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Woman sentenced for spreading HIV

Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time. READ »

Dengue fever rises among Swedes

Science & Technology: 6 Feb 11
Dengue fever is becoming more and more widespread among the Swedish population due largely to to increasing numbers travelling on holiday to Thailand. READ »

India worst for stomach ailments for Swedes

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
Sweden's infectious disease control agency has determined that India is the worst country for stomach ailments for Swedish travellers. READ »

Sweden records first swine flu death

Science & Technology: 2 Jan 11
A seven-year-old boy has become Sweden's first fatality linked to swine flu this season after his death was announced by a health official on Saturday. READ »

Swedish city takes fight to water parasite

National: 1 Dec 10
Ozone and chlorine are among the measures deployed by Östersund municipality in northern Sweden to try kill off the parasite which has afflicted the stomachs of thousands of residents and rendered the water undrinkable. READ »

Stomach bug outbreak prompts criminal probe

National: 30 Nov 10
As authorities work to find out how an intestinal parasite made its way into the municipal water supply in Östersund in northern Sweden, a local prosecutor has launched a probe into possible criminal negligence. READ »

Chlamydia 'refuseniks' face police round up

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 10
Eight people in northern Sweden who have refused to submit to a test for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia could face forcible collection by police after a court ruling. READ »

Sweden launches 'Chlamydia Monday'

Science & Technology: 13 Sep 10
The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control has designated Monday September 13th as national chlamydia day to draw attention to the infection and to encourage more people to undergo tests. READ »

HIV positive doc gets jail for sex

National: 21 Jun 10
A male senior physician has been jailed by Stockholm District Court after he had unprotected sex with two men despite knowing that he was HIV positive. READ »

Sweden evaluates swine flu response

National: 17 Jan 10
With more than half the population inoculated, the swine flu scare is waning in Sweden. But questions remain whether the epidemic was grossly exaggerated. READ »

Sweden’s swine flu response wins EU praise

Science & Technology: 4 Dec 09
Two European-wide health bodies have praised Sweden’s response to the swine flu pandemic, particularly the country's mass vaccination programme. Nearly half of all Europeans to have been vaccinated are Swedes. READ »

Spread of swine flu in Sweden slowing down: official

Science & Technology: 26 Nov 09
Swedish health officials said on Thursday that the spread of swine flu has tapered off somewhat in the last week. READ »

Six-month-olds should be vaccinated: Sweden

National: 12 Nov 09
Swedish health authorities have lowered the recommended age-limit for the swine flu vaccine from three years old to six months as the number of cases has doubled in the last week. READ »

Swine flu cases at record high

National: 23 Oct 09
Cases of swine flu reached record levels last week with 198 new cases in comparison to 93 the previous week. Around 200 cases of side effects from the flu vaccine have so far been reported. READ »

Swine flu vaccine to save billions in cash

Society: 19 Sep 09
The cost to society of the swine flu pandemic can be reduced by 2.5 billion Swedish crowns if six out of ten Swedes are vaccinated against the disease. READ »

Swine flu claims first Swedish victim: report

Science & Technology: 31 Aug 09
A man aged around 30 in Uppsala in eastern Sweden has died at home of an illness health officials suspect may be the swine flu virus. READ »

Pregnant woman ill in suspected swine flu case

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu. READ »

Sharp rise in cases of gonorrhea among women

Science & Technology: 13 Aug 09
The number of cases of gonorrhea among women in Sweden for the first six months of 2009 was up 31 percent on the same period last year, according to new figures from the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. READ »

Sweden confirms new swine flu case

Science & Technology: 11 May 09
Sweden confirmed a second case of swine flu on Sunday, in a young man recently returned from New York City. READ »

First swine flu case confirmed in Sweden

Science & Technology: 6 May 09
Swedish health officials have confirmed that a woman in her 50s in the Stockholm area has contracted a mild form of the swine flu virus that has claimed at least 31 lives. READ »

Swede 'probably' infected with swine flu

Science & Technology: 4 May 09
Swedish health officials reported on Sunday a 'probable' first case of swine flu, but were unable to confirm it definitively because the sample contained a very small amount of the virus. READ »

Sweden issues swine flu travel warning

Science & Technology: 29 Apr 09
The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control has called on Swedes to refrain from non-essential travel to Mexico in a bid to curtail the risk of a swine flu outbreak in the country. READ »

Swedish man dies from rare parrot fever

Science & Technology: 15 Apr 09
A 50-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden has died from parrot fever. READ »

Swedish farm hit by anthrax outbreak

Science & Technology: 13 Dec 08
A farm in the vicinity of Varberg in western Sweden has been hit by an outbreak of anthrax. Thirteen cattle have so far died from the disease which has not been seen in Sweden since 1981 and is harmful to humans. READ »

'Decriminalize spread of HIV': agency

Society: 22 Oct 08
A Swedish government agency is refusing to assist the police in an ongoing investigation concerning a person suspected of infecting a woman with HIV. READ »

Animal rights activists sabotage infectious disease centre

National: 25 Aug 08
A group of 50 animal rights activists forced a gate at the entrance to the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control in Stockholm on Monday morning. READ »

Bacterial infection claims 2-year-old's life

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 08
A two-year-old girl from Stockholm has died after becoming infected with the EHEC bacteria. READ »

Swedes surf away more of the work day

Science & Technology: 19 May 08
The personal web-surfing habits of Swedish workers are costing companies more and more money. READ »

