Bulgaria will slaughter on Tuesday 300 sheep, goats, pigs and cows after finding 37 cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the southern village of Kosti in the Burgas region, the National Veterinary Service said.
A total of 37 new cases of domestic animals with foot-and-mouth disease have been detected in Southeastern Bulgaria, according to the National Veterinary Service.
Bulgaria's capital Sofia is not under the threat of a hepatitis epidemic, according to Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov.
The European Commission has given a green light to the measures of the Bulgarian government to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
A baby with an unusually large weight - 6.05 kg - was born in the Eastern Bulgarian city of Sliven on Friday.
2010 health news were marked by several reshuffles at the health ministry; doctors and patients disgruntled over healthcare budget cuts and poor conditions at healthcare facilities and the replacement of the full smoking ban with a partial one.
The Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has asked the Finance Ministry for permission to pay all its debts to pharmacies at once.
The first case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has occurred in Bulgaria in the past 12 years on Wednesday.
As the number of hepatitis A cases in Southeastern Bulgaria grew in the past couple of days, the government has declared there was no need to “dramatize” the situation.
The Bulgarian cabinet approved Wednesday the changes to the Decree of Patients' Access to Health Care, the government press center informs.
A total of 78 451 babies were born in Bulgaria in 2010, which is a decrease from the 81 572 born in 2009, according to data from maternity hospitals presented a news conference on Tuesday.
Even though a smoking ban in public places came into force in Bulgaria at the end of December, official checks were launched January 3 amid reports that the restrictions are being widely ignored.
Bulgarian cardiologists have slammed the government for drastic cuts of funding for treatment of patients with cardiac dysrhythmia.
One person died from swine flu (AH1N1) in Bulgaria 2-3 weeks ago, the national consultant in epidemiology, Mira Kozhuharova, has announced.
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has announced it will pay BGN 25 M more to hospitals for the activities it is financing.
We have solid proofs that the baby was born dead, said Stanislav Hristov, who participated in the preparation of the expert opinion on the death of the prematurely-born baby from the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa.
Mandatory tests for breast and prostate cancer are going to be introduced in Bulgaria in 2011, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday.
Even though a smoking ban in public places came into force in Bulgaria five days ago, reporters' checks across the country have shown that it is being widely ignored.
The prematurely-born baby by a 17-year-old girl in the Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa has been born dead, states the forensic report by experts from Sofia, the Bulgarian National Radio informed.
Bulgaria's right-wing Blue Coalition demanded from the Interior Minister, Tsevtan Tsvetanov, to announce the forensic report on the case of the death of a prematurely-born baby from the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa.
Even though the smoking ban in public places became effective Sunday, checks will begin after January 3, 2011, the Bulgarian daily newspaper Standart has reported.
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