Epidemiologist Tegnell: Closing nursing homes in the pandemic was a mistake

2023-06-17 15:55:10 More than 700 visitors at the 75th anniversary congress of the Chamber of Pharmacists Vienna (OTS) – “It was a mistake to keep retirement and nursing homes closed during the pandemic instead of allowing the people affected to socialize.” This was the opinion of Anders Tegnell, former state epidemiologist at the Swedish Public … Read more

Vienna state target control decides on projects on digitization, women’s health and tracheostomy | PID press

2023-06-16 16:32:04 Already 1000 patient visits in the Diabetes Center Wienerberg Vienna (OTS) – At the 40th session of the State Target Control Commission, new projects to expand health care in Vienna were approved. The newly opened Wienerberg Diabetes Center has already seen more than 1,000 patients in the first three months. With a multilingual … Read more

Parent-child passport: National Council sends application back to the health committee

2023-06-14 17:15:15 Approval for initiative to prepare for European Health Data Space Vienna (PK) – The new parent-child passport, which is to replace the mother-child passport that has existed since 1974, has to go through another round in the parliamentary process. By means of a motion for remittance, which was accepted unanimously, the National Council … Read more

“Weidmüller’s US Campus Expansion: Boosting Industrial Connection Technology & Digitization in Virginia”

2023-05-22 11:22:00 The German world market leader for smart industrial connection technology and digitization Weidmüller announces the expansion of its US campus in Richmond, Virginia. The official groundbreaking for the expansion of the North American headquarters was celebrated on May 18th in the presence of the governor of the state of Virginia. The aim of … Read more

Ad AI research in Austria: JUNOS students demand a massive budget increase | JUNOS

2023-04-22 15:10:38 “No clear strategy for AI and hardly any money for AI research,” criticizes Lukas Schobesberger, federal chairman and top candidate for the 2023 ÖH election Vienna (OTS) – ‘Not enough money for basic AI research’ was the title of ORF Science on April 20, 2023 ( The article quotes from an interview with … Read more

First youth parliament in the newly renovated parliament building

2023-04-21 17:29:15 Pupils from Vienna and Burgenland met on the topic “School and digitization” Vienna (PK) – For the first time since the renovation of the parliament building, the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, invited schoolchildren to the youth parliament in the High House on the Ring. Five 9th grade school classes from … Read more

“HAK digBiz Award 2023” in the House of Digitization in Tulln

LR Teschl-Hofmeister/BM Polaschek/STS Tursky: Impressive presentations and promising ideas from young people St.Pölten (OTS) – At a press conference this Tuesday afternoon as part of the HAK digBiz Award 2023 in the House of Digitization in Tulln, Federal Minister Martin Polaschek, Education Minister Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister and Florian Tursky, State Secretary for Digitization and Telecommunications, were … Read more

Catholic student associations in resistance: Digital stumbling blocks against forgetting

Memorial event at the invitation of National Council President Sobotka in Palais Epstein Vienna (PK) – Between 1938 and 1945, more than 730 female and male members of Catholic student fraternities were in the resistance against National Socialism. Under the title “Catholic Couleur Students in Resistance and Persecution”, President of the National Council Wolfgang Sobotka, … Read more