UN aid workers feel forgotten and in peril as Gaza war drags on

โ€œWeโ€™re punished for doing our jobs,โ€ said one foreign doctor who volunteered in Gaza.

Health care helps to stabilize democracies, Gastein chief says

SNEAK PEEK โ€” Austriaโ€™s Clemens Martin Auer stresses the role of health care in democracies ahead of a major health policy summit in the Alps. โ€”ย The European Medicines Agency recommended two updated Covid-19 vaccines โ€” but targeting different variants. โ€”ย Hungaryโ€™s secretary of state for health will present the Hungarian presidencyโ€™s program on health to Parliamentโ€™s [โ€ฆ]

Call for army to protect Italian hospital staff after spate of attacks

Patients and relatives turn on doctors and nurses, with 16,000 reports of physical and verbal assaults in 2023 aloneDoctorsโ€™ and nursesโ€™ unions in Italy have called for authorities to consider bringing the army into hospitals in response to an increase…

From a hospital in Gaza: โ€˜Please let me dieโ€™

We urge the international and medical community to demand an immediate and permanent cease-fire, and to allow access to the humanitarian aid so desperately needed.

Portugalโ€™s far right vaccine stops working in the Algarve

In Portugal’s southernmost region, Brussels won’t feature in the upcoming EU election. Instead, it will be a battle to stop the ascendant Chega party.

Experts discuss how to limit impact of serious road crash injuries

Road safety expertsย met at the 2024 EU Road Safety Conference event in Dublin on Tuesday (16 April) to discuss how best to mitigate the human impacts of serious injuries, focusing on ideas like mandatory first-aid lessons, better driver training, and i…