Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves to protect his legacy
The battle to succeed Pope Francis is likely to be highly politicized, particularly given the pontiff’s recent clash with Catholic U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
The battle to succeed Pope Francis is likely to be highly politicized, particularly given the pontiff’s recent clash with Catholic U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
But member states, health experts, and the traditional tobacco industry itself have called on the Commission to act.
Belgian MEP Liesbet Sommen spoke with Euractiv about critical medicines shortages, EU Pharma Package progress, and SANT’s evolving role.
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course โ and it must decide quickly.
Belgiumโs Deputy Prime Minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, called the EUโs joint health technology assessment a model of European cooperation, improving medicine evaluation, reducing costs, and strengthening price negotiations.
Cardiovascular diseases remain Polandโs leading cause of death. Health experts are calling for urgent reforms, from enhanced screening to improved data collection and access to care.
Ulla Neergaard, Professor of EU Law, University of Copenhagen
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Neergaardโs forthcoming work, โโEurarcticโ: Colonialism and EU-Greenland…
“AI must never replace medical expertise but rather complement it,” MEP Victor Negrescu told Euractiv.
โGetting an appointment with a general practitioner is going to be much easier again – especially for those with statutory health insuranceโ, said Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.
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New cancer treatments are proving effective, but expensive, impacting overall healthcare expenditures. Researcher says reimbursements could be made conditional on reaching endpoints.
The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.
Euractiv investigated the alleged dangerous trend that has national health authorities sounding the alarm.
The United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 52-48 vote Thursday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He will be sworn in later today.
Judgment against Justyna Wydrzyลska overturned in symbolic moment for abortion rights movementA Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of helping a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Polandโs a…
The unions have already planned another general strike for 13 March.
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There is broad agreement to boost defense spending โ but the U.S. president’s call for 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.
The Danish Health Authority does not want to establish a fixed plan, as a new, serious virus or bacteria may behave in various and unforeseen ways.
Jarubas tells Euractiv there’s a delicate threshold to be found between a purely commercial approach and ensuring strategic security.
The small study suggests there’s promise in further investigating the drug in this field.
Repayment of the EU’s โฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
Madrid wants governments to be jointly liable for borrowing huge amounts of money to boost the bloc’s coffers.
Medicine shortages, preventive care, and mental health reform top priority list of new Belgian government says Health Minister Vandenbroucke.
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Numerous UK politicos have found their group chats getting two ticks โ from the entire British public.
A truce on a 2018 trade dispute on steel and aluminum between Brussels and Washington is set to lapse at the end of March.ย
Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea rose significantly from 2022 to 2023.
Billions in EU Covid funding have gone unaccounted for. By hiding its business behind personal messaging, Brussels is dodging public scrutinyFor weeks during the height of the Covid pandemic in early 2021, the European Commission president, Ursula von …
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
On February 21, 2020, Codogno, the small Lombardy town of 15,000 inhabitants and nine neighboring municipalities, suddenly became Europe’s first region to go into lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
His ruling party fell short of a majority and will need to find a coalition partner if it hopes to continue in power.
With a cease-fire holding in Gaza, Israel shifts its war to the West Bank.
Concerns are growing about talks on the second phase of the cease-fire deal.
Navi Pillay, head of UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, also said she would support a charge of apartheid against Israel at the ICC.
Aides to the president and Elon Musk suspected USAID officials were trying to go around a funding freeze.
More than 100,000 people hit the streets Friday across Slovakia and elsewhere in Europe to defend the country’s Western orientation.
The globalization of the illicit narcotics trade is hampering investigators โ but Brussels needs to score some quick societal wins, says Belgium’s drug commissioner after wave of shootings.
We are the post-pandemic flรขneurs: stepping out of social media silos to meet people and connect with the world around usWhen I moved back to London from Rome just before the second lockdown in 2020, I found a city that was hardly welcoming, with shops…
The BornToGetThere project has been set to advance early detection, surveillance, and intervention for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy. Coordinated by the University of Pisa, it brought together global partners to implement evidence-based practi…
The former U.K. prime minister has quietly been meeting Labour’s new MPs โ and he’s not the only Blairite who’s at it.
Swedish MEP Jessica Polfjรคrd believes Poland has softened its position. She believes the Polish presidency wants to find a good compromise and get the legislation sealed.
Comments from Viktor Orbรกn’s team suggest the exodus from WHO could continue.
Global drug trafficking could be “easily dismantled” if coke was “sold like wine,” according to the Latin American leader.
Inspired by the rare disease communityโs passionate drive to advance policies that provide equitable access to care, UCB spearheaded Aspire4Rare: a global initiative supporting the development of rare disease policies.
The WHO, which promotes health worldwide, is already making cutbacks following the loss of U.S. funding.
The Tory leader went for the government on the Chagos Islands and oil drilling โ but didn’t hone an effective argument.
The former German chancellor is suffering from severe exhaustion, lack of energy, concentration and memory problems, his doctor says.
Priti Patel accuses Keir Starmer of being motivated by โleftie shameโ at Britainโs historyNigel Farage has said the UK could be โfriendlyโ with the EU but did not outline what kind of ties with the bloc his party would support, PA Media reports. PA say…
A new cancer Action Guide is equipping key stakeholders with targeted strategies to enhance efficiency and patient-centred care.
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Investigation finds “series of serious and reprehensible omissions” in search and rescue duties.
