Category: General Interest

According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center (UWZ) and the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), one can look forward to gradually rising temperatures and abundant sunshine in the next few days. According to ZAMG, temperatures in the coming week should “gradually correspond to the season again.” 25 degrees at the start of summerTomorrow, Tuesday, some spring clouds will form during while sunshine will predominate towards the south and especially in the west. In the east and south, a few rain showers cannot be completely ruled…

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Children aged twelve and older in the EU can now be vaccinated with Biontech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine. Following a recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday, the EU Commission said it has now officially granted approval. Member states can now decide whether to expand their vaccination campaign to young people, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides wrote on Twitter Monday. “To end this crisis, every dose counts.” Children 12 and older get PfizerFollowing the EMA recommendation, the National Immunization Panel (NIG) in Austria followed the decision on Friday evening. Vaccination…

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Popcorn is, strictly speaking, not much more than crispy hot air. That should make the popular snack comparatively healthy, right? That’s right – as long as you make it yourself and use sugar and fat sparingly. Archaeological excavations suggest that indigenous people in the Americas were already popping popcorn more than 4,000 years ago. That means they were way ahead of other peoples when it came to snack culture. The inflated, inexpensive corn experienced its worldwide triumph in the 1920s along with the cinema boom. The enthusiasm for it remains…

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Waking up with a headache without having drunk alcohol the night before is an unpleasant start to the day. Especially since those affected usually don’t know what the problem is. Sleeping well, starting the day well rested and with energy to cope with the tasks ahead – that’s what everyone wants. But what to do when the first feeling in the morning is a throbbing in the head? Online health magazine Fitbook spoke with sleep and general physician Dr. med. Michael Feld about possible causes. Incorrect lying positionIs your pillow…

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Anyone who has had a Corona infection and is therefore exempt from mandatory testing can also prove this in Austria by showing their “Absonderungsbescheid” (Certificate of segregation). However, these notices from the health authorities are not included in the “green passport.” As the Ministry of Health confirmed to the APA, segregation certificates are not accepted when traveling abroad in the EU. In addition, not all Green Passport functions will start on June 4. With the “Green Passport”, electronic proof of corona testing, vaccination or convalescence (“3-G”) should be possible. According…

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Covid-19 vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer will also receive approval in the EU for this age group. As expected, the Corona vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer (“Comirnaty”) will also receive approval in the EU for the 12- to 15-year-old age group. This was decided by the responsible EU medicines authority EMA in Amsterdam on Friday. The responsible committee for human medicine of the EMA had spoken out in favor of the extension of the approval in an extraordinary meeting. This means that the drug can be administered from the age of 12. Formally, the…

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More than 50 artists raised funds for Corona-Hilfe at a benefit concert held infront of the St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna’s 1st District on Friday evening, May 28, 2021. The event was initiated by former Life Ball organizer Gery Keszler. The concert featured the way Austria’s ancestors have dealt with crises and major challenges over the past seven centuries. In the course of the event, Conchita Wurst made her world premiere. The Eurovision winner sang “Rise like a Phoenix” in German for the first time. “Austria for Life” is an…

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In the event of approval of the CoV vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer for children aged twelve and older also in Austria, minors are to be vaccinated with it by the end of the summer, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) announced today at a press conference. “We have the goal that by the end of August, the largest possible number of children and adolescents between twelve and 16 should be vaccinated,” the minister said. The vaccine is already being given to minors in the U.S. and Canada, he said. If…

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The Biontech vaccine also safely protects children between 12 and 15 years of age against Covid 19 disease. This is shown by data that have now been published, which were already the basis for the emergency approval of the vaccine in the U.S. in this age group and are available to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval review. In the study, no Covid 19 cases occurred in more than 1,000 vaccinated children and adolescents, compared with 16 cases in the unvaccinated control group of approximately the same size. The…

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