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Nominal wages in Switzerland rose by 1.7 percent in 2023. At the same time, inflation rose by 2.1 percent. The purchasing power of wages therefore fell by 0 ... Show more
BAG campaign: Ready for sex?: The Federal Office of Public Health has launched a new campaign to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases ...
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Tick-borne encephalitis cases double in Switzerland compared to previous year - SWI swissinfo.ch
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Switzerland records low birth rate. Why is this? The Federal Office of Public Health is puzzled, but categorically rules out the coronavirus vaccination - Die ...
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Ueli Maurer, voice of reason: “Switzerland must absolutely reject the pandemic treaty proposed by the WHO” - The World Week
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Quick Glance: Ueli Maurer on Corona
- Ueli Maurer participates in a symposium and expresses conciliatory sentiments.
- He defends the Federal Council during the Covid crisis and criticizes the one-sided information available.
- Maurer calls for respect for different opinions and criticizes the WHO guidelines.
- He emphasizes the need to be critical and opposes the partial revision of the Epidemics Act.
Ueli Maurer, voice of reason: “Switzerland must absolutely reject the pandemic treaty proposed by the WHO” - The World Week
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Schlattingen: Canexis AG receives Swissmedic approval for medical cannabis: The Thurgau company processes one ton of grass per day.
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Swiss ‘toxic cheesemaker’ charged with manslaughter: In people with a compromised immune system, listeria can cause a number of severe symptoms which can lead to ...
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Switzerland warns against using ‘Lemon Bottle’ fat-dissolving injections - SWI swissinfo.ch
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Michael Brändle: Alain Berset's right-hand man from Solothurn looks back: As Alain Berset's personal employee, Michael Brändle from Solothurn played a key role ...
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IN NUMBERS: Understanding Switzerland's growing foreign population: After immigration came to a standstill during the pandemic, the number of foreign nationals ...
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mRNA vaccines: How bad is contamination with bacterial DNA?: Data speaks louder than words - this also applies to questions about possible contamination of ...
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Lemon Bottle fat removal injection is illegal in Switzerland: The authorities warn of health risks and tests show that the products are often counterfeits
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13 questions and 13 answers about the 13th AHV pension: On March 3rd, the Swiss population will vote on a 13th AHV monthly pension for everyone ...
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Reader question: Should I take out insurance before I go skiing in Switzerland?: With the start of the winter sports season in the Swiss Alps, many people ...
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Homeopathy: Swissmedic bans misleading advertising of medicines: The medicines authority Swissmedic condemns the heads of the companies Herbamed and Chrisana for ...
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Paid articlePaid Switzerland destroys 19 million Covid-19 vaccine doses: Since the start of the pandemic, Switzerland has destroyed 18.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines that ...
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Social spending remains higher than before Covid: Expenditure on social benefits in Switzerland fell by 2% in 2022 compared with the previous year ...
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Corona leaks: The Federal Council brushes the issue off the table: At the second meeting without Alain Berset, the Federal Council discussed dealing with the ...
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Sleep apnea: million-dollar ventilator business bothers price monitors: The waste of money with devices that patients rent at high prices instead of buying ...
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Everything you need to know about hospital care in Switzerland: Chances are that sooner or later, all of us will have to use a Swiss hospital ...
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Swiss government insists it has leaks under control: The Swiss government has rejected parliamentary criticism that it has not done enough to control ...
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Alain Berset: A ballad for an extraordinary Federal Councillor: After twelve years, he vacates the Federal Council office. Berset - a ballad.
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The Observer had uncovered that Philips was negligent in recalling apnea devices. The company has now received a fine from Swissmedic. 👉 brnw.ch/21wGOJN
Alain Berset is gone, but the proceedings against Lauener remain: Whether the e-mail correspondence of Peter Lauener, Federal Councillor Alain Berset's long-time ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: Communists form a new party in Switzerland; more people suffer from lung-related diseases; and ...
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The great luck 🍼: Compared to cantons, Graubünden is in the upper midfield with an average age of 32.3 years. According to the Federal Statistical Office ... Show more
Swissmedic authorises new drug for respiratory disease: Swissmedic has authorised a new medicine to treat colds and cases of acute bronchitis in infants and ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swissmedic-authorises-new-drug-for-respiratory-disease/49090102
‘Mr Covid’ Alain Berset bids farewell to parliament: Alain Berset, who held the rotating Swiss presidency this year, has appeared before parliament for the last ...
