Osakidetza.
About 175 children with heart disease are born each year in the Basque Country, more than 85% of whom reach adulthood
Cancer is the leading cause of death from underage disease and causes 60-70 new cases in the Basque Country each year
Currently Osakidetza is developing 64 research projects in pediatric oncology and survival is 80-85%.
More than half of the scares are women in Osakidetza
On the occasion of International Women's Scientists' Day, Osakidetza has stressed that 66.5 per cent of its researchers are women, 42.5 per cent of whom lead research groups.
A judge in Vitoria-Gasteiz has ordered an oral trial for OPE leaks in Osakidetza
Two people related to the Plastic, Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery specialty exam, performed on May 20, 2018, will sit on the bench of the defendants.
Martinez has called for "no scaremongering" and has ensured that expired vaccines do not pose a threat to safety
Javier De Andrés believes that vaccination of expired doses "is not exceptional" in Osakidetza
The president of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, has stated that his party has "many doubts" about what happened and has considered that "there are elements that show that it was not an occasional and unusual thing", but that "it is broader than what was originally transmitted".
Otxandiano says the "vaccine crisis" has once again shown that Osakidetza has a "structural" problem
EH Bildu's spokesman in the Basque Parliament, Pello Otxandiano, has warned that the "crisis" of expired vaccines is not "solved" because information is missing. He has held the Basque Government's Health Advisor, Alberto Martínez, responsible for the situation.
23 people who have received the expired vaccine have been re-vaccinated with hexavalent vaccine
Health Counselor Alberto Martínez has explained that an investigation is under way into whether the expired hexavalent vaccine was also administered to 29 other people, although he has anticipated that it may be errors in registration, although he has stressed that the incidence of vaccines is "channelled" and that it is now necessary to clarify what happened.
The mother of a baby vaccinated with the expired dose has reported that this situation gives her "insecurity"
The mother of a baby who received a dose of the expired Hexabalente vaccine regrets that this situation causes her "insecurity" because she has always thought that Osakidetza is doing everything right. She claims that she has been apologized and that the minor has been summoned to be vaccinated again.
Pradales pide perdón por las vacunas caducadas y promete "esclarecer responsabilidades"
EH Bildu's warning about expired vaccines was "too much," according to the Department of Health
The Deputy Minister of Health, Lore Bilbao, has explained in the "Egun On" program of ETB1 that they wanted to send a "clear message" to the families and asked for reports to do so. When they were waiting for them, EH Bildu made the matter public. "If they knew 10 days earlier, why didn't they do anything? In this case we knew, but what would happen if we hadn't known?"
Births in the Basque Country have fallen by 0.1% again, after two quarters of growth
By territory, there was a 3.2 per cent year-on-year increase in Álava, with 547 births; in Bizkaia there was a 4.7 per cent decrease in Bizkaia with 1,616 births; and in Gipuzkoa there was an increase of 5.5 per cent with 1,129 births.
Osakidetza will finish revaccination today for the 30 people who received the expired dose of hexavalent
In addition, the Basque Health Service will this week call the 78 people who are believed to have received expired tetrabalent and triple viral vaccines.
Today will be news of the transfer meeting, the second day of the medical strike and the farmers' protests at the border
Today, January 15, 2026, the Government will decide whether the conditions for attending tomorrow's meeting of the Joint Transfer Commission are in place; the doctors in Osakidetza will have a second day of strike, after yesterday's, to demand their own status; and the farmers and farmers in Hego Euskal Herria will make a tractor march towards Biriatu.
Doctors resume strike and protest to demand better working conditions
The Medical Union has no intention of fighting this battle with the Ministry of Health and continues to proclaim its own status. No Navarra, the Department of Health reports that unemployment has continued at 2.83%. Ouskadi indicates that the follow-up has been 19.23% in the morning shift and 8.26% in the afternoon shift.
Almost 20,000 people live with depression in the Basque Country and 3,434 new cases have been diagnosed in 2025
Osakidetza has stressed the importance of knowing the symptoms and asking for help if they continue over time. It has reminded Basque society that in Osakidetza's mental health network there are 1,600 professionals who are committed to "helping those who need it".
Influenza hospitalizations drop by more than 30% in the CSC
Since the start of the campaign, a total of 17,465 cases of influenza have been recorded in Osakidetza hospitals, with 2,274 hospitalizations and 74 ICU income.
Osakidetza doctors will be on two more strike days on 14 and 15 January
This has been reported by the Medical Union of the Basque Country in a note. The two strike days will take place this week, together with several rallies in Bilbao and Vitoria.
Alberto Martinez, on the medical strike: "After two years and 12 drafts, it's time to reach an agreement."
The Health Adviser, Alberto Martínez, has recalled that the Framework Statute establishing the framework for statutory workers' relations "is the exclusive competence of the Ministry of Health, which must take it to the Council of Ministers and then to Congress for approval". In this regard, he has said that the Department of Health is in a position to negotiate "everything that comes out of the Statutory Framework".
Euskadi needs blood donors: Osakidetza warns of a critical drop in reserves
The advance of the flu and the Christmas stop have reduced blood donations and forced the call to intensify: it takes about 400 a day to ensure health activity.