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Poland needs to fight other diseases, not only Covid, PM says

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Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said the Polish healthcare system must restore its ability to fight other illnesses despite the continuing coronavirus epidemic.

Historians recreate old medicines from Polish recipes to see how effective they really were

VIDEO: The unique project will reconstruct medicines used between the 16th and 18th centuries, with old Polish diaries, letters and private notes serving as the source of recipes and prescriptions.

Breaking Ondine’s curse

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at Ondinata, a new musical release which aims to raise awareness of CHS and help a family in need…

Internet comes to aid of hero who saved woman’s life before being struck down by rare disease

Karol Wesołowski from the village of Skąpe near Poznań, was dubbed a hero by police after jumping in to a lake to save a woman whose car had spun out of control. After being diagnosed with Buerger's disease, a rare disease of veins and arteries, internet users quickly responded to his family’s plea for help.

Poland working on Covid-19 vaccine

A medical team in Poznan is working on a Covid-19 vaccine which will also treat the disease in infected patients.

PM reassures Poles in battle against COVID-19

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday that he believed that Poland would successfully overcome the coronavirus disease.

Kraków and Gliwice unveil new graduation towers to help the people breathe

The structures create a mineral-rich mist by dripping saline water through brushwood.

Viral challenge raises incredible 9mln PLN for one the world’s most expensive drugs to save toddler’s life

After hearing about the plight of 18-month-old baby Wojtek, fireman Marcin Topór started the push ups challenge little realising it would sweep across the country and even see firemen in Berlin taking part.

Lockdown and isolation: the summer a Polish city defeated an outbreak of one of the world’s deadliest diseases

TFN takes a look at back at a previous epidemic Poland had to face, and how smallpox was contained.

Child with rare disease gets all clear to fly to US for special medical treatment despite travel ban

Polish authorities and US embassy rally to the cause to send child to the US for urgent medical care.

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Acting royalty wins internet hearts after adopting dog run over by Russian tank

Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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