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Ypres’ Jan Yperman 1st Belgian hospital with gold CFE label
Brussels Morning
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September 2, 2025
Ypres (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Jan Yperman Hospital in Ypres became Belgium’s first hospital with the gold Cycle Friendly Employer label, praised for secure bike parking, showers, repair points, and awareness campaigns, with director Cientia...
Nail polish product used by millions every week has been BANNED over health concerns
Daily Mail
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September 2, 2025
Health officials have banned a key ingredient used in gel nail polish across Europe over fears it could be toxic to humans—but it will remain on sale in the UK and US. The European Union have prohibited the use of trimethylbenzoyl...
Belgian Court Again Denies Bail To Mehul Choksi Ahead Of Extradition Hearing
Zee News
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NEW DELHI: A Belgian court of appeals has once again denied bail to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the multi-crore rupee Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case. The decision comes just days before his extradition hearing,...
Revealed: The phrase BANNED by new Man United goalkeeper Senne Lammens - and why club opted to sign young Belgian star over Emi Martinez, writes CHRIS WHEELER
Daily Mail
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September 2, 2025
When Senne Lammens makes his debut in goal for Manchester United, his family will wish him luck but be careful not to mention keeping a clean sheet. ‘According to him, that brings bad luck,’ says his older brother Tom, a striker with DT Borsbeke...
Brussels-based Model Health raises €800k to bring movement analysis from smartphone videos to sports clinics
EU Startups
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September 2, 2025
Model Health, a US and Belgium-based software startup that enables professionals to capture and interpret lab-grade movement analysis using standard smartphone technology, has raised over €800k in pre-Seed funding to accelerate product development...
5 stories you must read today, September 2: From Maratha quota protests to Belgium recognising Palestine and more
The Indian Express
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September 2, 2025
Good evening. Tuesday, September 2, was a busy day with news headlines being dominated by PM Modi accusing the opposition of abusing his late mother during a campaign in Bihar and the ongoing flood situation in Delhi-NCR. But much more has...
Bacterial infections crop up in multiple Belgian care homes
The Bulletin
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September 2, 2025
Cases of STEC (Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli) bacterial infections have been cropping up in nursing homes in Flanders and now Brussels and Wallonia, with five deaths reported so far. There have been 21 cases discovered so far in Flanders,...
Deadly Belgian E. coli outbreak grows with source still unknown
Food Safety News
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September 2, 2025
Almost 50 confirmed E. coli infections and several deaths have been reported in eight nursing homes in a region of Belgium. In Flanders, it has been confirmed that 48 patients and seven deaths were caused by the same strain of Shiga...
Check your ticket: Irish Euromillions player wins €20,000 every month for 30 years!
DonegalLive
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September 8, 2025
The National Lottery has officially confirmed that an Irish player has won the EuroDreams Top Prize worth an incredible €20,000 every month for 30 years, after matching all six numbers and the dream number in tonight’s EuroDreams draw. This marks...
Axelera AI Expands Metis Line with M.2 Max Accelerator for LLMs at the Edge
HPCwire
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September 8, 2025
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Sept. 8, 2025 — Axelera AI, a leading provider of purpose-built AI hardware acceleration technology, today announced Metis M.2 Max, a new addition to the company’s class-leading Metis AI processor unit (AIPU) family....
EU health risks from mosquito-borne diseases ‘unprecedented’
Brussels Signal
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August 26, 2025
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading across Europe, bringing record levels of mosquito-borne disease — and Belgium shows how quickly the trend can strain public health. Belgium’s national health institute Sciensano confirmed the growing presence of the...
Comparative Prognostic Accuracy of Clinical and Inflammation- or Nutrition-Based Scores in Older Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Dove Medical Press
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August 26, 2025
Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults, a population characterized by age-related immune senescence, multimorbidity, and reduced physiological reserve.1–3 These factors...
Belgians needed more travel assistance due to hot summer weather
Belga News Agency
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August 29, 2025
Travel assistance organisations had to help more Belgians this summer due to the hot weather, show figures from Europ Assistance and VAB. The number of foreign technical files at Europ Assistance rose by 25 per cent. At VAB, the figures remained...
Eight dead in Belgium from STEC outbreak while source remains unknown
Belga News Agency
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September 1, 2025
Health authorities confirmed on Monday that eight people had died in Belgium after becoming infected with the STEC bacterium. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) is trying to identify the source of the outbreak. Cases have...
Belgian doctor lists 'Jewish' as 9-year-old's medical allergy
Israel Hayom
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August 29, 2025
The "quiet" phenomenon where Jews fear seeking medical treatment in medical institutions has been percolating beneath the surface for a long time, and even more so since October 7. Cases where Jews encountered hostility or expressed concern about...
‘You surrendered’ on EU-US trade deal, Belgian MEP tells Commission
EurActiv
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September 1, 2025
The EU-US trade agreement is not a negotiation but “a surrender”; signing it would be one of the greatest acts of submission of this century, Belgian MEP Yvan Verougstraete (Renew Europe) noted in an interview with Euractiv. For Verougstraete,...
Pharma giant AstraZeneca to construct multibillion-dollar plant in Albemarle
The Daily Progress - Virginia
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Virginia lawmakers have approved two proposed economic development packages for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing plants proposed by AstraZeneca in Albemarle County and Eli Lilly & Co. in Goochland County, according to multiple state sources....
Former Belgian racer and team manager Walter Godefroot dies at 82
Cyclingnews
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September 1, 2025
Former racer and team manager Walter Godefroot has died at the age of 82 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Godefroot, who hailed from Gent in Belgium, was a 10-time Tour de France stage winner during a racing career which ran from 1965...
Dubrovnik to Host 8th Aesthetic Medicine Congress TAMC 2025
The Dubrovnik Times
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At the end of September, Dubrovnik will once again become the regional centre of aesthetic medicine and surgery when the 8th edition of TAMC – The Aesthetic Medicine Congress – begins at the Hotel Valamar Lacroma. After two years being held in...
Why is it called Tyne Cot Cemetery? Belgium WWI Site
Brussels Morning
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September 1, 2025
Tyne Cot Cemetery is a major commemorative site located in Belgium, and it was built in remembrance of the Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives during World War I, particularly the Third Battle of Ypres or Passchendaele. The paper shall...