The nursery refused to admit the child because she had not been vaccinated, and that was the end of it. “The public system cannot consider its task completed simply by excluding a child from school.” The appointment with the local health authority (ASL) was used as a smokescreen; the issue of checks; and why “in 2017 we chose not to interfere with parental authority”. The former Health Minister speaks out

The parents stated that they had not had her vaccinated because a relative is autistic and they feared the vaccine was to blame. Prof. Bassetti: "Unacceptable in the 21st century". Vaccination coverage in Sicily is the lowest in Italy

Major immunisation campaigns for young children have slowed down in more than half of the states, continuing a trend that has been going on for years, whilst measles cases are on the rise

Total healthcare expenditure is rising, but the number of prescriptions remains stable: the real challenge is to build a healthcare system that keeps pace with advances in medicine

The majority’s resolution does not privatise healthcare but offers a sound middle way

Spending is below the OECD average. There is a reason for this. Report by Mediobanca

Angelini acquires Catalyst Pharmaceuticals alongside CDP Equity and Blackstone

The bill approved by FdI in the committee at the Chamber of Deputies provides for the possibility for those struck off the register during the pandemic to re-register with the professional body. These are very few cases, but the president of the doctors’ association, Filippo Anelli, explains: “It is not a question of numbers, but of the wrong message that risks being sent”