Asteroid mission aims to save humans from the fate of the dinosaurs
Europe’s Hera mission will help figure out how to deflect an asteroid before it hits Earth.
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Europe’s Hera spacecraft blasts off to investigate asteroid already rammed by NASA
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft set off on Monday on its two-year journey towards a small asteroid already rammed by NASA to test whether potentially planet-threatening asteroids can be bumped off course by a well-timed launch.
Hundreds join silent march in France in support of Gisèle Pelicot
Women and men march in village where Pelicot’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting men to assault herA silent march took place in support of Gisèle Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday in Mazan, the village where …
Europe’s Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe’s Hera probe is scheduled to launch on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth’s planetary defences.
The job no one wants: EU health commissioner
Health policy is looking like the poor cousin and is likely to be downgraded this mandate.
EU-donated mpox vaccines arrive in DRC after WHO declared health emergency
The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated through HERA, the EU’s agency for health emergencies.
French woman tells court she was ‘sacrificed on the altar of vice’
Gisèle Pélicot says ‘police saved my life’ when they investigated her husband, who has admitted drugging her and enlisting men to rape herA French woman whose husband has admitted drugging her and inviting more than 80 men to rape her over the course o…
Commission asks EU countries to pledge mpox vaccines for Africa by end of August
The World Health Organization declared a new global health emergency on Aug. 14.
WHO declare Mpox outbreak as threat of international concern
The emergency committee of World Health Organisation (WHO) convened in Geneva yesterday (15 August) agreed that the latest outbreak of Mpox did constitute a public health emergency of international concern PHEIC).
WHO declares mpox global emergency
A more-deadly version of the virus is spreading fast through Africa.
French athlete may swap hijab for a cap to avoid Olympic opening ceremony ban
Sounkamba Sylla reportedly reaches compromise after France’s strict laws on secularism threatened to bar herA French sprinter is expected to swap her headscarf for a cap in order to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, in a comprom…
EPP’s Liese calls for urgent revision of EU’s Medical Devices Regulation
Ahead of next week’s European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, German Conservative MEP Peter Liese (CDU, EPP) outlined his centre-right group’s priorities for the new term, including the urgent revision of the EU’s Medical Devices Regulation.
Swedish medicines regulator seeks stronger mandate to combat drug shortages [Advocacy Lab Content]
The Swedish Medical Products Agency is seeking a new mandate to address drug shortages. It wants to take charge of redistributing critical medicines to pharmacies and setting up a stock-based situational awareness system.
Finland to receive first EU procured bird flu shots
The first batch of 640,000 doses of the adapted vaccine will be shipped as early as next week.
WHO warns of intensified antimicrobial resistance, updating priority pathogen list
The EU’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) welcomes publication of the updated World Health Organisation Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (WHO BPPL).
EU’s first list of critical medicines and other key measures to tackle shortages
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will publish the first critical medicines list next week, as part of the EU’s strategy aimed at avoiding shortages, which also foresees other measures like stockpiling and diversifying the supply chain.
Europe drawing up years-long mRNA COVID vaccines tender
Multiple countries have confirmed interest to start talks but timing is now paramount for winter.
Delsaux: HERA has taken steps to make pandemic preparedness transparent
As the EU’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is approaching its second birthday, director-general Pierre Delsaux told Euractiv in an interview that they are taking transparency of their work seriously despite persisting worri…
Commission announces additional funding to boost preparedness for health threats
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced on Wednesday (12 July) the creation of the HERA Invest initiative, offering €100 million for innovative solutions to future health threats. HERA Invest, a flagship initiative of the Eur…