European Health Union

EU debates to increase roll-out of vaccines with pharma CEOs

MEPs demanded to increase vaccine production, clarity on deliveries and insisted that pharmaceutical companies honour their contracts. MEPs quizzed CEOs…

4 years ago

EU disinfection robots arrive in Slovenian hospitals

Two Slovenian hospitals received two of the first EU robots to disinfect patient rooms, thus helping reduce and contain the spread…

4 years ago

EU sends emergency medical teams to Slovakia and masks to Serbia

The European Union sends emergency support with RescEU mechanism to Slovakia and to Serbia, to fight Coronavirus pandemic. The EU…

4 years ago

VIDEO from inside the Pfizer vaccine factory in Puurs, Belgium

Pfizer, in partnership with Germany company BioNtech, plans to supply 1.3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021 from factories…

4 years ago

Variants, vaccines and HERA Incubator in Europe

New variants are already present in Europe and the EU is setting up a European bio-defence preparedness plan “HERA Incubator”.…

4 years ago

EMA preparing guidance to tackle COVID-19 variants

EMA is developing guidance for manufacturers planning changes to the existing COVID-19 vaccines to tackle the new virus variants. In…

4 years ago

Verhofstadt: The inconvenient truth behind the vaccination fiasco in the EU

The Belgian politician Mr. Guy Verhofstadt hit out, claiming that after nearly two months, the roll out of vaccines is…

4 years ago

European Alarm over the increased threat of variants

Commission is proposing immediate action to prepare Europe for the increased threat of coronavirus variants. The new European bio-defence preparedness plan against…

4 years ago

EU strengthens the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached an important political agreement to strengthen the EU…

4 years ago

EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

European Commission creates HERA - EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, a new body to prepare for future Pandemics.…

4 years ago

Schools across Europe share results of their air quality projects

More than 100 schools from 8 European countries participated in the citizen science CleanAir@School inititative. The project runs under the…

4 years ago

World Cancer Day: how the EU is fighting cancer

Fighting cancer is one of the EU’s health priorities and World Cancer Day on 4 February is a global initiative to raise…

4 years ago

Smoke-free environments protect passive non-smokers and smokers

Completely smoke-free environments protect smokers and non-smokers, reduce tobacco use in current smokers and also help those who want to…

4 years ago

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: New Health prevention, treatment and care

European Commission presented Europe's Beating Cancer Plan – a main priority in the area of health of the von der Leyen Commission and a…

4 years ago

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