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Federal health minister Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) wants to ban all flavours for e-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, except tobacco.
Belgium aims to reduce antibiotic prescriptions by general practitioners by 40%, as international health organisations warn of growing resistance that is outpacing pharmaceutical innovation.
Euthanasia costs are to be covered by health insurance and home nurses will be able to provide more care without needing a prescription, among the changes in Belgium that came into effect on 1 Nov
Belgian prison governors are demanding that severe overcrowding be tackled by releasing two prisoners for every new prisoner who enters, according to an open letter published in various media outl
Station Europe in Brussels was illuminated in pink on 30 September to show the European Parliament’s support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Brussels public prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation into a recent spate of STEC bacterial infections in residential care homes.
New figures have revealed significant inequalities in life expectancy in the Brussels region, with a woman in Uccle living on average almost 10 years longer than a man in Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode.
Brussels university hospital UZ Brussel is ending its collaboration with Danish sperm bank ESB following a scandal in which it emerged that one donor had fathered more than 50 children in Belgium
