Health

When the vaccination rate finally reached 70 percent in December of 2021, a new danger appeared on the horizon. In other countries, the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus made the infection numbers explode. In 2022, the same happened in Germany.

Berlin's hospitals and doctors are under pressure because of an extremely high number of patients with respiratory diseases, flu symptoms and COVID-19. During…

In Berlin, the number of sick leaves is on the rise. The flu, colds, the RS Virus and the Coronavirus are to blame. Now, all of those waves made the Charité…

Four German states have already dumped the compulsory isolation regulation for persons infected with Corona, even though there are tens of thousands new cases every day. The governments in the state capitals are also arguing about masks. It is not the first time.

Because the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is spreading, more and more children's hospitals in Germany are overburdened. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach…

In Germany, a new subvariant of the Coronavirus is spreading. BQ.1.1, or 'Hellhound', is more contagious than the version which has been dominant in the past…

Berlin's main zoo was just closed because the H5N1 virus was confirmed in the carcass of an anvilhead. In cooperation with the authorities, Zoo Berlin's management reacted immediately.

Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein are about to get rid of the compulsory isolation rule for persons infected with the dangerous…

After a Senate meeting on Tuesday, Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey announced masks would not be mandatory in shops or cultural venues until November 24th,…

Every one and a half days, one person in Berlin dies of drug abuse. In the capital, but also on the national level, the situation is deteriorating.