AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoHeat Health Alert: New AFP analysis links Europe’s late-June heatwave to at least 12,000 excess deaths across nine countries, with WHO warning summer isn’t over and urging governments to treat heatwaves as public health emergencies, not just weather. Local Health Policy: Slovakia’s opposition SaS is pushing Health Minister Kamil Sasko to explain the planned Dovera–Union health-insurance merger, arguing less competition could mean weaker bargaining power and poorer services for patients. Medical Research (Slovakia-linked): Slovak neurosurgeons’ work using intraoperative ultrasound during awake brain surgery has influenced updated US brain-tumour guidelines, aiming to help surgeons remove more tumour tissue and improve outcomes. Arthritis Treatment: A randomized trial in late-stage knee osteoarthritis patients already waiting for knee replacement reports platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections outperformed corticosteroid and anti-inflammatories on pain, function, and lab markers. Invasive Species Watch (Bratislava/Slovakia): Authorities report the emerald ash borer has been detected in Hungary and Slovakia for the first time in the EU, triggering tighter monitoring and public reporting requests.
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