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The app's user numbers have grown by 50% over the past six months, and since August people have also been able to report suspected violations through it, Information Services said.
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The pharmacists' association wants regulators to study data from the SESPA tracking system and pin down what's causing the shortages before they…
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Burgas's Comprehensive Oncology Centre is offering free breast cancer screenings throughout October, the centre's director said.
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Health minister Ivkova expects a deal to be reached. She plans to discuss staff shortages, the strain on doctors and nurses, and extra payments…
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A new registry meets EU rules but still hasn't launched, and the national cancer hub is waiting for the institutions to switch it on.
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An 89-year-old woman spent five months going from doctor to doctor about swelling on her face and neck before doctors at Burgas University Hospital…
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Schools will no longer shut or send pupils home when flu season hits, under a draft rule from the health ministry. Instead, the focus will be on…
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The Sanitas union wants an urgent meeting with Romania's health ministry in Bucharest over cuts to state healthcare staff spending.
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The air ambulance service has flown 370 missions since it launched, 204 of them this year alone.
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Bulgaria has received 75,000 doses of nasal flu vaccine for children, the health ministry said, with injectable vaccines due to arrive by the end of…
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The discussion is part of a project run by the Bulgarian Platform of the European Women's Lobby, with meetings planned across the country from June…
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Australian scientists found that people with a certain gene profile who took low-dose aspirin had a 70% lower risk of dementia, though they also bled…
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Bulgaria has signed contracts for 490,000 doses of flu vaccine for people aged 65 and over for the 2026-2027 season, health ministry official Dr…
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Children under 14 made up 36.5% of hospital admissions in the 2025-2026 season, up from 22% in 2022-2023, the health ministry says.
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Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva told a forum held by the Bulgarian Medical Association that patients face high out-of-pocket costs and doctors and…
