Category: Health

The Sciensano Public Health Institute on Friday has made an announcement that over 3,175,000 people in Belgium have received their second booster shot against COVID-19.

Almost 500 million people around the world will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other non-communicable diseases by 2030 because of the lack of physical activity if the government do not take urgent actions.

Free menstrual products are being offered in six secondary schools in the Brussels via distribution machines in a bid to tackle menstrual poverty.

As predicted, Covid-19 is officially sweeping across Belgium, increasing the number of new infections and hospitalisations.

It is possible for air pollution to cause damage even before babies are born. The research from UHasselt published in the journal of The Lancet Planetary Health has revealed the following information.

Around 1,700 people ran through the streets of Brussels and La Louviere on Sunday as part of the "Race for the Cure", an event raising funds on behalf of breast cancer research and charities.

Two weeks following the launch of its autumn vaccination programme for COVID-19, and the sending of all invitations to the primary target groups- people over 49, immunocompromised persons and health workers- Wallonia will again allow walk-in vaccinations at its centres.

An average of 83.3 patients suffering from coronavirus were admitted to hospitals each day in the last seven days. The following data has been released by the Sciensano Institute of Public Health on Friday morning.

A public health priority for the World Health Organization, dementia affects almost 50 million people around the world and every year there are around 10 million new cases.

While the number of COVID-19 hospitalisations increasing by 4% between 16 and 22 September, there has been a significant drop in the number of deaths during the same time period.

Vaccination remains one of the best way to curb the contracting influenza and avoid its potential complications, especially since COVID-19 is still circulating and risks making a comeback as the winter season approaches, health experts warn.

After one week into Flander's autumn vaccination campaign against COVID-19, around 400,000 people have already received their autumn booster dose, and more than half of the adult population has already received an invitation.