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The Manneken Pis statue in Brussels was temporarily turned off in an initiative aimed at raising awareness about incontinence.
A Danish donor at one of Europe’s leading sperm banks, whose sperm was used to conceive at least 67 children, most of them in Belgium, has been found to carry a cancer-causing gene.
New rules banning the advertising of unhealthy food products to children under 16 will come into force on 1 January 2026.
A general practitioner has filed a 25-page complaint with the Belgian Medical Association, condemning a series of serious shortcomings in healthcare at Haren prison.
Due to the lack of a Brussels government, funds for the breast cancer screening programme have been blocked and not a single Brussels woman has been invited for a mammogram screening so far this y
Management at Brussels' hospitals have said that the ongoing government negotiations threaten access to healthcare and are calling on politicians to take responsibility and wrap up the government
As Thursday marks the five-year anniversary of Belgium’s coronavirus shutdown, some are calling for a commemoration, others a memorial and others a formal evaluation of the long-term impact of the
A touring ambulance that provides social and medical assistance to Brussels' most vulnerable residents has helped 50,000 people, as the service celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Belgium’s National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, Inami, will no longer reimburse telephone consultations with general practitioners, it has announced.
