Vice-President Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech at Forum on “Preparing a Longevity Society”, organized by Tony Blair Institute for Global change (TBI) in cooperation with the Ellison Institute for Technology-Oxford, the EPC and CHES.
The transaction primarily involves the operation of healthcare facilities providing inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, as well as preventive medicine and nursing care services.
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2 billion Dutch measure to support the PALLAS project aimed at producing medical radioisotopes for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The measure contributes to ensuring security of supply of essential and live-saving medicines in line with the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe.
Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens’ Initiatives, entitled ‘Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter’ and ‘Stop Fake Food: Origin on Label’.
The prevalence of Vibrio in seafood is expected to increase both globally and in Europe because of climate change, especially in low-salinity or brackish waters, according to EFSA’s latest assessment. Additionally, resistance to last-resort antibiotics is increasingly found in some Vibrio species.
The Commission and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina today signed an agreement associating Bosnia and Herzegovina with the EU4Health programme. This agreement will improve the capacity of the country’s health system to respond to the immediate health needs of citizens, and help strengthen its resilience.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) have released a report assessing HIV-related stigma and discrimination within healthcare settings in Europe and Central Asia, revealing significant gaps in knowledge on HIV transmission and prevention among healthcare workers.
During its constitutive meeting on Tuesday, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) elected Antonio Decaro (S&D, IT) as its Chair, alongside its four Vice-Chairs.
During its constitutive meeting on Tuesday, the EP Subcommittee Public Health elected Adam Jarubas (EPP, PL) as its Chair, alongside its four Vice-Chairs.
The EU Commission has made commitments offered by Vifor legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address competition concerns relating to Vifor’s potential disparagement of Monofer, the closest – and potentially only – competitor of Vifor’s intravenous iron medicine in Europe.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released an innovative new webtool designed to support industry operators and consumers estimate exposure to food enzymes through the diet.
The EU General Court judged today that the EU Commission did not give the public sufficiently wide access to the purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccines. That infringement concerns, inter alia, those agreements’ provisions on indemnification, and concerns the declarations that there was no conflict of interest on the part of the members of the team who negotiated the purchase of the vaccines. Read how the EU Commission reacts.
The rise of fast-fashion, marked by rapid turnover of collections, has led to a sevenfold increase in the global trade of used clothing in the last 4 decades. With more than 80% of all purchased clothing items globally (62% in the EU) being disposed of as general garbage, which is incinerated or landfilled, this represents a massive waste of resources, causing severe environmental and health impacts.
The report will serve as a basis for further action to reinforce security of supply of a first tranche of 11 critical medicines from the Union list of critical medicines.
Türkiye is an active participant in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and has been a member since 2016. Today’s updated agreement further strengthens the role of Türkiye in the mechanism.
The EU Joint Procurement Agreement is a legal and operational mechanism which enables participating countries to join forces in the face of a serious health threat and to jointly purchase essential supplies, such as medicines and medical equipment.
Avian influenza viruses continue to circulate, albeit at low levels, among wild bird populations across the European Union and the European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
EFSA has published a scientific opinion on the health risks of small organic arsenic species in food. This new assessment concluded that exposure to dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) compounds raises a health risk, unlike monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), which does not pose a health concern for any age group.
Today, the Commission authorised two genetically modified maize crops and renewed the authorisation for another genetically modified maize crop for food and animal feed.
The EMCDDA will become the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) on 2 July 2024, the day on which the regulation enters into application.
The Commission has today authorised the first-ever vaccine against Chikungunya virus – a disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
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