a necessary compromise combining tax relief, fiscal reforms, labor market changes, and health insurance financing measures,…
SPD strongly criticizes coalition plan to tighten sick leave rules
(de-news.net) – Plans to require employees to present a medical certificate from the first day of illness, replacing the current rule under which certification is…
Coalition backs end to telephone sick notes
(de-news.net) – Germany’s planned overhaul of sick leave certification has exposed divisions between coalition leaders and medical organizations, with supporters arguing it will reduce abuse…
Germany’s coalition reform agenda receives largely positive but divided reaction
(de-news.net) – Business organizations, labor unions, medical associations, and leading economists have expressed sharply differing assessments of Germany’s proposed 34-point reform package. Presented by the…
Record temperatures disrupt healthcare, transport, and energy networks in Germany
(de-news.net) – Record temperatures were set during Germany’s recent heat wave, which also overwhelmed emergency services and interfered with freight operations, transportation, electricity, healthcare, and…
Heatwave and wildfires push Germany’s emergency systems to operational limits
(de-news.net) – Concurrent wildfires and an intensifying heatwave that resulted in three consecutive national temperature records put a great deal of pressure on infrastructure, emergency…
Germany shatters national heat records as extreme temperatures increase a wildfire
(de-news.net) – Germany’s ongoing heatwave has shattered both daytime and nighttime national temperature records, prompting widespread warnings over severe heat stress, infrastructure damage, and transport…
Record temperatures intensify debate over climate preparedness in Germany
(de-news.net) – German political, scientific, architectural, and medical representatives have called for stronger adaptation to intensifying heat waves as record temperatures swept the country, highlighting…
