Many expats suffering from stress and burnout, says Cigna

Nine in ten expats are suffering from stress, and 98 per cent have experienced burnout in the past year, according to a survey by cross-border health care insurance provider Cigna…

Update: US tourists visiting Malta denied life-saving abortion

Malta has some of the strongest abortion laws in Europe – the procedure is banned outright under threat of imprisonment, with no exceptions for rape or to save the life…

Pandemic’s toll on mental and physical wellbeing results in more online insurance

Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, a Swiss Re Institute survey among 11,000 consumers worldwide shows that the pandemic has led to a greater focus on health and financial security

Epidemiological update: Monkeypox multi-country outbreak

As of 25 May 2022, a total of 219 confirmed cases have been reported worldwide, with most of cases being detected in young men, self-identifying as men who have sex…

WHO focus on communication of scientific findings during health emergencies

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a compilation of concepts focused on communicating scientific findings during the pandemic

CDC reports monkeypox diagnosis in Massachusetts

The disease, which is endemic to certain western and central African countries, has been reported in a number of countries in Europe, Australasia and North America in the past month