Sharp rise in HIV infections

Society: 5 Feb 08
The number of recorded cases of HIV rose sharply last year, with homosexual men and intravenous drug users worst affected. READ »

Swedish HIV infection rates up

Society: 1 Dec 07
More risky sexual behaviour and immigration account for a rise in the number of new HIV infections in 2007. READ »

Hygiene 'sub-standard' in many slaughterhouses

National: 18 Oct 07
Hygiene in one in three Swedish slaughterhouses is unacceptable, according to an official report on prevalence of E.coli bacteria in the meat industry. READ »

New superbug worries doctors

Society: 30 Sep 07
Doctors in Sweden are worried about the rising number of incidences of a new 'superbug'. The ESBL bacteria is spreading faster than better-known superbug MRSA. READ »

Season's first flu cases reported

Society: 26 Sep 07
The year's first cases of influenza in Sweden have been reported. If Sweden follows the pattern seen in the southern hemisphere, it could be in for a tough flu season, experts say. READ »

Syphilis and Chlamydia rise dramatically

Science & Technology: 25 Jul 07
The number of cases of syphilis in Sweden has risen by 75 percent in a year, leading doctors to fear a local outbreak. Most cases were transmitted by anonymous homosexual sex. Chlamydia is also up. READ »

Record number of Swedish HIV cases reported

Society: 5 Jul 07
The number of reported cases of HIV in Sweden is at a record high. Compared to the same period last year, the number of new cases of HIV has increased by 40 percent. READ »

More Swedish beaches fail quality test

Science & Technology: 31 May 07
Seventeen Swedish beaches have been given the thumbs down by the European Commission after failing water quality tests. READ »

New outbreak of HIV in Stockholm

Society: 30 Mar 07
The second half of 2006 saw a fresh outbreak of HIV among injecting drug users in the capital. The virus is also reported to have spread to the wider population. READ »

Flu epidemic reaches its peak

Science & Technology: 5 Mar 07
This year's flu season has almost reached its peak. Experts calculate that around 150,000 Swedes are currently affected by the virus. READ »

Death rate highest at Christmas

Society: 6 Dec 06
More Swedes die in the two week period after Christmas than at any other time of the year. New figures show that Christmas time is the deadliest time. READ »

Chlamydia test withdrawn over concerns

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 06
Sweden's state pharmacy Apoteket is withdrawing a home testing kit for chlamydia after new research showed that only six out of ten infected people were diagnosed by the test. READ »

Winter vomiting disease arrives

Science & Technology: 3 Nov 06
The first snows of winter have brought with them an unwelcome guest - winter vomiting disease. Thirty cases of the condition were reported last week, more than at the same point in any of the last three years. READ »

Researchers upbeat on Swedish HIV vaccine

Science & Technology: 31 Aug 06
A vaccine against HIV produced by Swedish researchers is showing promising results. Ninety percent of the test subjects developed an immune response during trials. READ »

Cholera infects Blekinge swimmer

Science & Technology: 3 Aug 06
A third case of cholera has been diagnosed among people who have been swimming in Blekinge over the past few days. People with open sores should not swim, say experts. READ »

Six ill after spa visit

Science & Technology: 23 Mar 06
Six people have been taken ill with Pontiac Fever, which is caused by the same bacteria that lead to Legionnaires Disease, after having bathed in a spa in the Kronoberg region. READ »

More Swedish birds carrying bird flu virus

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 06
Eight of the 31 dead birds from the Oskarshamn area which were tested for bird flu have been found to be carrying the virus, according to the National Veterinary Institute on Friday. READ »

Bird flu: "Keep cats indoors"

Science & Technology: 2 Mar 06
The Swedish government raises the classification of the H5N1 variant of bird flu to "constituting a public danger". At the same time, EU veterinary experts advise people to keep cats indoors and dogs on a leash. READ »

Cash gift sparks virus alarm

National: 20 Feb 06
Never expect any gratitude - that's the lesson learned by a Swedish man whose small act of kindness in a restaurant left him suspected of trying to spread a deadly disease. READ »

Vaccine shortage threatens Sweden

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 05
Sweden has the second-worst supply of vaccines against the Influenza virus in the western world, says an international report, which seriously reduces the country's ability to cope with the next pandemic. READ »

More children diagnosed with TB

Science & Technology: 30 Aug 05
A further 21 pre-school children who attend a daycare centre in Stockholm have tested positive for tuberculosis. More children are now to be tested. READ »

Tuberculosis strikes Stockholm daycare centre

Science & Technology: 24 Aug 05
More than 50 kids, staff and parents are being tested after a worker at a children's nursery was diagnosed as having the potentially deadly TB virus. READ »

"Stockpile your own flu medication"

Science & Technology: 24 Feb 05
That's the advice of the government's health expert following the news that the Swedish government will only stockpile enough medication to inoculate half a million emergency personnel. That, incidentally, includes garbage collectors. READ »

Swedes catch deadly tsunami fungus

National: 23 Feb 05
Swedish survivors of the tsunami disaster are facing another danger, according to this week's papers. At least four people who were struck by the massive waves on Boxing Day have returned home with a potentially deadly fungal infection. READ »

E.coli on the attack in Gothenburg

Science & Technology: 6 Aug 04
A dramatic rise in the nasty tick disease TBE, the mystery of stomach ulcers is revealed, and food poisoning strikes at a football tournament. Insert your own joke about the players' dazzling runs. READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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