National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

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Smog
HealthTechNature
Smog expected to degrade air quality in parts of Netherlands on Wednesday and Thursday
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The Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius
Health
Dutch passengers ordered into six-week home quarantine after deadly hantavirus outbreak
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Smog
Health
Video: RIVM issues smog warning across Northern Netherlands as fine dust levels climb
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Mammogram
HealthTechScience
Delays in Dutch breast cancer screenings cause up to 60 extra deaths annually
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Doctor vaccinating a baby girl
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Netherlands to give all newborns access to RSV antibody jab starting September
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Looking north on the Amstel River from Nieuwe Amstelbrug on a hot day in Amsterdam. 12 Aug 2025
HealthTechNature
KNMI issues code yellow heat warning as temperatures reach 35 degrees
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Extremely hot weather.
Health1-1-2TechNature
Netherlands to launch national heat plan Monday as temperatures soar above 30 degrees
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Doctor vaccinating a baby girl
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Vaccination rates among young children slip; RIVM warns of growing outbreak risk
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Extremely hot weather.
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Dutch heat deaths drop by nearly 40%, but extreme temperatures still kill hundreds
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A nicotine stick
HealthBusiness
Dutch health agency urges ban on unregulated nicotine sticks
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Backyard chickens
Health1-1-2BusinessCultureFood
RIVM warns against eating backyard eggs from own chickens over PFAS risk
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Fast food
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Record kidney transplants in the Netherlands as salt intake stays high
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Child holding a heart
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Dutch schools focus on sexual health during ‘week of love’
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Wind turbines
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Climate Minister to allow wind turbines near homes despite noise complaints
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Supermarket chain Albert Heijn has announced a recall of its AH Endive 400-gram product due to elevated levels of the pesticide tau-fluvalinate.
Health1-1-2Business
Albert Heijn issues second recall in a week, this time for contaminated endive
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Albert Heijn recalls blueberries over potential Hepatitis A infection.
Health1-1-2
Hundreds of hepatitis A infections will be tied to blueberries in Albert Heijn recall
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Cropped view of doctor in latex gloves holding syringe and vaccine on blurred foreground near patient
HealthPolitics
HPV Awareness Day: Young adults can get HPV shot without an appointment