Health

‘Health’ section: medicine, preventative care, healthy living and useful advice for residents of Munich and Bavaria. In your own language.

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Munich Health Department Launches Free Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections

4 September marks World Sexual Health Day, and Munich authorities are reminding residents of the simple opportunity to find out about the state of their own health completely free of charge, anonymously

04.09.2026

Daniel Tat

What Munich Airport Plans to Do After Several People Died of Malaria at Frankfurt Airport

A few days ago, two people died at their workplace at one of Europe's largest aviation hubs. The cause turned out to be rare and almost surreal: malaria, apparently brought in by a tropical mosquito that had travelled in someone's

29.08.2026

Daniel Tat

Free screening launched in Munich for bacteria that cause stomach cancer

Almost every third resident of Germany is a carrier of bacteria whose existence they don't even

TUM Researchers Develop AI Method for Tumor Diagnostics

Today, determining a tumor's aggressiveness usually requires a biopsy-a surgical procedure to take a tissue sample.

State-Funded Bavarian Homeopathy Study Fails to Show Efficacy

Free State of Bavaria spent €600,000 to investigate whether homeopathy could replace antibiotics. The results proved deeply disappointing for alternative medicine advocates: researchers found no advantages of homeopathic remedies over conventional pharmaceutical

10.08.2026

Bavaria·Health·Science

Lightning strikes Bundeswehr camp in Mittenwald, injuring six soldiers

Раннее утро среды выдалось для группы военнослужащих бундесвера крайне тяжёлым: ночную тренировку на возвышенности Хоэр Брендтен под Миттенвальдом прервала сильная гроза, обернувшаяся прямым попаданием молнии в место бивака.

17.07.2026

Bavaria·Health·Incidents

Munich clinic saved a child from Deggendorf after a viper bite

An accident in Lower Bavaria, where a minor suffered a bite from a common viper, nearly ended in tragedy. The victim was hospitalized at the Donauisar-Klinikum in Deggendorf with severe symptoms of

09.07.2026

Bavaria·Health·Incidents·Safety

This Summer Germany Expects an Invasion of Mosquitoes

The warm and at the same time rainy weather of the recent weeks creates in Germany almost ideal conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes.

06.07.2026

Germany·Health

In Bavaria, Bats with Rabies Virus Discovered, Local Services Urged Citizens to Caution

In two bats found in the municipality of Haibach, the rare European bat lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV-1) has been laboratory confirmed. These incidents became the first recorded cases of the discovery of

02.07.2026

Bavaria·Health·Safety

The Number of Teenagers with School Anxiety in Bavaria Has Increased

In the last few years, the number of young people suffering from the so-called "school anxiety" associated with attending educational institutions has sharply grown in Germany.

21.06.2026

Bavaria·Education·Health

In Some Water Bodies of Bavaria, a Ban on Bathing Has Been Introduced Due to the Multiplication of Cyanobacteria

Anomalously warm summer weather and prolonged periods of solar activity have provoked a sharp deterioration of the environmental situation at certain water objects of the south of Germany.

20.06.2026

Bavaria·Health

Lab technician in safety goggles and gloves discards nonconforming sunscreen tubes into a waste bin in a cosmetics quality lab (signs read VERWORFEN Nicht konform). — Детские крема исследование © Фото: ChatGPT

Children’s Sunscreens: Several Brands Received an Unsatisfactory Rating

According to a study by the German institute for consumer information Stiftung Warentest, the results of which were disclosed in 2026, several popular sunscreens for children do not provide the ultraviolet protection

18.06.2026

Business and Finance·Germany·Health

Bavarian Bathing Lakes Received Good Ratings, But One Is Recognized as Unsatisfactory

A study of water in Bavarian lakes has shown that in the current summer season, the majority of lakes are fully suitable for safe and comfortable bathing, as the water quality in

09.06.2026

Bavaria·Health·Interesting·Society

Студенты и никотиновые зубочистки © Фото: ChatGPT

Another Product Attracts Children and Causes Nicotine Addiction

The expansion of the assortment of alternative nicotine-containing products on the European market creates new challenges for control systems and preventative medicine. Small wooden sticks look like ordinary toothpicks but contain concentrated

31.05.2026

Bavaria·Editor's Choice·Editor's Column·Germany·Health·Munich

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