
More Norwegians getting the flu vaccine
A record high of nearly 900,000 Norwegians were vaccinated against the flu last year and the number will increase even more this year. The Institute of Public Health is…
Work, health, housing, food and the paperwork of life in Norway.

A record high of nearly 900,000 Norwegians were vaccinated against the flu last year and the number will increase even more this year. The Institute of Public Health is…

NOK 25 million will be spent on helping big smokers to quit smoking, the government has decided. The project starts in 2020 and runs over three years. From autumn 2020,…

In a survey in connection with the World Day for Mental Health, 40 percent say that they have experienced mental health problems over time. This is a decrease of 5…

The intestinal cancer screening program that has been tested for several years will become permanent. From next year, women and men over the age of 55 will be invited to…

Matters about depriving people of citizenship are still to be dealt with by the administration and not the court, but the government is proposing to strengthen the rule…

A baby who was admitted to the Stavanger University Hospital for a urinary tract infection this summer was given morphine instead of antibiotics. The six-week-old baby…

Due to the uncertainty surrounding the e-cigarettes sold in the US, the US supermarket chain Walmart has decided to stop selling them. Norwegian authorities want to know…

“All statistics indicate that Erna Solberg will not fulfill her wish for Norwegian women to give birth to more children,” says Oslo Met professor Einar Øverbye.…

New research shows that eating fish from an early age can counteract diseases such as asthma. The research report was published internationally in the research…

Many fewer Norwegians have received emergency passports this year. So far, there has been a decline of 20 %. Norwegians have simply become less cluttered, police say. By…

From October 1, around 200 animal hospitals will be registered in a national animal health register. The Veterinary Institute says such a registry is useful. Norway will…

The prime minister invited all to an open house at the prime minister’s residence on World Suicide Day. She thinks suicide prevention has been too low a priority. In…