Statutory health insurance chief calls broad child vaccinations "reckless"

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Andreas Gassen, orthopedist and head of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), has spoken out against the widespread vaccination of children and adolescents. "The risk of vaccination for healthy children and adolescents, even if it is very low, is probably higher than that...
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Forest fire risk rises again in Brandenburg's forests

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At the beginning of March this year, forest fire danger level 3 had already been declared in parts of Brandenburg, but...

To-go plastic littering the oceans

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Every year, between 307 and 925 million larger pieces of trash enter the oceans from European rivers. About 80 percent of...
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CSU politician Dobrindt open to ending mandatory masks outdoors

In the flared-up discussion about an end to mandatory masking, CSU state group leader Alexander Dobrindt has urged...
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Unusual migration of elephants through China

No one knows exactly what startled the elephant herd so much that it left the Mengyang Nature Reserve in Southern China...
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Was the scale of the pandemic distorted?

"Horror figures falsified: The great fraud with intensive care beds," was the headline of the Bild newspaper on Friday....
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U.S. health agency orders disposal of millions of vaccine doses

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is ordering the discard of millions of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses...

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Lambrecht calls on states to conduct detailed audits

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Against the backdrop of falling corona infection figures, German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) has called for...

Berlin company doctors join vaccination campaign

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Vaccination campaigns begin in companies on Monday. A number of private and state-owned companies in Berlin are also...
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What the digital vaccination certificate is all about

What is the digital vaccination certificate and who gets it? The digital proof of vaccination is a document that all...
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Germany seven-day incidence falls below 25

Health offices in Germany have reported 2440 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This...
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Mixed Corona vaccine is well tolerated - and effective

Using Astrazeneca and as a second dose Biontech/Pfizer probably has no disadvantages for vaccinees in terms of efficacy...
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Making it happen - getting an executive nursing leadership position

You have often thought about going for a role in leadership, but quite often, something has put you off the idea. Well,...

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Number of deployable nuclear weapons on the rise

The peace research institute Sipri has identified a worrying trend in the development of nuclear weapons. Overall, the...

State collects too much from pensioners

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Millions of people can hope to pay less tax on their pensions. This is the result of a landmark ruling by the Federal...
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Trump demands corona reparations from China

In his first major public appearance since leaving the White House in January, former U.S. President Donald Trump attacked...

Schools in Berlin an election issue

Teacher shortage, dilapidated school buildings, digitalization backlog: The fact that the Corona virus has highlighted the...
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Switzerland saws at the bridge to Europe

Switzerland breaks off negotiations with the EU on the conclusion of an institutional framework agreement. This was...
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Self-determination law for trans people failed

A new right to self-determination for trans people will not be introduced for the time being. Corresponding bills from the...

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CDU wants to ease the tax burden on businesses

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In the days when the CDU/CSU is fine-tuning its election program, business representatives are closely following every...

Will Litecoin set a new all-time high?

The crypto market recently saw the most significant crash in all of 2021, taking Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin down 50%...

Corona ensures high unemployment despite growth

The effects of the Corona crisis have hit Berlin's economy particularly hard in a state comparison. The differences...
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Deutsche Bank in trouble again in US

Deutsche Bank just can't get a grip on its money laundering controls. Reports of a further rebuke from the U.S. Federal...
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Museum association fears cost-cutting measures due to pandemic

The Corona pandemic has torn a deep hole in the finances of Germany's more than 6,600 museums. "Regardless of whether a...
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Amazon wins tax dispute over EU Commission

The tax rules concluded by the Luxembourg state with the internet retailer Amazon do not violate EU state aid law. The EU...

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Healthy reefs survive coral bleaching from heat waves

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Relatively recently, a heat wave in the southern summer of 2016/2017 triggered coral bleaching with devastating damage...

Horses and donkeys revive a desert biotope

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A few feral horses and donkeys scratch the sand with their hooves in the Mojave Desert until they reach the groundwater at...
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Climate protection: great goals, but no way to get there

Helmut Kohl already knew how to make politics with climate targets. In 1995, shortly before a UN climate conference in...
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Pathogens, the invisible historians

Before Covid-19, it was the world's deadliest disease. In 2018, the World Health Organization estimated ten million people...
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Indoor farms are particularly environmentally friendly

Glass display cases in grocery stores are nothing unusual. But what is this one doing in the vegetable section of a...
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Cause of mass death of bald eagles discovered

With criminalistic flair, researchers have solved the mystery surrounding the mysterious mass death of bald eagles in the...

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German U21 wins European Football Championship

The German U-21 national team fulfilled a dream in Ljubljana on Sunday evening that not even its notoriously optimistic...

Non-GamStop casinos - a sense of freedom

Never has there been a greater range of exciting casino games available for people to play with a touch of a button....

Konstantin Ishkhanov: "Phenomenal" MPO Concert at Gastieg

This May sees the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) visit Munich to perform at the city's world-famous Gastieg, a...
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Positive Corona test in the DFB national team

Ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Iceland, there is a corona case within the German national soccer team. This was...
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How smartphones make gambling easier for new players

The online casino industry has come a long way and is continuing to evolve and grow in many different ways. It's a very...

Can Bayern Munich stay on the Champions League throne

By winning every major football trophy possible in the past year, Bayern Munich has earned the top spot as the world's...

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Italy starts vacation season despite Corona

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"Book now, we look forward to seeing you!" With these words, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi is now courting tourists....

Holiday returns: these are the new rules of entry

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For vacation returnees and other entrants to Germany, uniform Corona rules will apply nationwide starting this Thursday....
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Mallorca attracts tourists with corona insurance

This summer, it's a matter of survival for Mallorca, Europe's most visited vacation island. In the last Corona year, the...
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The curfew also applies to BER Airport

For a good two weeks now, many counties and cities have been enforcing a nighttime curfew when the incidence exceeds 100....
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Munich top 10 tourist questions and answers

While the pandemic has hit hard, Germany like all other nations has taken measures to stave off its spread. Bavaria's...
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Is Denmark vacation allowed?

Restaurants, museums, cinemas: After a very tough Corona lockdown, Denmark is now planning a long-term return to normalcy....

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Post Corona Blues

Like many husbands I have a pretty small suitcase. Well, small, anyway. All the better in this day and age, I hear you...

A Shot in the Arm

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Until a few minutes ago, I thought the letters VHS meant Video Home System, one of the two competing video systems of my...
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Facing the Future

In the olden days, before coronavirus, robbers used to wear masks when they made their way into banks to make off with the...
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V is for Vaccine

My arm has often felt like a pincushion. A good example of this was during the SARS epidemic in 2002, when both myself and...
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Corona policy highlights Germany weakness

When faced with the threat of a new pandemic, ministers huddled together and etched ut their plans. The resolution they...

Reimagining diplomacy in the post-COVID world: an indian perspective

We enter 2021, hoping to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. While each society has dealt with it uniquely, global...