Category: General Interest

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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According to the ZAMG forecast, temperatures will remain in the cooler range for the time being. In the coming days, sun and rain will alternate, and on Saturday, thunderstorms must be expected in some places. Sun and rain: Austria divided in two on FridayIn the west and south, it will remain largely dry on Friday, the sun will show up frequently. Otherwise, some denser cloud fields will quickly appear and between Salzburg and the Waldviertel and Mostviertel, Friday will be unsettled at times with some rain showers. The wind will…

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SCAMMERS PRETEND TO BE A PARCEL SERVICE – SPELLING MISTAKES SHOULD BE CONSPICUOUSFor a few days now, scammers have been causing a stir by pretending to be a parcel service, sending out SMS (mostly with gross spelling mistakes) and trying to get us to click on the link sent along. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I CLICK ON THE LINK?The scammers with the prefix “+43 676” pretend to be the parcel service “DHL” and ask to download the parcel tracking app. When this is done, however, malware is installed on the cell…

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Children could be as contagious as adults: German virologist Christian Drosten had attracted a lot of attention in 2020 with this conclusion based on initial data from people infected with Corona. Based on a now broader database, does the virologist stick to his guns? After the publication of his Corona study in the renowned journal “Science”, virologist Christian Drosten sees himself confirmed in his assessments of the infectiousness of children as well. “My initial impression of an approximately equal infectivity of all age groups has been confirmed, not only here,…

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