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The Danish Health and Medicines Authority and Danish Regions have published new figures for the health of the adult population in Denmark. How healthy are we? Do we feel stressed? Are we drinking more...
View ArticleThe seven roles of physicians
Last year, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority revised the descriptions of the seven physician roles used in medical specialist training so that they match the future work of physicians. The...
View ArticleMedicinal use of cannabis
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has prepared a memo about the Danish experiences with and rules applicable to medicinal use of cannabis. The background for the memo is an increase in the...
View ArticleIncrease in the number of cases caused by new coronavirus (MERS CoV) on the...
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority advises Danish travellers to the Arabian Peninsula and healthcare professionals in Denmark to pay special attention to disease caused by the new coronavirus...
View ArticleIncidence of swine-related staphylococcus (MRSA CC 398) in Danish nursing home
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has investigated the conditions at a Danish nursing home following the death of a resident who was infected with the swine-related staphylococcus (MRSA CC...
View ArticleDanish nursing home unit free from MRSA bacteria
The residents and staff at a Danish nursing home unit have been tested for the MRSA bacteria. The test results from the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Odense University Hospital show that the...
View ArticleChange of the HPV vaccination programme to a 2-dose programme
As part of the Danish childhood vaccination programme, girls aged around 12 years are offered HPV vaccine. In future, girls of this age only need two doses of HPV vaccine, compared with three...
View ArticleEbola ruled out in patient hospitalised at Hvidovre Hospital
On Thursday night 2 October, a patient was hospitalised at Hvidovre Hospital and tested for Ebola virus. A blood sample tested at State Serum Institute ruled out the suspicion. ”The Danish Health and...
View ArticlePatient to be examined for Ebola at Hvidovre Hospital
A patient has been admitted to Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen and is now being tested for Ebola infection according to the Danish Health and Medicines Authority's guidance on the management of Ebola...
View ArticleUpdated guidance on Ebola
We have updated our guidance to healthcare professionals on the management of patients with Ebola virus in Denmark. The updated guidance specifies how emergency service doctors, emergency rooms and...
View ArticleBeware if your heart flutters
The combination of low-dose aspirins and anticoagulant medicines can cause severe bleeding. Consequently, we have published new material describing the risk of this combination to patients with heart...
View ArticleChanges to the Danish childhood vaccination programme
From 1 January 2015, children will be offered the previous childhood vaccination programme again, because Statens Serum Institut (SSI) can now provide vaccines again after one year with technical...
View ArticleThe drug situation in Denmark
We have prepared our national report about the drug situation in Denmark in 2014. According to the report, the number of drug-related deaths is stable, while the number of poisonings is increasing....
View ArticleThe MMR vaccine is a safe vaccine
We have reviewed the reported adverse reactions from the MMR vaccine during the past five years. As a result of the current media coverage of the MMR vaccine, we have reviewed all reports of suspected...
View ArticleElse Smith to resign as Director General of the DHMA
We confirm that as from 12 March 2015 Else Smith is no longer Director General of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority. More information Press release from the Ministry of Health (in Danish)
View ArticleThree Danish healthcare workers will not be quarantined for Ebola
The three healthcare workers who work for Defence Command Denmark and Danish Emergency Management Agency have been examined at Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby. The employees were sent back to...
View ArticleNew management at the DHMA
As from 13 March 2015, Jakob Cold has been appointed Acting Director General of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority. Jakob Cold has been a member of the Board of Directors of the DHMA since...
View ArticleNew advice on infant food
Infants should not be given cow's milk, but breast milk or infant formula throughout the first year of life. This is one of our new recommendations for infant food and nutrition for young children....
View ArticleEMA's new assessment of the HPV vaccine: The benefits outweigh the risks
A causal relationship between the dizziness and fatigue syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Gardasil can neither be confirmed nor denied. The EU's group of pharmacovigilance...
View ArticleThe Danish Medicines Agency has a new website
Today, we launched our new website – laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk/en – where you can read about and subscribe to news about licensing and supervision of medicines, side effects, reimbursement, pharmacies...
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