Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles outbreak in Romania has killed 17 children

A measles outbreak in Romania has killed 17 children and infected thousands more since September due to poverty and an anti-vaccination movement, local media reported Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles outbreak kills 30 in Romania

A measles outbreak affecting several European countries has killed 30 people in Romania, most of them children, health authorities in Bucharest said on Friday.

Health

Pregnant at 15, the teenage mothers of Romania

"God has given me a beautiful little girl. But life is difficult because I am still a child myself," says Lorena, one of more than 2,000 girls under 16 who give birth in Romania each year, some as young as 12.

HIV & AIDS

Saving the lives of Romanian children with HIV

Dr Paul Marinescu has chosen to meet me on a cold winter's day in a room stocked with plants, fish tanks and two parrots singing in their cages. It's a room as lively as its incumbent's life. This grey-haired man with a gentle ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Romania tightens pandemic measures amid COVID-19 surge

Tighter pandemic measures came into force in Romania on Saturday as authorities hoped to quell sharply rising coronavirus cases amid concerns that the next virus wave could overstretch the country's health care system.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Crisis-hit Bulgaria moots sending virus patients abroad

Bulgaria said on Saturday it was days away from sending coronavirus patients abroad as a vicious fourth wave overwhelms its health system and forces neighbouring Romania to ramp up restrictions.

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