'Pioneering' heart transplant on two-month-old baby with 'incompatible blood-type donor'
A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby girl has made international headlines after undergoing a pioneering life-saving operation.
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'Mission accomplished': Spanish troops home from Afghanistan
THE last of Spain's service personnel deployed in Afghanistan have now arrived home, and King Felipe VI met them as they disembarked from their military craft at the air base in Torrejón de Ardoz (Greater Madrid...
Spain's 15 biggest cities ranked for quality of life by their residents
A 'QUALITY of life' survey among residents in Spain's biggest cities shows attitudes have changed since the start of the pandemic, according to national consumer organisation OCU, which conducted the...
Spanish researchers work on potential cure for Parkinson's using gene-repair therapy
A MEDICAL research foundation based in Galicia has set itself the ambitious goal of creating a cure for Parkinson's Disease at 10% of the cost of similar therapies under development in the USA and about a third of...
Spanish-made RNA-messenger Covid vaccine could be in use by 2022
A 'HOME-MADE' Covid vaccine which works along the same lines as the Pfizer and Moderna inoculations is a step closer to completion and should be ready for use by next year.
Couple marry in Madrid hospital and nurses organise ceremony
A COUPLE admitted to a Madrid hospital with Covid-19 have been married on their ward, with nurses helping to organise the ceremony.
Three Spanish regions relax movement and trade restrictions
SOME regions in Spain have relaxed restrictions on movement as their Covid case numbers are starting to decline or at least level off.
'Lovers of the A-2' identified: Couple snapped kissing in the snow given free trip to...
A PHOTOGRAPHER who took a once-in-a-lifetime shot of a couple kissing in the middle of a motorway when it was ankle-deep in snow has managed to trace the subjects.
Universities offer free fast-track Covid tests to young adults under 30 - including non...
UNIVERSITIES are starting to carry out fast-track antigen tests on adults from age 18 and under 30 in a bid to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after reports revealed that older teens and young adults were most...
Bright lights dim on big cities: Spain tops list as home-workers seek quality of life
A GROWING trend towards working from home triggered almost by default in early 2020 means the pull of big, global cities is slackening off – but those which the world's employees remain attracted to are largely in...
Madrid grants Rafael Nadal its highest distinction and praises his 'humbleness'
TOP tennis star Rafael Nadal has been awarded the greatest distinction possible in the Greater Madrid region in recognition of not only his sporting achievements, but his overall attitude to his career – one that is...
Off-duty Guardia Civil officer saves baby's life
AN OFF-DUTY Guardia Civil officer saved the life of a six-month-old baby in a park in the Greater Madrid-region town of Leganés.