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Health

1 week ago
Health authorities traced the outbreak to raw sprouts.
1 week ago
Cancer treatments have become a focal point after responsibility for the costs shifts to wellbeing services counties.
2 weeks ago
Wider availability of free condoms could help reduce infections, a THL research professor suggests.
2 weeks ago
A recent study found that children exposed to dogs early in life experienced fewer respiratory infections and needed fewer antibiotics.
3 weeks ago
The workers, all recruited from abroad, were dismissed by the wellbeing services county due to an apparent lack of professional and language skills.
3 weeks ago
To ensure the availability of rare blood types, the Finnish Blood Service is calling for more donors with foreign backgrounds. Catherine D’Costa from Bangladesh is among those who’ve answered the call.
4 weeks ago
Politicians chose short-term financial interests over the health of young people, argues THL Director Mika Salminen, who says nicotine is “nearly as addictive as heroin”.
1 month ago
The number of home births has continued to grow rapidly, according to THL’s statistics for 2020-2025.
1 month ago
Recipients of the handouts told Yle that some of the items are not necessarily useful when the goal is to feed a family.
1 month ago
A large survey asked nearly 61,000 kids and young people about their use — and opinions — of social media.