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Flu vaccine advice from Student Medical Practice Every winter about one in every ten persons gets the flu (infection with an influenza virus). Usually this is an uncomplicated disease. For some people the risk of complications is slightly raised. In the Netherlands these people are advised to get an influenza vaccination. This yearly vaccination protects…

“A fine mix of disappointment and fun”, practice teacher Bob van Vliet calls the marble marathon of first-year Mechanical Engineering students. “Collaboration is key.”

What if the sea level rises by two metres?     If we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emission, the Netherlands will see the sea rise by 1.2 to 2 metres by the end of the century. That’s what the NOS website (in Dutch) wrote about the KNMI Klimaatsignaal ’21 report (in Dutch), which was…

Medical Delta welcomes nine new professors     They all already have an impressive track record at one of the participating centres: TU Delft, Erasmus MC or LUMC. But in the last year, they have been given an additional appointment and now have with one foot in technology and the other in clinical work. This…

Follow This is echoed in the US     With some reluctance, a second American oil company has now promised to reduce the CO2 emissions of their production process. Chevron now promises a 5% reduction by 2028. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, ongoing pressure from customers and investors have pushed the…