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Is Swiss health insurance cheaper or even free for pensioners?: In the United States, people over the age of 65 are entitled to government-sponsored Medicare ...
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Poison from the ventilator: Apnea breathing machines released toxic particles. Manufacturer Philips did not respond for years - Swissmedic has initiated criminal ...
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Paid articlePaid Requests for student financial aid on the rise in Switzerland: The number of university students requesting financial support has risen since the start of the ...
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Dispute over blackened Covid vaccination contracts enters the next round - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Corona pandemic: The Federal Council wants to adapt the Epidemics Act: The Federal Council is looking ahead and wants to better prepare Switzerland for future ...
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Alain Berset Corona leaks: “Now people are insinuating that I organized indiscretions myself?”
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Paid articlePaid Electronic patient record EPD: Parliament wants to move forward: The digitalization of healthcare sounds nice in theory, but is quite difficult in practice ...
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Switzerland confirms Covid-19 baby boom: The number of births in Switzerland increased significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Statistical Office ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/society/switzerland-confirms-covid-19-baby-boom/49032300
Corona leaks: Alain Berset is not aware of any guilt, but plays the victim in the Tages-Anzeiger interview. And the Teflon man gets away with it - Die ...
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To this end, the Federal Office of Public Health BAG wants to address risk groups such as drug users, prisoners and prostitutes with the “Stop HIV” program ... Show more
What is Switzerland's health insurance card and how do I get it?: Your wallet is already likely filled with various ‘plastic’ — the ID, driver’s license ...
thelocal.ch/20240105/what-is-switzerlands-health-insurance-card-and-how-do-i-get-it
Corona leaks: How Alain Berset lost trust in the Federal Council: In the GPK report, the harshest criticism of the Interior Minister comes from his colleagues ...
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Paid articlePaid Berset's Federal Office of Public Health decides: Homosexual men who want to have sex without a condom no longer have to pay for the costs of HIV prophylaxis ...
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Federal Councillor Alain Berset was on the verge of resigning twice during the coronavirus pandemic. He explains what brought him this far at #SRFGredigDirekt .
There have been numerous leaks in the context of the Federal Council's Covid-19 business. This is shown by an analysis of the parliamentary supervision ... Show more
Corona leaks: 200 indiscretions, a hot lead - and no perpetrators: The much-anticipated Covid media leaks investigation is here. The result: a single ...
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Swiss Covid Leaks Eroded Confidence, Investigators Say: The leak of confidential Covid-19 data to Switzerland’s biggest tabloid from the office of President ...
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Urban-rural healthcare divide: fewer doctors in Swiss countryside: There are one per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 0.4 in the countryside ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/business/urban-rural-healthcare-divide--fewer-doctors-in-swiss-countryside/49006002
Swiss papers react to Covid Leaks report: A Swiss parliamentary committee has published its eagerly awaited report into the so-called Covid Leaks ...
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What does the increase in the number of Covid cases in Switzerland mean?: Coronavirus infections are on the rise again, with Swiss health officials and ...
thelocal.ch/20231115/what-does-the-increase-in-the-number-of-covid-cases-in-switzerland-mean
Corona leaks: Hubi, does the GPK investigation really exonerate Alain Berset? What do the results mean for the outgoing SP magistrate? And what is his legacy ...
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Swiss hospitalisations in 2022 exceeded pre-Covid level: The number of hospitalisations in Switzerland rose to 1.49 million in 2022, above the pre-pandemic level ...
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Private care for the elderly on the rise in Switzerland: The trend towards privatisation in the elderly care sector is continuing in Switzerland.
swissinfo.ch/eng/business/private-care-for-the-elderly-on-the-rise-in-switzerland/48969576
Wegovy weight loss injection: popular fat-losing injection comes to Switzerland: One and a half years after approval by the Swiss Medicines Agency ...
