Healthcare

EU should debate mandatory vaccination, says Von der Leyen.

The European Union will debate soon whether mandatory vaccinations are needed. The rapidly increasing case numbers are putting an increasingly…

3 years ago

Olympics: EU supports Japan to host safe 2021 Games in Tokyo

The European Union backed Japan for hosting the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, with 100 million vaccine doses to fight pandemic…

3 years ago

WHO: 115k health and care professionals died from pandemic

WHO estimates that at least 115.000 health and care professionals have lost their lives due to COVID-19 pandemic. The head…

3 years ago

EU digital Covid Certificate is the EU Summer deal to save holidays 2021

European Parliament and EU Council negotiators reached a provisional deal on EU digital Covid Certificate for an EU digital Covid…

4 years ago

Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID

More Europeans have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases are falling, “the threat remains present”.…

4 years ago

EU must increase its capacity to produce critical medicines

The European Union must reduce its dependence on producers outside its borders by encouraging the return of production of critical…

4 years ago

EU supports Nepal to tackle COVID19 pandemic outbreak

Nepal has requested EU assistance to help contain the explosion in COVID-19 cases. In response, the EU has mobilised an…

4 years ago

World Health Day: Stella Kyriakides EU debates Health Union

As we celebrate World Health Day, health inequalities remain a daily reality for so many of our citizens in the…

4 years ago

India donates 200,000 vaccine doses to UN blue helmets peacekeepers

India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions. The…

4 years ago

EU takes UK to court over €100 million Gibraltar state aid

The European Commission has announced €100 million, granted as a tax exemption for passive interest and royalties in Gibraltar, which…

4 years ago

President von der Leyen looks to speed up vaccine rollout

European Union has secured up to 2.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far and negotiations are underway to speed…

4 years ago

WHO: Do not STOP vaccinations of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Many more countries have suspended the AstraZeneca vaccinations as a precautionary measure, after thromboembolic events with vaccines. EU countries have…

4 years ago

EMA investigates AstraZeneca Vaccine and thromboembolic events

Several authorities responsible for national vaccine campaigns in EU countries have temporarily paused vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. This is…

4 years ago

WHO and European Medicines Agency investigate AstraZeneca vaccine

Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several…

4 years ago

Hearing loss: A Common Health Problem for 2.5 bn people worldwide

By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned, in…

4 years ago

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized in Europe

European Commission granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the Johnson & Johnson COVID‑19 vaccine by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. This…

4 years ago

Five EU member states call for EU Summit on the ‘fair’ vaccine distribution

Austria, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Latvia in letter demand an EU Extraordinary Summit on the "fair distribution" of vaccines. Austrian…

4 years ago

Parliament highlights COVID19 impact on children’s health and education

EU member states must invest more in children’s health, education, healthcare, housing, family support and childcare. EU will ensure that…

4 years ago

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