Health.

What legacy does Frank Comhaire leave after the Ghent fertility pioneer’s death at 86?

Frank Comhaire, the Ghent fertility specialist associated with the creation of the city’s sperm bank, died on 1 September aged 86, according to his death notice and Belgian…

Can Leuven’s donor-tissue technique really end lifelong anti-rejection treatment?

Could a Brussels-backed study change how Belgium prevents migraine?

UZ Brussel neurologist Jan Versijpt has co-authored an international trial finding that atogepant prevented migraine more effectively and caused fewer treatment withdrawals than…

Did a swim in the Ourthe infect seven Flemish teenagers with salmonella?

Belgium faces vast care-building renovation gap as heatwaves intensify

Can Antwerp’s planned Oncopolis bring cancer research closer to patients?

The University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital plan to establish a cancer-research centre called Oncopolis on the UZA campus in Edegem, using a substantial private…

Can a Leuven café’s split terrace ease Belgium into its 2027 smoking ban?

Leuven eetcafé Kaminsky has divided its terrace into smoking and non-smoking sections ahead of Belgium’s planned federal ban on smoking and vaping on hospitality terraces from 1…

Why is Flanders still using a pneumococcal vaccine that misses the strain killing children?

Four young children in Flanders have died since 2025 from invasive pneumococcal infections caused by the emerging 12F serotype, according to figures confirmed by the Flemish…

What should patients know about Imelda Hospital’s campaign against aggression?

How did Belgium’s salmonella egg outbreak grow to at least 300 cases?

Belgian authorities have linked at least 300 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis to eggs from Laerco BV in Geel, prompting a second recall, the blocking of the entire production site…

Why are children who are not ill living in a Belgian hospital?

Two very young siblings removed from their family are staying in the paediatric ward of CHU UCL Namur’s Sainte-Elisabeth site because no suitable child-protection placement is…

How is Liège’s Citadelle helping abused children express what words cannot?

Liège’s Citadelle hospital has detailed how its specialist child-abuse unit uses age-appropriate play materials and emotion cards to help children communicate during protected…