LUMC

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Cigarettes
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Dutch doctors file complaint against Philip Morris over misleading ad campaign
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Contraception pill
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Dutch study of new contraceptive halted after many pregnancies, several ectopic cases
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KLM Boeing 777-200
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KLM flight attendant hospitalized after contact with hantavirus cruise ship passenger
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Three suspected hantavirus patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions were transported on medical evacuation flights from Cape Verde to the Netherlands. 6 May 2026
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Evacuation flight with 2 passsengers land at Schiphol; 1 has no hantaivurs symptoms
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The Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius
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WHO confirms dangerous Andes variant in cruise ship outbreak; LUMC prepares for patients
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Sneeze
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Hay fever complaints surge amid early pollen season, sending many to the doctor
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Smoking a cigarette
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Vaping, smoking, snus causing dozens of daily ER visits due to nicotine overdoses
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Closeup of yellow hazel catkin growing from dry tree branches or stems in home garden at sunset.
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Hazel trees bloom earlier than ever, raising hay fever concerns
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A continuous glucose monitoring pod, used in combination with an insulin pump to help people manage type 1 diabetes
HealthTechScience
Breakthrough: Dutch scientists find genetic variant that affects risk of type 1 diabetes
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Artist’s rendering of the Leiden University campus building at the Spui in The Hague, planned for 2026
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Historic department store to become university campus in The Hague
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
HealthCrime
Fertility doctor may also have used own sperm to impregnate women in Leiden
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Leiden University Medical Center LUMC
Crime
Leiden hospital investigating whether employee used own sperm to impregnate women
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Vaping
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"Smart vapes" have arrived in Netherlands; Doctor concerned
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Woman with a headache
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Experts critical of Bilthoven private clinic's new headache surgery
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Tiger Mosquito
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Record number of Dutch tourists contracted dengue fever abroad
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Artificial Intelligence
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Leiden medical students to get lessons on AI
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
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At least 25 Leiden Marathon runners hospitalized with heat-related complaints
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Pharmacy
HealthBusiness
Netherlands still struggling with shortage of antibiotics for children
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Business
Leiden hospital's academic status at risk due to shoddy fraud prevention
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Health
Leiden hospital can't identify sperm donor for 80 children; 9 donors fathered over 400
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
CrimeBusiness
LUMC board vice-chairman resigns following fraud revelations
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UMC Utrecht
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UMC Utrecht also victim of company accused of fraud with EU research grants
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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Crime
Leiden hospital accused of research fraud in seven international studies
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Children's hospital
HealthPolitics
Health Min.'s plan to centralize pediatric heart surgery can move forward, court rules