**Watch: Italy seizes over 300 tons of counterfeit cigarettes – what it means for Malta** Italy’s Guardia di Finanza made headlines this week after confiscating a staggering 310 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes in the port of Gioia Tauro, Calabria – enough to fill 13 forty-foot containers and evade €60 million in excise tax. Hidden inside…
# Maltese surgeon offers hope to babies with rare condition **St. Luke’s Hospital, Malta** – In a quiet corner of the neonatal ward, Dr. Miriam Camilleri adjusts her surgical loupes and studies the tiny heart beating on the ultrasound screen. At 43, the Paola-born paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon has just become the first Maltese physician to…
Valletta’s historic Triton Fountain was already glowing amber in the early-morning light when the first cloud of neon-orange corn-starch exploded above the crowd. By 9 a.m. the usually traffic-clogged beltway between Floriana and Marsamxett had become a moving rainbow: parents pushing toddlers in strollers painted head-to-toe, university students in DIY “Għanja Malta” T-shirts, and silver-haired…
EU Green-Lights Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi: What It Means for Malta’s 7,000 Families Living With Dementia By Christiana Micallef, Hot Malta Health Correspondent Valletta – While Brussels bureaucrats shook hands on the 19 July decision, the real applause this week echoed down the narrow limestone alleys of Żabbar, where 72-year-old Marlene Camilleri has just learnt that…
**Beauty Sleep Isn’t a Myth – And Malta Is Finally Waking Up to It** *By Hot Malta staff* Valletta’s 7 a.m. ferry used to be a silent parade of concealer-dabbed commuters, eyes half-shut against the Grand Harbour glare. This summer the deck looks different: silk-eyed masks, neck pillows and Bluetooth “pink-noise” playlists have become as…
**Health authorities ‘reassure public’ after Trump’s paracetamol claims** Malta’s health authorities have moved swiftly to reassure the public following controversial claims made by former US President Donald Trump about paracetamol, as local pharmacies report no unusual buying patterns and medical professionals emphasize the drug’s established safety profile. The Superintendent of Public Health, Professor Charmaine Gauci,…
Health authorities move to ‘reassure public’ after Trump’s paracetamol claims ================================================================================ Valletta – Maltese health officials have stepped in to calm a mini-storm on Facebook parent groups after former U.S. president Donald Trump told a U.S. podcast that paracetamol “could be” behind a rise in autism cases worldwide. Within hours, screenshots of the clip were…
Paracetamol remains safe in pregnancy, Maltese authorities assure after Trump claim By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – Maltese expectant mothers can keep reaching for the little white pills. The Malta Medicines Authority (MMA) moved quickly this week to reassure pregnant women that paracetamol remains “safe and effective” for short-term use, after former U.S. president Donald…
St Thomas Hospital Eye Clinic introduces ‘life changing’ new lens implants By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:00 Żejtun’s parish priest jokingly calls it “the miracle on Triq il-Kbira,” but for the 73-year-old fisherman from Marsaxlokk who regained perfect vision after 40 years of trawling at dawn, the new lens-implant programme at St…
Trump’s Paracetamol Claim Sparks Concern Among Pregnant Women in Malta By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – It started with a single sentence on a Florida stage: “They even want you to take a paracetamol when you’re pregnant—nobody knows what that does to the baby.” Within minutes, the clip was racing through Maltese Facebook groups, WhatsApp…
# Four New Ultrasound Machines Arrive at Mater Dei, Promising Faster Diagnoses and Shorter Queues Valletta – Mater Dei Hospital has quietly rolled out four state-of-the-art ultrasound scanners that promise to shave weeks off waiting lists and give clinicians the sharpest images ever produced on the island, Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela confirmed on Tuesday….
No smoke on the horizon: Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra stub out beach cigarettes Golden Bay’s sunset watchers and Ramla l-Ħamra’s early-morning swimmers have one less thing to cough about this summer. As of 1 June, both beaches are officially smoke-free except for small, sign-posted zones tucked behind the dunes. The ban, issued by the…
