Medicine

Education Minister Aeber Ademi said on Tuesday that at least 200 children are not being allowed to attend school because they are not vaccinated, but added that these are only the preliminary numbers that the ministry gathered from education inspectorates across the country, and that the real figure might be higher.

Health Minister Kiril Ananiyev attended the inauguration of the new CT scanner, for which the ministry allocated nearly BGN 600,000, and the presentation of the newly renovated and equipped with new medical equipment Department of Dialysis Treatment at the MBAL - Dobrich.

Officers seized 28.7 grams of cannabis, counterfeit alcohol and ten mobile phones during a raid in a prison in the northern town of Komotini on Monday, as part of an ongoing crackdown on crime in jails.

According to state-run news agency ANA-MPA, the cannabis was packed in 33 nylon packages and the alcohol was kept in two buckets.

The value of some clinical pathways in physiotherapy and rehabilitation covers about 43% of the actual costs incurred.

Japan has lifted the temporary ban on the import of Bulgarian poultry meat, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) reports.

Imports of poultry meat and meat products are now authorized.

The ban was imposed at the end of 2017 due to the worsening epizootic situation in relation to the disease Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Bulgaria. 

Known as chronic wasting disease, the fatal progressive neurodegenerative illness was first identified in the 1960s. Like mad cow, the disease is spread by prions, the zombie-like pathogenic proteins that aren't alive and can't be killed. When they infect an animal, they eat away at its brain, causing a cascade of symptoms that resemble dementia and eventually lead to death.

Bucharest, Oct 14 Oct /Agerpres/ - The candidate for the presidential elections of the USR PLUS Alliance, Dan Barna, said on Monday, in Galati, that Romania needs at present an active president, a president that is mindful, dedicated, who should put the topics that really matter into the debate of society.

Bulgaria ranks last in the European Union for stem cell transplants, Eurostat reported.

A total of 139 Bulgarians have undergone a similar type of transplant for the year. Only Romania, Malta and Slovenia rank after Bulgaria. No stem cell transplants have been performed in Malta and Slovenia.

From 10 am to 1 pm Alexandrovska Hospital will hold a lecture on the treatment of cancer.

The occasion is the World Breast Cancer Month.

Therefore, free breast examinations will be performed at the surgical clinics throughout the month, said Dr. Mariela Vassileva.

Brazil-born, Berlin-based pianist, singer and composer Dillon (Dominique Dillon de Byington) is making her Greek debut at the Parnassos Literary Society on Wednesday, October 9.