SESARAM says four people in a residential area of Câmara de Lobos have tuberculosis and are isolated, with an investigation under way. Here is how contact screening works, the warning signs, and Madeira's SRS24h line.
The DGS's third seasonal report counts 1,339,486 flu jabs and 600,160 Covid-19 boosters to 25 October. Flu coverage among over-60s runs from 39.75 percent in the North to 21.25 percent in the Algarve.
The 2026 Lancet Countdown puts older people in Portugal at 16.3 heatwave days each last year, and attributes about four in five of the average resident's heatwave days to climate change. What the data say, and the DGS advice.
Three of the five cases were imported by unvaccinated travellers and two were secondary cases. All who needed hospital care have been discharged. Here is the MMR schedule, who should check their record, and what to do if exposed.
A decree published on 22 October lowers the binding limits for lead at work, sets a 4.5 microgram level for women of childbearing age and gives Portugal its first binding limit for diisocyanates. The rules take effect on 2 November; what changes for workers and employers.
Children aged 7, 10 and 13 will get no cheque-dentista this school year, the DGS has told health units, to avoid overlap with the new oral health programme that starts on 1 January 2027. What changes, who still gets vouchers, and what parents can do.
The DGS says more than 31,000 children were protected against RSV, the main cause of bronchiolitis, in a month. Every baby born since 1 April 2026 now qualifies for free; the health-centre catch-up runs to 30 October.