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Alain Berset looks back: “Politics is not my only purpose in life” - Freiburger Nachrichten
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Who should get top-up Covid and flu jabs in Switzerland?: Swiss health authorities have issued recommendations for a Covid booster, as well as a flu shot.
thelocal.ch/20231031/explained-who-should-get-a-covid-jab-this-autumn-in-switzerland
Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday: Cost of living dropped slightly in November; people in Switzerland like their healthcare system; ...
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Swiss Covid-19 vaccination campaign targets most vulnerable: The Swiss authorities have launched a national campaign to encourage particularly vulnerable people ...
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Federal Council internal affairs for selected media: There were indiscretions from Alain Berset's Ministry of Health during the pandemic ... Show more
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Corona leaks: Berset department strikes back and is now firing sharply against the GPK - Zofinger Tagblatt
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“I doubt that Berset knew nothing”: This is how parliamentarians react to the investigation into the Corona leaks - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Berset knew about contacts with Ringier - However, it cannot be proven that he was aware of the indiscretions - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Neocitran: U.S. panel of experts rates active ingredient as ineffective: The decongestant effect of phenylephrine is strongly doubted. What does this mean for ...
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What are the Corona leaks about again? Here you find the answers! - Zofinger Tagblatt
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rämienschock: what the federal council could have done about it: The health insurance companies accuse Health Minister Berset of not having taken advantage of ...
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Quick Glance: Premium Shock: Bundesrat's Potential Actions for Health Measures
- Health Minister Alain Berset has more leeway than he claims, according to health insurers.
- Approximately 1.9 billion Swiss francs flow annually as distribution margins to medication distributors.
- The Federal Council plans to adopt a measure that would save 60 million Swiss francs by cutting operating margins.
- Increasing the share of generic drugs could result in savings of 150 million Swiss francs.
Berset case: The report on the Corona leaks causes tension: The report from the parliamentary supervisory authority on the Corona leaks is expected this week - ...
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Podcast "Politbüro" - The premium hammer and the responsibility of Alain Berset.: How much is the outgoing health minister to blame for skyrocketing health ...
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BAG stops Sandoz advertising in the waiting room of the doctor's office: Doctors have been selling advertising space in their waiting rooms to drug manufacturers ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Ban on Free Samples and Advertising Brochures in Doctors' Waiting Rooms
- No more free tissues and band-aids in waiting rooms
- Doctors have been selling advertising space to drug manufacturers for years
- The government has issued a directive against generic drug manufacturer Sandoz
Low birth rates in Zurich: Last year's abrupt decline in birth rates was no exception, new figures show - a search for clues.
tagesanzeiger.ch/zahlen-sind-erneut-tief-babyflaute-in-zuerich-952263447399
Alain Berset blames Parliament for premium hike: In an interview with the “NZZ am Sonntag”, the outgoing health minister sees the blame for the increase in ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday: The share of Switzerland's population with foreign roots has grown; government discusses flu ...
thelocal.ch/20231107/today-in-switzerland-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-tuesday-115
Swiss travel almost as much as before Covid-19 pandemic: Last year, each Swiss resident made on average 2.6 overnight trips and 8 day trips ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/society/swiss-travel-almost-as-much-as-before-covid-19-pandemic/48885002
How healthy is Switzerland?: What is the general health status of the Swiss resident population after the Covid-19 pandemic? The Swiss Health Survey (SGB) ...
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Alain Berset on premium hammers for health insurance companies - Ticker to read: Significant increase in premiums in Switzerland. As of 2024, health insurance ...
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Excitement about report on Corona leaks: A working group is investigating the role of Federal Councilor Alain Berset in passing on information about the ...
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Paid articlePaid Switzerland Today: In the news: Switzerland swallows the bitter pill of a staggering rise in health costs.
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Seriously ill patients should receive the necessary therapy quickly: Health Minister Berset no longer wants arbitrary decisions regarding expensive treatments ...
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Proibição da publicidade ao tabaco: Conselho de Estados a favor de uma aplicação rigorosa
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Switzerland Today: Members of parliament reveal their incomes, the evolution of teleworking and a secret plot against the WHO head. All this and more stories.
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Corona news: is the vaccination still useful? Mask? Questions and answers: .2 million people in Switzerland are considered "particularly at risk" by the Federal ...
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