Eating pasta every day: Unhealthy or not?

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As a pasta lover, you can definitely have pasta on your menu daily without getting bored on your plate. Pasta is incredibly versatile. The only question that remains is whether it is also healthy to eat pasta every day. The links marked with a symbol or green underlining are affiliate links. If a purchase is made through them, we receive a commission – at no extra cost to you! More info. Pasta on your plate every dayPasta is one of the most popular foods for lunch or dinner. With their…

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The comeback of mandatory use of FFP2 mask in Austria

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A mask can prevent many infections, hospitalizations, and long covid cases. Fact: Fewer and fewer people are wearing masks. Many also skillfully dangle them from one ear. While some mask fatigue is understandable – the coronavirus is not tired. Quite the opposite: we are in the midst of the autumn wave. Statements like “I’ve been vaccinated three times, so it’s no big deal if I catch it” are understandable to a certain extent. But people forget that you can suffer from long covid after an infection despite vaccination. And it…

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Federal presidential election: How Austria voted

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Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has achieved his election goal – he was already elected for a second six-year term in the first round of voting on Sunday. The other candidates fell short of their goal of forcing Van der Bellen into a runoff. The federal presidential election is over, and that is probably final. According to the first projections, the incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen achieved a clear absolute majority, which makes a runoff election in four weeks obsolete. Walter Rosenkranz, the candidate of the Freedom Party, comes…

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THE CURRENT SITUATION – New infection figure also in five digits on election Sunday

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Once again, new infections in the five-digit range have been reported for the previous day in Austria. Ten thousand eight hundred ninety-seven new cases were recorded. Another person infected with the coronavirus died. The province with the highest seven-day incidence is Tyrol, with 1257.4, followed by Upper Austria, Salzburg, and Carinthia (1220.5, 1216.6, and 1127.8, respectively). Lower Austria (1064.2), Burgenland (1033.6), Styria (1003.7), Vienna (958) and Vorarlberg (890.9) follow. Detailed figures around hospital occupancy were also not available on Sunday. An overview of the Corona patients in the hospitals and…

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Autumn is coming: How well are we protected from new COVID 19 variants?

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Previously, corona numbers declined in the warm months, but we were in the middle of a summer wave this year. What does that mean for the fall? No one can predict precisely what will come in the fall. It depends primarily on what new variants of the coronavirus emerge. Various scenarios are conceivable. Most favorable scenario – In this example, a new virus variant would emerge that causes less illness than other omicron strains. For it to become the dominant variant, it would have to be even more contagious than…

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Free flu vaccination in Vienna from 2 November

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Over 400,000 vaccine doses will be made available starting November 2. Combination with CoV vaccination is also available. Registration is from October 24. In addition to COVID-19, influenza has been almost forgotten in the last two years. Due to pandemic-related hygiene measures, it has spared us in recent winters. This grace period may now be over, experts fear. The example of Australia shows how it could also happen here. Similar to Europe, the flu in Australia has been “on hiatus” for the last two winters. This year, Australia rolled back…

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Austrian election today: Who will be the next Federal President?

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The first polling stations for the federal presidential election have long since opened. The first ones will even close again in a few hours. As early as 6 a.m., six polling stations in Tyrol and Lower Austria were welcoming voters. Not all of them will be open when the first four polls close at 9 a.m. in Tyrol and Styria. But at least in some parts of Austria – for example, in the federal capital – there is still time to vote until 5 p.m. Then the last polling stations…

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FILIPINO OKTOBERFEST STAGED IN AUSTRIA

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Vienna, Austria, 8 October 2022 – Despite the seemingly cold October weather, Pinays in traditional dirndl dresses (fluffy-sleeved dress topped by a peasant blouse that comes in various cuts which, depending on the inclination of the wearer, can go from conservatively buttoned or plungingly bosom-revealing) marched to the premises of the Parish Garden of Leopoldau in 21th District Vienna,  to join the Bikol Society in Austria Filipino Oktoberfest. “This year’s Oktoberfest will be a milestone not only for the Bicol Society but also for the organization’s objectives of promoting charitable…

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The number of Corona patients in hospitals continues to rise

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The Corona autumn wave continues to rise; in the past week alone, there were nearly 95,000 more infected people across Austria – with significantly lower testing numbers than last October. According to AGES, fifteen thousand ninety-nine new infections were registered in the past 24 hours. Hospitals added 78 positive patients, and authorities also reported 15 more deaths. There were now 139,282 laboratory-confirmed, actively infected people across Austria. That is more than Innsbruck has, with a population of about 130,000. Since the end of the quarantine obligation more than two months…

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