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Articles with tag "Health"

Russian Corporate Health Insurance Costs Surge as Staffing Shortages and Inflation Bite

Labor shortages and rising input costs are driving up prices, even as employer-funded coverage expands only marginally.

‘Deeply Concerning’: Russia Could Face Diabetes ‘Epidemic,’ Social Policy Chief Warns

More than 6 million adults and 65,000 children in Russia currently live with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to Health Ministry estimates, a figure...
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Health Ministry Advises Psychological Consultations for Women Without Pregnancy Plans

Under updated health guidance, women who indicate in a medical history questionnaire that they do not want children should be referred to a therapist “for...
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FSB Arrests Krasnodar Region Health Minister for Alleged Fraud

Yevgeny Filippov, who has served as Krasnodar’s health minister since 2013, is allegedly accused of using his post to illegally enrich himself and his...
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Head of Mental Health Facility in Kemerovo Region Placed on Leave After 9 Patients Die

Dozens of patients were hospitalized after the outbreak of a viral infection at a mental health hospital in the city of Prokopyevsk.
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Kemerovo Region Governor Apologizes for Blaming Newborn Deaths on Mothers

Governor Ilya Seredyuk had accused the women who gave birth to the children of being alcoholics and claimed they had failed to seek prenatal care.
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Court Orders 3-Month Closure of Kemerovo Region Hospital Where Newborns Died

The order comes after police arrested the chief physician and the acting head of intensive care at Novokuznetsk Maternity Hospital No. 1.
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In Russia's Coal-Mining Heartland, Healthcare Workers Struggle as Regional Budget Shortfall Delays Salaries

The delayed payments are the latest instance of a problem that has recurred across Russia for years.
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Police Arrest Chief Physician and Intensive Care Head at Siberian Hospital Where Newborns Died

Prosecutors charged the two hospital employees with negligence resulting in death and said an investigation was underway.
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Russia Probes Death of 9 Newborns at Siberian Hospital

Local media reported an acute staffing shortage, claiming nursing assistants were performing the duties of specialized nurses.
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Far East City of Blagoveshchensk Orders Mask Mandate as Flu Cases Rise

The Amur region government announced that a citywide mask mandate will take effect on Thursday and remain in place until Dec. 19.
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‘Demotivating and Unjust’: In Russia’s Regions, Medical Students Decry New Work Placement Policy

The new law means that many medical graduates will start their careers at regional or rural hospitals in exchange for state funding.
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Putin Signs Law Introducing Work Placement Requirements for Young Doctors

Students enrolled in state-funded residency programs at medical universities must now undergo a work placement at public hospitals and clinics for up...
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opinion Tatyana Rybakova

Russia's Self-Imposed Isolation Reaches a New Frontier: Medicine

Moscow's blind patriotism and shunning of anything foreign means Russians will have to pay higher prices for less effective medication.
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Alcohol Poisoning Death Toll Rises to 25

Incidents of mass deaths from cheap moonshine are not uncommon in Russia, which has been blighted by high levels of alcoholism for years.
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Wounded Soldiers Driving Prosthetics Innovation, Senior Russian Defense Official Says

Deputy Defense Minister Anna Tsivilyova, reportedly a relative of Putin, said injured men returning from the battlefield had become a "driver" in prosthetics...
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Russia Reports First Imported Case of Chikungunya Fever

Rospotrebnadzor said the virus poses no threat of spreading in Russia because it is not transmitted between people.
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Russian HIV Nonprofit Loses All State Funding, Putting Services at Risk

The cuts leave vital services in jeopardy at a time when the country continues to struggle with one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics.
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opinion Andrey Shashkov

Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Seen an Explosion in HIV Rates

HIV diagnoses are decreasing across the world — except in Russia. The reasons are purely political.
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Emergency Contraceptives Disappear from Russian Pharmacies – Vyorstka

New Health Ministry regulations have sharply curtailed public access to a range of contraceptive medications.
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