BERN – Sexually transmitted diseases—mainly gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia—are up in Switzerland and the rest of Europe in comparison to 2015.
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Trial Ebola Vaccine Volunteers Wanted in Geneva
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss agency for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products, Swissmedic, has fast-tracked an experimental trial of the VSV-EBOV Ebola vaccine at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG).
Geneva Resident and WHO Spokesperson Dies in Malaysia Airlines Crash
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One Geneva resident was among the 298 people who perished on board the Malaysia Airlines plane that – according to US officials – was brought down by a ground-to-air missile in a disputed region in eastern Ukraine.
A vos souhaits! Influenza Cases on the Rise in Geneva
BERN, Switzerland – The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health has issued an alert after an increase in reported cases of influenza (flu). According to newly published statistics the number of medical cases in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais is increasing, with widespread cases reported in the north and east of the country…