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The three years of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a terrible loss of life and exacerbated health inequalities. The global economy slumped and, worldwide, people’s lives were affected. This experience demonstrated that the present global health governance framework is not effective in responding t...
Bipolar disorder is not just mood shifts. It is a disease that causes many hardships and suffering. What is more, a person with bipolar disorder may end up in various tricky situations. When a mania episode occurs, the person is unable to assess their strengths and analyze a situation clearly and by...
“Usually the first reaction to the outbreak of potentially dangerous disease is panic, and once the threat has passed, policy-makers fail to plan for adequate prevention. Overreaction, then ignorance, in other words”, says Dr Florian Rabitz senior researcher at KTU Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts a...
Flu continues to spread in Lithuania with 16 municipalities out of 60 having declared epidemics. One death from flu-related complications was reported on Monday.
In 2015, 157 new HIV cases - 115 men and 42 women, were recorded in Lithuania by the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS.
Nine out of 60 municipalities in Lithuania have declared a flu epidemic.
Two students and a teacher from a school in Skuodas, north-west Lithuania, have been diagnosed with tuberculosis. All students and staff at the school are to be tested for the disease.
There is only a small chance that the Zika virus could spread to Lithuania with cold weather preventing the mosquitos who carry the virus from living long enough, according to a leading Lithuanian expert, but pregnant women should still not travel to countries with warmer climates where the virus ha...
Flu and upper respiratory infections are spreading fast in Lithuania, with over 100 people hospitalized with flu complications this week.