Daily gram of essential fatty acid leads to โthree to four months rejuvenation of biological ageโ over three yearsA daily dose of omega-3 oils may slow the ageing process, according to a major clinical trial of interventions that aim to extend humansโ …
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
Innovative solutions are driving change in the early diagnosis and intervention of cerebral palsy. Integrating AI into diagnostics and advancing research into neuroplasticity is finally engaging policymakers.
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Nightlife zones have been introduced in Denmark. No products with an alcoholic strength by volume of more than 6% can be sold to 16-17-year-olds. Stricter nicotine regulations take effect this summer.
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Despite advances in neonatal care, cerebral palsy is often diagnosed too late, with the average age of diagnosis at around 18 months. New EU projects aim to change that.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ready to respond with 25 percent tariffs against C$155 billion worth of American goods.
Encouraging kids to play with fire? Hear us out, says party worried by the Netherlandsโ increasingly sedentary waysTen-year-old Jackie stood with a small pan in the flames of an open fire, chatting merrily, when her popcorn caught alight.With no sign o…
As part of the cease-fire deal, Israel and Egypt on Saturday opened the Rafah border crossing, which has been closed for months.
Estimates indicate that a well-established screening programme could prevent up to 100 deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms each year.
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Swedish doctors’ union fear proposed one-time medical interventions could crowd out priority operations.
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Health authorities in Romania issue alert as flu cases rise for three consecutive weeks
Britain’s prime minister is seemingly always overseas, and some allies wish heโd delegate more of the diplomatic grind โ just as his predecessor did.
11 countries signed a paper to Ursula von der Leyen warning the move would downgrade Europe’s health crisis resiliency.
Exclusive: Officials admitted in 2023 there were โno current border checksโ, as salmonella and other illnesses surgedUK health bosses privately admitted that a lack of border inspections in the wake of Brexit had left British consumers exposed to disea…
The ‘BornToGetThere’ program brings to clinical practice a suite of tools for early detection of cerebral palsy.
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Air traffic controller shortages, soaring travel demand, a surge of airport near-collisions and complaints of congressional dysfunction escalated before the U.S. saw its first fatal domestic airline crash since 2009.
The plan could turn into a โfree pass to businesses for further deregulation and tax avoidance,” warned the head of the European Public Service Union
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The aim is to accelerate spending to boost strategic investments across the bloc.
A new tax system means higher prices for some of the U.K.’s favorite tipples.
The vast amount of toxic waste in the area led to increased rates of cancer, the court found.
The European Commission’s policy plans point to growth even as it tries to hold on to ambitious climate goals.
The Greek Health Minister told Euractiv that the government aims to create an environment in which patients can be confident that their care is of high quality and that their rights and values are respected.
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Cells taken from blood and โreprogrammedโ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failureDamaged hearts can literally be patched up to help them work, say researchers, in what has been hailed as a groundbreaking development for people with…
Mutations in the virus make is more likely to jump species, warn the EU’s disease and food agencies.
The European Commission lays out its policy plans for the next five years to help turn the continent’s economy around.
Heโs said the UN bodyโs head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.
Dan Jarvis rules out expanding the definition of extremism following leak of internal Home Office documentYvette Cooper to reject calls to expand definition of extremismQ: Are doctors able to recognise depression? And can they decide if that affects so…
Higher defense spending will not be financed by cutting the welfare state but by combining national and EU money, Dovilฤ ล akalienฤ told POLITICO.
U.S. tech lobby groups plan to use trade negotiations to push back against the U.K.โs Digital Services Tax.
Veteransโ help and healthcare among NGOs whose USAid funding has been cut off; Hungary steps aside from blocking Russia sanctions. What we know on day 1,070 Continue reading…
Cans and bottles containing the chemical, which can cause health issues, were distributed in Britain at the end of last yearCoca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting โhigher levelsโ of the chemical chlorate.Cans …
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
The individual contracted the infection on a farm.
Pharma and medtech companies are invited to join a project on PFAS exposure, emissions and end-of-life management in the health care sector
Donald Trump launched a two-year trade war against China during his first term in the White House, and heโs poised to do it again. Even before being sworn in, Trump threatened China with 60 percent tariffs to cut its trade surplus, 10 percent tariffs if it didnโt halt fentanyl shipments and 100 percent tariffs if [โฆ]
Youth mental health disorders have risen sharply, with the incidence of mental health problems among those aged 15 to 24 doubling in many EU countries.
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Several studies have said the virus originated naturally โ but U.S. intelligence changed its assessment over the weekend.
“The calculations have shown a possible drop in prices for patients in total for both prescription and over-the-counter medicines by up to 20%,โ Abu Meri told Euractiv.
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We may not be able to change how people ingest information, but we can and should place guardrails around the evidence we use to inform the public.
Giuliani touted a “broken windows” push on low-level crime as New York mayor. Britain’s center-left government needs a similar win.
Also in todayโs newsletter, CIA says Covid-19 probably leaked from Chinese lab, and Bangladesh hires Big Four audit firms to review โrobbedโ banks
U.S. president would like to see Arab countries take in more Palestinian refugees.
The US intelligence agency was previously on the fence about Covid-19’s origins.
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“Maybe we would consider doing it again. … Maybe we would have to clean it up a little bit,” Trump tells a rally in Las Vegas.
The intelligence agency has said for years it couldnโt say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.
The union jack was lowered in Brussels this week in 2020. Today, despite the problems caused by leaving, a yearning for โBreturnโ flowersAndrew Moss despairs, even now, when he thinks back to the end of January 2020. It was a painful, traumatic time fo…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive Friday to rejoin a global anti-abortion pact.
The upcoming Biotech Act will be part of the measures the Commission will target to turbo-charge investment and efficiency in the healthcare space
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