WHO Belgium nominates Hans Kluge as WHO Director General The Belgian federal government has nominated Hans Kluge for the position of Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Cancer inequalities; fast-track for pancreatic cancer treatment; counterfeit condoms WHO warns of widening cancer survival gap as cases set to soar to 35 million by 2050; EMA to fast track promising pancreatic cancer treatment; 200,000 counterfeit condoms discovered by EU anti-fraud office
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Tobacco games Commission consultation; pharma push back on PABS; Danes pilot real-world data to assess cancer drugs Dutch investigation finds that Philip Morris is gaming tobacco consultation; Pharmaceutical companies caution against tougher obligations in PABS talks; Denmark turns to real-world data to assess cancer drugs
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Women’s health; digital; Ebola; Marburg; hantavirus 'Now is really the time!' for women's health, says Cooke; Macron and WHO chief back stronger safeguards for children online; Ebola outbreak expands and WHO condemns attacks on health facilities; WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Heat resilience; EMA recommendations; Sanofi disparagement Europe’s deadly heatwave highlights growing climate threat to health; EMA recommends three new medicines and an orphan treatment for rare Rett Syndrome; Commission opens disparagement investigation into Sanofi
Ebola France reports first case of Ebola and WHO launches its first trials France has confirmed its first case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease linked to the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Illicit drugs report; tobacco and nicotine; Ebola latest EU Drugs Agency warns of new health risks, including a rising trend in ketamine use; Smoke Free Partnership accuses tobacco lobby of ‘dirty tricks’ in EU consultation; EU commits further €16.5 million for Ebola outbreak
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Nicotine and tobacco; Ebola update; EHDS From tobacco-free to tobacco and nicotine-free generation; CEPI backs three possible Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates; Patients call for stronger role in shaping Europe’s Health Data Space
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Anti-dumping; Ebola; hantavirus; EMA recommendations Sandoz says situation has reached ‘breaking point’; WHO risk assessment raises DRC to ‘very high’; further hantavirus positive test in Spain; EMA recommends eight new medicines for approval
Ebola WHO risk assessment raises DRC to ‘very high’ WHO raises alarm over expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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
Ebola 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
Novel nicotine products WHO warns nicotine pouches risk hooking a new generation The World Health Organization warns that use of nicotine pouches is expanding rapidly worldwide, with weak regulation leaving young people exposed to aggressive marketing and addiction
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Critical Medicines Act; Urban Wastewater Treatment; novel nicotine; hantavirus update Várhelyi says critical medicines deal possible as early as next week; Várhelyi ‘partner for any solution’ on Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive; novel nicotine products will be treated like cigarettes; latest WHO briefing on hantavirus
Hantavirus 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 Inside EU Health: Pandemic agreement delayed; OECD puts a price on poor mental health; Epi+ preparedness; mpox ‘Last piece of the puzzle’ in the WHO pandemic agreement delayed to 2027; OECD puts €76 billion price tag on the poor mental health in the EU; Epi+ live will go live in June 2027; ECDC launch monthly mpox surveillance report
Pandemic Agreement ‘Last piece of the puzzle’ in the WHO pandemic agreement delayed to 2027 WHO member states agree to further negotiations to reach an agreement on key Pathogen Access and Benefit Shifting (PABS) annex
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: EMA recommends five new medicines: Gilead HIV drug dispute; EU funds for innovative treatments; WHO extends PABS negotiations EMA recommends five new medicines for approval; MSF denied access to Gilead HIV-prevention drug; Europe invests €244 million to fast-track next-generation treatments for deadly infections; WHO members extend negotiations on pathogen sharing framework
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: WHO launches Ukraine appeal; 8 in 10 people who got measles in 2025 were unvaccinated; Parliament debates cancer resolution WHO requests US$42m to maintain health care amid Ukraine war; 8 in 10 people who fell ill with measles during 2025 had not been vaccinated; Parliament debates cancer resolution
Ukraine WHO requests US$42m to maintain health care amid Ukraine war WHO is seeking US$42 million in 2026 to sustain essential health care and medical evacuations for 700,000 people in Ukraine amid ongoing conflict and displacement
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: MEPs call for ring-fenced health funding; OECD urges better use of resources in cancer care; four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO MEPs call for dedicated cancer funding in EU’s long-term budget; OECD urges faster access and better use of resources in cancer care; four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO
Cancer Four in ten cancers worldwide are preventable, says WHO In 2022, an estimated 7.1 million of 18.7 million new adult cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: WHO defends itself from US slurs; pilot targets 70-day clinical trial approvals; less than 1% of research spent on key women’s health issues WHO defends itself against US accusations; FAST-EU pilot targets 70-day clinical trial approvals; less than 1% of research funding goes to key women’s health conditions
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: WHO to consider US payment arrears; IHI unveils first applicant-driven projects; improvement in unmet medical needs of children WHO Executive Board will consider US payment arrears; IHI unveils first projects from its applicant-driven call; Eurostat data points to an improvement in the unmet medical needs of children
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Pharma deal agreed; State of EU Health Report; WHO concludes that vaccines don’t cause autism - again The Council and Parliament reached a deal on the Pharma Package, the latest 'State of EU Health Report' is released, and WHO confirms - once again - that vaccines do not cause autism.
