Posts Tagged ‘Germany’
Every day you eat poison. We’re talking about dioxin, a deadly family of chemicals present in many of the meat, fish and dairy products we eat every day. While normally this exposure is limited to trace amounts, Russian health authorities fear German pigs may carry more than their fair share. According to a Reuters report they’ve [...]
The most recent update from the World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of e. coli cases in Germany and France is “much diminished.” It concluded “the [most recent] figures reflect some delayed reporting, and the evidence indicates the outbreak, which took 50 lives in Germany alone, is nearly over.” Germany’s Robert Koch Institute, meanwhile, [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced consumers in Europe should not eat raw bean and seed sprouts until investigations into the continent’s deadly e. coli outbreak are complete. Over 4,000 people have fallen ill and 50 died since the health crisis began in May. While cases were originally confined to Germany, they have since spread [...]
Patients who received poorly coordinated medical care or were unable to afford basic medical costs were much more likely to report errors in their medication or treatment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Medical Practice. Researchers from the USA and Australia used data from the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey [...]
German health officials have identified bean and seed sprouts as the cause of the recent E. coli outbreak, specifically fenugreek, mung beans, lentils, adzuki beans and alfalfa. On Friday, Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food safety (BVL) and Robert Koch Institute (RKI) released a joint statement recommending [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published updated statistics for the E. coli outbreak in Central amd Northern Europe. As of June 5th, about 1540 cases of Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC) and 630 of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) – a deadly kidney illness linked to EHEC – had been reported. Though spread across 11 countries, [...]
16 people have died and more than 1,000 are ill (with 400 of those in critical condition) due to a sudden outbreak of E. coli, according to the latest reports from Europe. Originally confined to Germany, cases have since been reported in Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, the U.K., the Netherlands, Switzerland and now even [...]
3 people have died and another 276 have been hospitalized in Germany following a May outbreak of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS). While cases have been reported in other countries, all those affected by the disease recently visited Germany, particularly northern Germany. HUS is caused by harmful strains of E. coli bacteria sometimes present in food, [...]
Duty of care is a legal obligation requiring someone (such as an employer) to maintain a “reasonable” standard of care when handling issues that could cause harm to others. Hence, poor expat health benefits can mean big trouble for multinational employers if they’re ever found negligent. Multinationals need to be aware of their legal obligations [...]
Recently several European countries have seen an increase in reported measle cases. Expats in these countries should check that their vaccinations are up to date. France has reported nearly 1,000 cases in January 2011 following on from more than 4,500 cases in 2010. Turkey has also reported an outbreak in Istanbul with Denmark, Germany and [...]
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