Romanian Healthcare Workers Strike Over Wage Bill Needed to Secure EU Funds

Published Date: 29 Jul 2026

Thousands of Romanian doctors, nurses and other health workers went on an indefinite strike ⁠for the first time in a decade on Tuesday, protesting job freezes and a public...

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Baseline cortical atrophy within a signature region of early-onset Alzheimer's disease detected on MRI predicts progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia.

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