Category: Health
Özdemir (Greens): foot-and-mouth disease under control
(de-news.net) – Foot-and-mouth disease is currently under control in Germany, according to Federal Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens). When asked by the media during the…
Nestlé CEO would accept sugar tax, but expresses skepticism
(de-news.net) – Alexander von Maillot, the CEO of Nestlé Germany, has affirmed that his company would adhere to more stringent regulations, such as advertising prohibitions…
Calls for Reintroducing a Waiting Day Amid High Sickness Rates
(de-news.net) – Business representatives and economists have posited that employees should not receive wages for the initial day of illness. Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte advocated…
Maternity protection law to also cover miscarriages
(de-news.net) – Women will probably soon be entitled to take leave from work following a miscarriage. The former coalition parties — SPD, Greens, and FDP…
Health Minister Lauterbach expects hundreds of hospitals to close
(de-news.net) – The hospital reform has passed the Bundestag. Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) has explained that he expects closures, especially in clinics in western…
Hospital reform and debates on financing the German nursing care insurance
(de-news.net) – Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) has announced that the proposed hospital reform is set to pass in the Bundestag by the end of the…
Criticism of the draft law for planned hospital reform
(de-news.net) – Several of the statutory health insurance companies are preparing to increase contributions after the draft hospital reform bill has been announced by Federal…
Bundestag decides to partially legalize cannabis
(de-news.net) – The German Bundestag has decided to partially legalize cannabis. According to the new legal provisions, adults will in future be allowed to possess…
Compulsory tests when visiting health establishments discontinued from 1 March
(GermanPolicy.com) – Protective measures against the Corona pandemic still apply in health and care facilities. This will see a change from March: visitors to the…
Statutory health insurance physicians for an end to the mask requirement
(GermanPolicy.com) – The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), Gassen, has expressed his support for the development of the Corona…
