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Crown Princess Mette-Marit faces a lung transplant

It's been seven years since Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit confirmed on national television that she'd been diagnosed with chronic pulmonary fibrosis. It's a disease...

Harket sparks more openness about Parkinson’s disease

The reluctant decision by Morten Harket, lead singer in the legendary Norwegian band a-ha, to go public with his Parkinson's disease diagnosis last month...

Health officials cut back on antibiotics

Norway's state health authority, Helsedirektoratet, is asking doctors to prescribe shorter antibiotic treatments. The goal is to lower the risk of patients and their...

Politicians add to the ranks of Norwegians taking sick leave

The numbers of Norwegians out on sick leave have reached their highest level in 15 years, according to new numbers from state statistics bureau SSB....

Northern hospital mergers dropped, for now

After weeks of noisy protests over controversial plans to restructure hospital services in Northern Norway, state hospital agency Helse Nord withdrew the plans in...

New wave of Covid virus fills up vaccination centers

Ever-emerging variants of the Covid virus have infected thousands of Norwegians in recent weeks, filling up vaccination centers that were markedly quiet earlier this...

‘Too few’ getting re-vaccinated

He's back: Dr Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Norway's assistant director of health, was a familiar face during the Corona crisis, as he explained effects of...

Health officials issue flu warnings

Norway's state health institute FHI is warning of a rough flu season ahead, after more than 12,000 people had to be hospitalized because of...

Public roars over ‘health care crisis’

Lots of unhappy Norwegians have been yelling at their government this winter. Several nurses even went so far as to organize a public uproar...

Two new cases of monkey pox confirmed

Norwegian health officials have now confirmed two new cases of monkey pox, with one of the patients involved known to have been infected in...
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