Wealthy non-EU nationals received Maltese citizenship after spending just days in the EU state, a journalistic investigation has found
Investors rented empty properties to fulfil the one-year residence requirement, leaked files show. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus live: Malta offers tourists up to €200; EMA reviewing vaccines – as it happened
Island to pay visitors after tourism sector hammered by pandemic;EMA looking at reports of rare bleeding condition andfour cases of rare blood clots in J&J jabEU agency examines reports of blood clots with J&J Covid vaccineUS blow as J&J ‘one-shot’ vaccine deliveries plummetNorwegian PM fined after breaking Covid rules with birthday partyAlmost all Dutch-made doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will stay in EU12.14amBSTThat ’s it from the UK blog team. Thanks for following our coverage..12.13amBSTPeople who have had the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccineare seeking help at A&E inEnglanddespite having only mild side-...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jedidajah Otte (now), Rhi Storer, Martin Belam and Kate Lyons (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus World news South Korea Japan Asia Pacific Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
Coronavirus live: Malta offers tourists up to €200; EMA reviewing vaccines
Island to pay visitors after tourism sector hammered by pandemic;EMA looking at reports of rare bleeding condition andfour cases of rare blood clots in J&J jabEU agency examines reports of blood clots with J&J Covid vaccineUS blow as J&J ‘one-shot’ vaccine deliveries plummetNorwegian PM fined after breaking Covid rules with birthday partyAlmost all Dutch-made doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will stay in EU8.44pmBSTMalta plans to offer foreign visitors a handout of up to €200 euros if they stay at least three days on the Mediterranean island this summer, Reuters reports.The tourism minister Clayton Bartolo an...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jedidajah Otte (now), Rhi Storer, Martin Belam and Kate Lyons (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus World news South Korea Japan Asia Pacific Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
Plan for globally safer food
(University of Malta) Food safety is a major concern around the world. WHO estimates that each year worldwide unsafe food causes 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 420 000 deaths of which 30% are children under 5 years of age. For these reasons, the Global Harmonisation Initiative (GH), are proposing guidelines for every country worldwide to make " Food Safety Professional " a regulated profession to protect people's lives. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hours before her assassination in 2017, anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia accused Maltese Prime Minister's chief of...
Keith Schembri, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, was remanded in custody on Saturday evening after being accused in court of... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Determinants for walking and cycling to a university campus: insights from a participatory Active Travel workshop in Malta - Attard M, Ca ñas C, Maas S.
Malta is a small island state in the Mediterranean, with one of the highest population densities and per capita car ownership rates in the European Union. University campuses located in urban areas have a substantial role to play in transport planning and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Two men have been charged in Malta with providing the bomb that killed anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Described as a...
Two charged with supplying bomb that killed Maltese journalist (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suspect in murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia pleads guilty
Vincent Muscat, one of the three suspects accused of the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has pleaded guilty,... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study shows airborne particulate matter is also contaminated with tobacco smoke-driven particulates
(University of Malta) After 30 years, Dr Noel Aquilina, alongside world renowned tobacco smoke-related researchers, Emeritus Professor Neal L. Benowitz and Dr Peyton Jacob III from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA and atmospheric chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor Roy M. Harrison, from the University of Birmingham, UK, ended the wait for the elusive marker! (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 12, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Supporting female survivors of gender-based violence experiencing homelessness: outcomes of a health promotion psychoeducation group intervention - Bani-Fatemi A, Malta M, Noble A, Wang W, Rajakulendran T, Kahan D, Stergiopoulos V.
Homelessness is an important risk factor for gender-based violence (GBV), particularly among youth, and disproportionally affects women and girls. Survivors of GBV experience enduring and severe physical, psychological, and sexual health problems. Altho... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Social Etiologies and Disparities Source Type: news
COVID-19 related acute decline in paediatric admissions in Malta, a population-based study - Degiorgio S, Grech N, Dimech YM, Xuereb J, Grech V.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated non-pandemic hospital admissions worldwide. This population-based study was carried out in order to ascertain whether there were any differences in numbers or characteristics of acute paediatric medical admis... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
(Staffordshire University) A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from Rheumatoid Arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures than healthy individuals.The work, published in PLOSONE and undertaken by University of Malta and Staffordshire University, compares thermographic patterns of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in remission with healthy individuals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Preventable fatal injury during rally race: a multidisciplinary approach - Zerbo S, Bilotta C, Perrone G, Malta G, Re GL, Terranova MC, Argo A, Salerno S.
INTRODUCTION: The motor vehicle crash (MVC) constitutes an important challenge for forensic pathology in order to identify the manner and cause of death. Our study focuses on a fatal accident during a rally race corresponding to MVC sub-category.
MATER... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Pope Francis accused of sowing 'confusion' with same-sex union message
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an American prelate of the Catholic Church, patron of Malta and former Archbishop of St. Louis, Kentucky,... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Domestic violence among the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic - Calleja-Agius J, Calleja N.
We would like to share the experience as doctors working in a small island nation, Malta, where, one of the first effective measures was that the elderly population (65+) were asked to self-isolate at home, being among the most vulnerable group.1 In cases ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
