EU tweaks Russia oil sanctions plan in bid to win over reluctant states
The European Commission has proposed changes to its planned embargo on Russian oil to give Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic more time to prepare for the shift in their energy supplies,... #czechrepublic #theeuropeancommission (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Slovakia, Hungary won't back EU sanctions on Russian energy - The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Slovakia and Hungary said Tuesday that they will not support sanctions against Russian energy that the European Union is preparing over the war in Ukraine , saying they are... #theassociatedpress (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First NATO country sends Ukraine powerful surface-to-air missiles to shoot down Russian aircraft and cruise missiles
Slovakia confirmed it had sent Ukraine a Soviet-era S-300, a long-range surface-to-air missile system that President Zelenskyy had desperately wanted. #zelenskyy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden says US facilitated Slovakia's transfer of air defense system to Ukraine
"It is our duty to help, not to stay put and be ignorant to the loss of human lives under Russia’s aggression." (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Slovak minister says paying in roubles an option, country needs gas
The economy minister of Slovakia, which relies on Russian gas for around 85% of its demand, said the country could not be cut off from Russian gas flows and if it had to pay in roubles it would,... #economyminister (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Informal International Network Getting Disabled Ukrainians Out of the War Zone
When Tanya Herasymova woke up on February 24 to the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine, her first thought was to get underground. If the Russian army began bombing her city Kamianske, close to the separatist region Donetsk, she would be at greater risk in her 4th floor apartment. But there was a problem: none of the city’s bomb shelters were accessible to wheelchair users, leaving Herasymova with nowhere to take cover.
“It was a horrible feeling because I knew that I couldn’t go down there by myself. I can’t be alone, I need someone to help me,” Herasymova says. “I realized that the on...
Source: TIME: Health - March 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eloise Barry Tags: Uncategorized Londontime Ukraine Source Type: news
London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to Ukraine
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Early this morning a team of 26 London Ambulance Service (LAS) paramedics, many of them UNISON members, left a foggy East London for a 1,000-mile drive across Europe to Poland, in an extraordinary humanitarian convoy.
They will deliver 10 reconditioned ambulances filled with medical supplies, to be used by the Ukraine ambulance staff tackling the terrible casualties of Russia’s invasion, as well as two vans full of much-needed items – such as cloth...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 28, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News Ambulance ambulance workers Greater London Region Ukraine Source Type: news
Slovakia preliminarily agrees to send key air defense system to Ukraine
Slovakia has preliminarily agreed to provide Ukraine with a key Soviet-era air defense system to help defend against Russian airstrikes, according to three sources familiar with the matter, but... #airstrikes #ukraineslovakia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Polio Makes a Comeback in Ukraine as War Halts Vaccination Campaign
In the fog of the war in Ukraine, it’s easy to forget about a smaller, but still very poignant tragedy that occurred months before the fighting began, back on Oct. 6, 2021. That day, a 17-month-old girl in the Rivne region in the west portion of the country was stricken with paralytic polio—19 years after the European region as a whole was declared polio-free. A second case of the disease appeared in the Zakarpattya region to the south on Dec. 24. And over those same months, 20 other children have tested positive for the poliovirus, though with sub-clinical, non-paralytic cases of the disease.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger and Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Now Represent Biggest Movement of People in Europe Since World War II
More than 1.45 million people have left the country since Russia invaded, with most headed toward Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. #worldwarii (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Ukraine ’s COVID-19 Problem Is Everyone’s Problem
Ukraine was struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic even before Russian troops advanced on the country. It was slower to launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaigns than other European countries, and while the government encouraged citizens to get immunized, most people struggled to find a way to get the shot, didn’t feel the need to get vaccinated, or didn’t trust the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
Just before the invasion on Feb. 24, only 35% of the Ukrainian population had been vaccinated. That puts it in line with most of its neighboring countries, although some, including Poland and Hungary, have ac...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Changes in alcohol consumption and determinants of excessive drinking during the CoViD-19 lockdown in the Slovak Republic - Gavurov á B, Khouri S, Ivankova V, Kubák M.
As a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, countries have been forced to adopt strong restrictions, such as lockdown, which can lead to serious consequences for public health, including the problematic use of addictive substances. The... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Links between alcohol and external causes of deaths in males: an autopsy study - Ba ška T, Buck S, Straka L, Janik M, Malinovská N, Hudečková H.
This study aimed to analyse deaths due to external causes in males in northwest Slovakia. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional autopsy study. METHODS: The autopsy registry provided information on fatalities in males in northwest Slo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
U.S. men's hockey team, eliminated in a quarterfinal shootout, is left to lament the missed chances
Team USA led Slovakia until there were 43.7 seconds left in regulation in their quarterfinal matchup. Then, after a scoreless overtime and one goal against them in a shootout, the Americans faced... #quarterfinalmatchup #shootout #teamusa #quarterfinalshootout #hockeyteam (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Slovakia plans to gradually ease most virus restrictions
Slovakia is planning to gradually ease most coronavirus restrictions despite a current record surge of infections caused by the highly transmittable omicron variant (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
