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A collection of 15 posts

Inside EU Health: Ebola update; nicotine pouches; biosecurity; WHA; hantavirus

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Ebola update; nicotine pouches; biosecurity; WHA; hantavirus

Ebola declared emergency of international concern; WHO warns nicotine pouches risk hooking a new generation; EuropaBio ups efforts on biosecurity; World Health Assembly kicks off; EU activates crisis response mechanism to monitor hantavirus outbreak

DRC faces fresh Ebola outbreak in remote region

DRC faces fresh Ebola outbreak in remote region

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are racing to contain a new Ebola outbreak

Hantavirus confirmed as rare human-to-human variant

Hantavirus confirmed as rare human-to-human variant

Laboratory testing by South African and Swiss reference laboratories identified the virus as Andes hantavirus — the only known hantavirus capable of person-to-person transmission

Inside EU Health: HPV vaccination; ageing population; UK Covid report on vaccines and therapeutics

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: HPV vaccination; ageing population; UK Covid report on vaccines and therapeutics

ECDC underscores advances in HPV vaccination for European Immunisation Week; Europe’s demographic challenge will likely hit healthcare; UK COVID-19 Report: Vaccines and therapeutics

ECDC highlights HPV vaccination for European Immunisation Week

ECDC highlights HPV vaccination for European Immunisation Week

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is marking European Immunisation Week 2026, by shining a spotlight on HPV vaccination

Inside EU Health: CMA update; cardio diseases responsible for one-third of EU deaths; ECDC to develop RSV guidance

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: CMA update; cardio diseases responsible for one-third of EU deaths; ECDC to develop RSV guidance

Critical Medicines Act slowly edging forward; Circulatory diseases are responsible for one-third of deaths in the EU in 2023; ECDC to present guidance on RSV vaccines for adults by 2027; Roche scales AI; AstraZeneca gastric cancer drug approved; Servier single-pill formulation to improve adherence

Inside EU Health: EFPIA compares 10 biopharma strategies; EU cancer strategy scrutinised; agencies reassure on infant formula

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: EFPIA compares 10 biopharma strategies; EU cancer strategy scrutinised; agencies reassure on infant formula

EFPIA publishes a comparative analysis of the strategies of 10 countries; ECA casts doubt on EU cancer strategy’s targets and funding; agencies says infant formula is a low risk following recall

EU agencies consider risk of exposure low, as recall of infant formula continues

EU agencies consider risk of exposure low, as recall of infant formula continues

EU agencies consider risk from contaminated infant formula be to low as recall continues

Persistent antimicrobial resistance in the food chain underlines need for a ‘One Health’ approach

Persistent antimicrobial resistance in the food chain underlines need for a ‘One Health’ approach

Antimicrobial resistance in common foodborne bacteria poses a threat to Europe’s public health, despite pockets of progress

Inside EU Health: Europe invests in 10-year preparedness research plan; Biotech Act I rapporteurs; EU and Canada health agencies joint plan; HTA report

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: Europe invests in 10-year preparedness research plan; Biotech Act I rapporteurs; EU and Canada health agencies joint plan; HTA report

Europe invests €240 million ten-year pandemic preparedness research; Biotech Act I rapporteurs confirmed; EU and Canada health agencies deepen ties; HTA annual report on first year of implementation

Listeria remains Europe's most lethal foodborne threat

Listeria remains Europe's most lethal foodborne threat

ECDC and EFSA warn over danger of Listeria and Salmonella in latest One Health report

Inside EU Health: ECDC calls for uptake of flu vaccination; the UK concludes part two of Covid inquiry; vaccines and the fight against AMR

Inside EU Health

Inside EU Health: ECDC calls for uptake of flu vaccination; the UK concludes part two of Covid inquiry; vaccines and the fight against AMR

ECDC urges immediate uptake of flu vaccination; ‘too little, too late’ - the UK concludes the second report of the Covid inquiry; vaccines and the fight against AMR

ECDC urges immediate uptake of flu vaccination

Seasonal influenza

ECDC urges immediate uptake of flu vaccination

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is calling for immediate influenza vaccination as EU/EEA countries report an unusually early rise in flu cases

ECDC calls for urgent action on the spread of drug-resistant fungus

ECDC calls for urgent action on the spread of drug-resistant fungus

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a warning about the continued spread of Candidozyma auris (C. auris) in European hospitals. C. auris is a species of yeast that was designated as a priority fungal pathogen by the World Health Organization in 2022. First discovered in