Food safety, air quality, endocrine disruptors, GMOs, working conditions, the fight against epidemics, drug evaluation: there are many topics on which the EU tries to coordinate the policies of EU member states to protect European citizens' health. In an aging Europe where the burden of chronic diseases is rising, how to ensure good health for all, while encouraging economic progress?
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Facing new risks
UK govt under spotlight as Covid cases rise again
Britain has repeatedly trumpeted its mass vaccination programme against Covid-19, so why are infection rates so high compared to its European neighbours?
Can Covid vaccine technology help make a better flu jab?
Winter is coming to the northern hemisphere, and with it the flu season -- however advances spurred by the fight against Covid-19 are boosting hopes of finding a more reliable vaccine
This is going to hurt: Charges for virus tests across Europe
While some European countries are keeping Covid tests free, others, like France and Germany, have started charging in a bid to ramp up vaccinations
Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the world
Which countries are vaccinating children against Covid? The various medical and ethical debates the issue has sparked around the world
Global hits, local heroes: Covid-19 jabs around the world
More than six billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been given around the world. This is an overview of more than 20 approved vaccines currently in use, and a few that fell by the wayside
In Covid’s shadow, HIV on the march in Eastern Europe
In a Bucharest back street, drug addicts rush towards an ambulance handing out free syringes. While the eyes of the world are on the pandemic, the fight against HIV has slowed in Eastern Europe