All 13-to 18-years-old boys will have access to free vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) from August 1, 2022.

The doctor shortage in Belgium is improving but is still a problem. In Wallonia, 132 municipalities, or almost one in every two, continue to have a shortage. A shortfall of 360 general practitioners is thought to still exist in Belgium.

Flanders has lower air quality than Wallonia, but Roeland Samson, a professor of bioscience engineering at the University of Antwerp.

The European Medicines Agency-EMA has given the green light to a smallpox vaccine to extend its use against the spread of monkeypox.

Brussels has revealed plans for the city to finally have its own open-air swimming pool on the capital’s canal in three years’ time.