‘Thank you, Tenerife’: WHO chief hails island’s ‘moral courage’ during hantavirus crisis
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued an open letter expressing gratitude to the people of Tenerife for what he described...
Mónica García
Spain defends hantavirus response after new cruise ship infections
Spanish authorities said on Monday that they had taken ‘all measures’ necessary to stop hantavirus spreading among passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to...
Hantavirus cruise passengers flown home from Canary Islands under strict precautions
Military and government aircraft began flying passengers home on Sunday after the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak docked in Spain’s Canary...
Spain says it has ‘legal tools’ for quarantine as hantavirus cruise ship to ‘anchor offshore’ Tenerife
Spain’s Health Minister Mónica García has said the government is prepared to use its full legal powers — including quarantine measures — as a cruise...
Spain’s health minister rebukes US ‘interference’ over euthanasia, warns ‘we will not allow disinformation’
Spain’s health minister on Thursday criticised what she described as US ‘interference’ after an American official called for an investigation into the euthanasia of a...
Spanish doctors begin first week of strikes against ministry’s reform, calling for profession-specific rules
Doctors in Spain commenced a strike this week to express their opposition to the Estatuto Marco (‘framework statue’) being imposed by the Ministry of Health,...
Political reactions from Spain following United States’ air strikes on Venezuela
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that the Spanish government is carrying out ‘close and comprehensive monitoring’ of developments in Venezuela, following the United...
Doctors in Spain strike for the third time this year
Doctors across Spain started a nationwide strike on Tuesday, with four consecutive days of planned action against the framework statute of the Ministry of Health....
Regional health minister in Andalusia resigns amid breast cancer screening scandal
Spain has been rocked by a healthcare scandal after authorities in Andalusia admitted that thousands of women were never informed of their breast cancer screening...
Spanish government approves decree to legalise use of cannabis for medical purposes
Spain’s cabinet has given the green light to a royal decree authorising the medical use of cannabis-based medicines – a landmark move that formally regulates...
