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The sixth death of a child due to the streptococcus A (Strep A) infection has been recorded in Greece since the beginning of 2023, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Monday.

The 7-year-old child died in a hospital in Thessaloniki.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced plans to establish a new hospital in Istanbul that will focus on the treatment of rare diseases, particularly through the application of cell and gene therapies.

In a lawsuit regarding the fee of the HPV vaccine, which has been campaigned to be free for a while as it provides essential protection against cervical cancer, a court has decided that the cost of the vaccine should be covered by the Social Security Institution (SGK), marking a landmark decision.

Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA on Monday confirmed the seizure of 124 kilograms of cocaine that was found in banana boxes in a warehouse in the town of Siroki Brijeg.

"I can confirm the seizure, the investigators have done their part of the job, but due to the ongoing investigation, I can't give more details," Jelena Miovcic, SIPA's spokeswoman, told BIRN.

42 are the new cases of infection with Covid-19 for the last 24 hours in Bulgaria with 555 tests performed, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

There are no dead. 275 people are in hospitals, of which 34 are in intensive care units. There are 1,940 active cases of infection. 6 have been cured.

A robot that uses artificial intelligence has been developed by a lab at Macedonia University in northern Greece to provide support to autistic children.

A car crash with migrants near Sofia, there are several injured, Nova TV reported.

The incident happened near Chelopechene at 09:00 a.m. in the morning.

The police chased the migrants and the car they were in crashed. The driver fled.

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 173, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

2,941 tests were performed, which means that the proportion of positive results is 5.88 percent.

Three patients with confirmed coronavirus infection have died.

On paper, Croatian women have the right to seek an abortion. In practice, it's becoming increasingly difficult, pushing some to go abroad.

A Slovenian-German-Dutch team of scientists has identified a modification of a protein which plays a role in early-onset frontotemporal dementia, an important insight into the causes of the disease that could lead to the development of new strategies to treat it.