Portugal's Social Safety Net Frays: Pension Payments Mask a Deeper Crisis
Portugal's June welfare payments mask deeper crisis: aging population, healthcare worker shortage, elder care gaps threaten retirees, families, and rural communities.
Tracking health for Portugal — coverage from the newsroom in Lisbon.
Portugal's June welfare payments mask deeper crisis: aging population, healthcare worker shortage, elder care gaps threaten retirees, families, and rural communities.
Portugal shut down two unlicensed care homes in Setúbal in May 2026, rescuing 24 seniors from unsafe conditions. Check if your family's care home is licensed legally.
Two drowning deaths in May expose lifeguard coverage gaps at Portuguese beaches. Learn which beaches are monitored and how to stay safe before June 1.
A Santarém woman died after a 29-minute ambulance wait. Learn how INEM delays affect residents and what to do in emergencies.
Leiria court suspended psychiatric internment for young man with intellectual disability. Mandatory outpatient mental health treatment replaces institutionalization in Pedrógão Grande case.
Portuguese psychologists reveal how everyday phrases harm children's self-esteem. Discover alternative language techniques to support emotional development.
INEM received 60,000 emergency calls in May 2026 amid extreme heat. First of 275 new ambulances arrive in August. Health system capacity stretched.
All 15 Lisbon schools exceed WHO pollution limits. Learn how traffic toxins threaten child development and what parents can do now.
Portugal updates health protocols for Ebola. Travelers from Congo/Uganda must self-monitor 21 days, avoid hospitals without guidance, call 112 if ill.