Health & Education

Health & Education·1h ago

Spain discharges first hantavirus patient as updated protocol allows release with positive blood PCR

A 70-year-old man, the first passenger from the MV Hondius to test positive for hantavirus, has been discharged from a Madrid hospital after meeting new clinical criteria, while a second confirmed case has developed a mild fever.

Madrid · Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Mónica García

Health & Education·17h ago

Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreads to Uganda as vaccine race accelerates with $60m funding

Uganda confirmed six new Ebola cases on Tuesday, bringing its total to 15, as the WHO warned the outbreak in neighbouring DR Congo is still outpacing containment efforts despite a drop in suspected cases.

Kampala · Bunia · Kinshasa · Geneva

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Zoe Brennan Alan Kasujja Richard Hatchett Aruna Abedi Trish Newport

Health & Education·May 27

Ebola Outbreak in DRC and Uganda Triggers Global Travel Restrictions and Contact-Tracing Crisis

A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak of the vaccine-resistant Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spilled into Uganda and prompted a cascade of international travel restrictions, with the WHO warning that the epidemic is outpacing response efforts amid violence and funding shortages.

Kinshasa · Kampala · Bengaluru

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Jagat Prakash Nadda Jesca Alupo Diana Atwine

Health & Education·11h ago

Greek vocational students sit specialisation exams as 2026 university entrance tests continue

Candidates from Greece's vocational high schools are being examined in four specialisation subjects today, the third day of the 2026 Panhellenic Examinations, as they compete for one of 68,788 higher education places.

Athens

Health & Education·5d ago

Five Ebola patients recover in DR Congo as WHO chief opens new treatment center in Bunia amid rapidly spreading outbreak

Five people have recovered from the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in eastern DR Congo, the WHO chief announced Sunday, offering a rare glimmer of hope as the outbreak surpasses 1,000 suspected cases and 246 deaths.

Bunia · Goma · Bukavu

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Pierre Akilimali Alan Gonzales

Health & Education·5d ago

Hondius cruise ship cleared to sail again after deadly hantavirus outbreak and Rotterdam quarantine

The MV Hondius has been authorized to resume service after Rotterdam health authorities confirmed the vessel was effectively cleaned and disinfected following a hantavirus outbreak that killed three passengers.

Rotterdam · Vlissingen · Tenerife · Ushuaia

Rémi Bouysset

Health & Education·4d ago

Valencia teachers' indefinite strike enters fourth week as negotiations collapse and unions split

The indefinite strike in Valencia's public non-university education system enters its fourth week after a ninth extraordinary meeting failed to produce an agreement, deepening the rift between the regional government and the three striking unions.

Valencia

Carmen Ortí Marc Candela Pilar Bernabé

Health & Education·May 28

WHO Chief Rushes to Congo as Rare, Vaccine-Less Ebola Strain Spirals Into Third-Largest Outbreak

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo as an Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain—which has no approved vaccine or treatment—surges past 1,000 suspected cases and 246 suspected deaths, prompting international emergency measures.

Kinshasa · Bunia

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Beccy Cooper Jean Kaseya

Health & Education·4d ago

Poland Dispatches Military Medical Plane to Bring Home Student in Coma from Beijing

Poland's defense minister authorized a special military medical flight to evacuate a 24-year-old Polish student from a Beijing hospital, where she has been in a pharmacological coma since mid-April. The aircraft, with a military medical team on board, is set to depart early on June 1.

Beijing · Warsaw

Klaudia Uciechowska Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Joanna Uciechowska

Health & Education·May 25

Valencian Teachers’ Strike Continues After Partial Salary Deal Splits Unions

A partial agreement on salaries between the Valencian government and two minority teachers’ unions fractured the united front of an indefinite strike, but the three largest unions rejected the offer as insufficient, leaving the walkout in its third week.

València

Carme Ortí Marc Candela Daniel McEvoy

Health & Education·May 25

Spain confirms new hantavirus case among quarantined cruise passengers in Madrid

Spain's health ministry reported a new positive hantavirus test among Spanish passengers quarantined in Madrid after a cruise ship outbreak, with the asymptomatic patient moved to a high-level isolation unit.

Madrid · Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Mónica García Stéphanie Rist

Health & Education·6d ago

Panhellenic Exams 2026 Begin: Thousands of Greek Students Sit for Modern Greek Language and Literature

The 2026 Panhellenic Examinations, Greece's high-stakes university entrance exams, began on Friday, May 29, with candidates from General Lyceums across the country taking the Modern Greek Language and Literature test.

Athens

Stella Argyriou