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EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valais

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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Bern warns of French Camembert salmonella threat

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:52:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss federal government has issued a salmonella warning for a Camembert cheese, cautioning consumers to check if it corresponds to the following: Le Camembert Fermier « Ferme de Jouvence » (lot 11309VC; DLUO 14.01.2012): 275g with sell-by dates of 14.01.2012. The cheese was immediately pulled off shelves once French authorities were [...]

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HUG lab employees strike settled

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:33:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Hug University Hospitals in Geneva and its lab workers have reached an agreement, two weeks after the hospital lashed out at the workers’ union for endangering lives during a work slowdown. The agreement calls for the laboratory workers to have two new work categories labeled as technicians, reflecting changes in their [...]

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World Aids Day focuses on “Getting to Zero” by 2015

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:20:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Landmarks get red lights as Aids Day Global prevention, treatment and funding at a turning point GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Red lights are shining today on several world landmarks, including the Empire State Building and Stock Exchange in New York and the Sydney Opera House in Australia, to mark World Aids Day. The day has been [...]

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Insurance reminder: 30 November deadline to change

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:42:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The deadline is looming if you’re considering changing your obligatory Swiss health insurance policy. You have until 30 November to make the change. The federal government has added new features to its insurance cost comparison site, which has an easy-to-use tool for comparing companies, as does Comparis, which has pages in English.

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Swiss mortality rates down, age of death up, but dementia deaths on rise

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:01:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com 28% increase in deaths from chronic bronchitis in women NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – The average age of death is rising in Switzerland: 74.4 for men and 82.1 years for women. The Swiss Statistical Office’s new figures on mortality for 2009, the most recent calculations, show 15,000 fewer deaths in the under-80 population than in 1970, with [...]

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Geneva’s HUG charges striking lab staff, union, with endangering life

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:42:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Hug university hospitals in Geneva late Tuesday 15 November said it is bringing charges for endangering life against lab workers and the union that is backing them in their hospital strike, following an incident today in the maternity unit. Urgently needed lab results were supplied to medical staff with delays of [...]

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Swiss are salting away, but not money, just sodium

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:48:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss are known for their conservative approach to money, but one area where they are too liberal, it appears, is in adding sodium, or table salt, to their food. A study released Monday by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) shows that people consume nearly double the amount of salt [...]

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Horns of a wood-burning dilemma: forest vs fine particles

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:54:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – More than 15 percent of fine particles, those minuscule bits of dust that are harmful to health, come from wood-burning stoves, the Swiss federal government now says, twice the amount shown by earlier research. Reducing the quantity is a public health priority, with the popularity of home fireplaces growing, but an changes [...]

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WHO reforms voted in

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:55:48 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization, based in Geneva, late Friday 4 November, approved a number of resolutions to reform the health body at the most basic levels. The crucial question of how to improve funding was set aside for two months until the next general meeting of the executive board. The WHO, in [...]