Lucca, 4-month-old child dies of meningitis

A 4-month-old male infant from Pieve Fosciana, in the province of Lucca, died of fulminant meningitis at the Meyer Paediatric Hospital in Florence, 48...

Illegal fireworks seizure at funeral parlour in Taranto

A 27-year-old man was arrested by law enforcement authorities after approximately 20 kilograms of illicit barrels were found hidden inside a coffin at a...

One tonne of illegal barrels seized in Gioia Tauro

In a collaborative operation, the Italian Guardia di Finanza (GdF) and the Customs and Monopolies Agency seized a tonne of barrels that had been...

School in Ferrara, contaminated soil found

Preliminary investigations carried out by the Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale Emilia Romagna (ARPAE) in spring 2023 revealed traces of pollutants in the...

Declining vaccination worries Italian infectiologists

Massimo Andreoni, scientific director of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), has expressed concern about the decline in vaccination coverage in...

Elga Marvelli