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The HPV vaccination will continue to be offered free of charge until the age of 30. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health is concerned about an extreme decline in measles vaccinations. Call for a national action plan for HPV vaccinationYoung adults who have had their first vaccination by the end of the year will be able to receive the second dose by June 2026, explained State Secretary for Health Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) on Friday afternoon. Without this decision by the Federal Target Control Commission, the program for people aged 21 to…

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At the end of June, 23,361 parking permits will lose their validity throughout Vienna, and a further 14,185 will be added by the end of July. In total, around 38,000 parking permits in Vienna will be affected by the need for renewal in the summer months of June and July. There are currently around 400,000 parking permits in circulation in Vienna.Reminder letter from the City of Vienna on the expiry of parking permitsTo remind citizens in good time to renew their parking stickers, the City of Vienna sends out reminder…

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According to Geosphere, it is already clear by the end of the month that this will be the third warmest June in Austria’s recorded history. “Taking into account the forecast for the last days of the month, June 2025 is 2.9 degrees above the average for the 1991 to 2020 climate period in Austria’s lowlands and 3.7 degrees on the mountains,” explained Geosphere climatologist Alexander Orlik in a press release on Friday. This puts Austria’s lowlands in third place in the series of warmest June months in the 259-year measurement…

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Despite the growing number of complaints caused by the use of electronic devices, many people are not taking the initiative to combat this problem. A typical scene on public transport: most people are now looking at their smartphones. They all tilt their heads down so far that their chins rest on their chests. People who look at their cell phones during work hours often unconsciously lower their gaze to the screen. The discomfort is not immediately noticeable, but it gradually builds up over time. Sports physician, traumatologist, and orthopedist Martin…

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More than half a million children and teenagers in Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland will start their nine-week summer vacation on Friday after receiving their report cards. For students in other provinces, vacation will begin a week later. School will start again on September 1 in the east and September 8 in the west. As usual, the end of the school year will also cause heavy traffic on the roads—in addition to eastern Austria, the holidays also begin in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the German states of Thuringia,…

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Hot days above 30 degrees, numerous hours of sunshine, low rainfall, and an increased risk of forest fires: Austria is experiencing its first heatwave of the year, characterised by extremely unusual temperatures for June. “It was warmer than average. For example, even now, before the end of the month, there have already been more days with temperatures of at least 30 degrees than in an average June,” explained Alexander Orlik, climatologist at Geosphere Austria, according to APA. More hot days and an increased risk of forest fires The dry winter…

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Jam, eggs, honey, cheese—opinions differ when it comes to breakfast. Some prefer sweet, others savory. Some people are content with just a cup of coffee. The Gallup Institute has now surveyed 1,000 Austrians about their breakfast habits on behalf of the Viennese jam manufacturer Staud’s. The survey revealed that almost three-quarters of respondents eat breakfast regularly during the week, and as many as 87 percent do so on weekends. Sixty percent of those who generally eat breakfast do so every day. Among the over-65s, the figure is even higher at…

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