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284,000 Portuguese Workers Have Now Exhausted the Annual Self-Declaration Cap as the SNS 24 Autobaixa Turns Three — Q1 2026 Pace Climbs to 1,790 a Day and 5,921 Filed on January 2 Alone

284,000 Portuguese Workers Have Now Exhausted the Annual Self-Declaration Cap as the SNS 24 Autobaixa Turns Three — Q1 2026 Pace Climbs to 1,790 a Day and 5,921 Filed on January 2 Alone

By end-March 2026, 284,000 Portuguese workers had exhausted their annual two-a-year SNS 24 self-declaration cap, per SPMS data via ECO. Q1 2026 ran at 1,790 declarations a day; 2 January alone hit 5,921. Cumulative since the May 2023 launch: 1.5 million visits diverted from primary care.
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INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report puts Aedes albopictus in 28 mainland municipalities, up from 18 in 2024. Six new municipalities added in 2025 — Condeixa-a-Nova, Covilhã, Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra. Dengue serotype 2 again detected in Madeira's Aedes aegypti.
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President Seguro Hands Adalberto Campos Fernandes the Strategic Pact for Health — Coordination Team Begins Work Monday With a One-Year Mandate to Build Cross-Party Consensus on SNS Reform

President Seguro Hands Adalberto Campos Fernandes the Strategic Pact for Health — Coordination Team Begins Work Monday With a One-Year Mandate to Build Cross-Party Consensus on SNS Reform

President António José Seguro has placed healthcare 'a tempo e horas' at the top of his mandate. The Strategic Pact for Health, coordinated by former Health Minister Adalberto Campos Fernandes, begins work on Monday 5 May with a one-year horizon to build cross-party consensus on SNS reform.
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Government Blocks Eutanásia Implementation Three Years After Law 22/2023 Citing Acórdão 307/2025 Constitutional Court Ruling — Portuguese Sign-Ups With Switzerland's Dignitas Climb to 80

Government Blocks Eutanásia Implementation Three Years After Law 22/2023 Citing Acórdão 307/2025 Constitutional Court Ruling — Portuguese Sign-Ups With Switzerland's Dignitas Climb to 80

The Ministry of Health says it cannot move on assisted-dying regulation without 'segurança jurídica' after the Constitutional Court's Acórdão 307/2025 struck down core provisions of Law 22/2023. The number of Portuguese registered with Switzerland's Dignitas has now reached 80.
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SPAIC Lifts a Continental Pollen Alert From Friday Through 7 May — Cypress, Pine, Oak, Birch and Olive on the Tree List, Grasses and Plantain on the Weed List, and Seven Regions Inside the High-Concentration Window

SPAIC Lifts a Continental Pollen Alert From Friday Through 7 May — Cypress, Pine, Oak, Birch and Olive on the Tree List, Grasses and Plantain on the Weed List, and Seven Regions Inside the High-Concentration Window

SPAIC has placed mainland Portugal under a high atmospheric-pollen advisory from Friday 1 May through 7 May 2026. Cypress, pine, birch, oak, cork-oak and holm-oak top the tree list; grasses, plantain, sorrel and nettle lead the weed list across seven regions.
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