Healthcare for foreign residents in Spain can be complex. Here you can read latest health news and get practical advice on the healthcare options in Spain. You can also read our guide to healthcare in Spain to get a complete overview on how the Spanish health system works and the best ways foreign residents can access healthcare.
A record heatwave that has gripped much of Europe could be linked to 212 deaths in Spain between Sunday and Wednesday, according to estimates from a public institute.
Five children and seven adults drowned in Spain over the weekend, as well as nine more the previous weekend. What's causing the recent increase in people - particularly minors - tragically dying at sea in Spain?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a new plan to triple the research funding for a wide range of medical conditions that affect women specifically, from endometriosis to the negative impacts of menopause on female health.
So-called 'transplant tourism' is particularly common in Spain due to the country's shorter waiting times for a transplant and the high number of organ donations. But is this practice actually legal?
The Spanish government has recently approved a new decree to reform its pharmaceutical co-payment system, meaning people will now pay according to income level. Here's what you need to know.
Ozempic has quickly become the world's most popular off-label weight loss drug - but can people in Spain get their hands on it without a medical prescription and if they don't have diabetes? Here's what the law says.
A pre-World Cup friendly involving the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled by the mayor of the Spanish town hosting the match over health concerns regarding the Ebola outbreak in the African country.
A Spaniard placed under quarantine after partaking in a cruise hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has tested positive, the Spanish ministry of health said on Monday.
The head of the World Health Organisation on Thursday published an open letter thanking the people of Tenerife for showing "moral courage" in accepting to help those aboard a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to evacuate.
Experts are warning the general population in Spain that pollen levels are expected to be much higher this year after abundant rainfall these past few months. Here's everything you need to know about hay fever in Spain.
A Spanish man who tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a cruise ship struck by a deadly outbreak of the illness is showing symptoms, the health ministry said Tuesday.
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Madrid on Tuesday that their "work is not over" to contain the hantavirus after new positive cases followed the evacuation of the cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands.
Spanish authorities on Monday said they took "all measures" to prevent hantavirus spreading from evacuees on a cruise ship hit by the virus, after French and US nationals tested positive.
An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said Monday, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued.
The occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak began leaving the vessel in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, amid growing international concern about the rare disease.
Spanish authorities said Friday a woman had been tested for suspected hantavirus after travelling on the same flight as a Dutch woman who stayed on the MV Hondius cruise ship and later died from the virus.
A ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife "within three days", with the evacuation of passengers to start from May 11th, the government said on Wednesday.
Three people from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of a rare hantavirus were evacuated by air ambulance Wednesday and more than 100 passengers and crew will land in Tenerife by the weekend, despite opposition from the Canary government.
Spain will receive a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak in "three to four days", in the Canary Islands, the health ministry said late Tuesday.
Spain said Tuesday it will not decide whether to let a cruise ship with hantavirus cases dock in the Canary Islands until epidemiological data had been analysed.
Following the United Kingdom's new anti-smoking law which prohibits anyone born after 2008 from purchasing tobacco for life, there have been calls for Spain's Health Ministry to implement a similar ban.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Andorra to "move forwards" on decriminalising abortion during a visit to the principality, which maintains one of Europe's last total bans on abortion.
Spaniards often go to ‘urgencias’ (the ER) even when it’s not a serious medical emergency. So when is it really acceptable to turn up at A&E and when do you need to book an appointment first?
