


More than half of European countries prohibit access to assisted reproduction for lesbians and almost a third do so for single women
More than half of European countries prohibit access to assisted reproduction for lesbians and almost a third do so for single women The situation is much more difficult for trans and intersex people. In addition to the legal barriers, they face economic stumbling...
COVID: How Europe’s prisons have fared in the pandemic
COVID: How Europe's prisons have fared in the pandemic Prisons are breeding grounds for viruses, yet carceral administrations have revealed little about COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations in Europe’s prisons. Data from 32 countries show the...
No appointments for mental health patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Remote therapy brings little healing for the mentally ill.COVID-19 has paralysed mental health care, already weak in several European countries.During the first wave, 75% of psychiatry services were via telemedicine, but it doesn’t work for everybody. Reporting:...
COVID-19 pandemic exposes southern Europe’s nursing shortage
For weeks, Spain and Italy were epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their health defences had an important gap: large staffing shortages and low ratios of nurses to doctors. At the same time, nurses had higher infection rates than the general population, mainly...