LEITAT Technological Centre, the beneficiary of two BBI JU projects, has led the development of 3D-printed ventilators to help hospitals deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. The Spanish technological centre started producing this critical medical equipment last week and expects to deliver the first units to the hospitals in the Barcelona area by the end of the week. The medical authorities in […]
Space science from home with ESA: resources for children and adults
With many people across the world staying at home these days, the ESA has curated a selection of activities for you to pass time and learn more about space science in the meantime. Armchair astronomy You could start with ESASky, a discovery portal that provides full access to the entire sky. This open-science application allows computer, tablet and […]
3rd Health Programme: support to reforms in health workforce field – Initiatives on retention policies
The objective of the initiative is to provide support to Member States to design and implement their policies related to healthcare workforce retention, task-shifting and regional medical deserts. This should be achieved, through the development of supporting tools –guidelines, scaling up of good practices, creating a platform for policy dialogue to advance on these challenging issues. […]
How Criminals Profit from the COVID-19 Pandemic
New Europol report on latest developments of COVID-19 on the criminal landscape in the EU During this unprecedented crisis, governments across Europe are intensifying their efforts to combat the global spread of the coronavirus by enacting various measures to support public health systems, safeguard the economy and to ensure public order and safety. A number […]
Solidarity in abundance: UAL and citizenship facing the Coronavirus
The Coronavirus crisis has turned the world upside down and shown how vulnerable we are to global phenomena that are out of our hands. Crises can have their positive side, if you want to see it, and one of them is the willingness of citizens to help and contribute. To the surprise of some, solidarity […]
Global regulators map out data requirements for phase 1 COVID-19 vaccine trials
Global regulators have published a report presenting the outcomes of a workshop on COVID-19 vaccine development that was convened under the umbrella of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA). The meeting report provides an overview of regulatory considerations related to COVID-19 vaccine development and data required for regulatory decision-making on two key points: Pre-clinical data […]
Coronavirus: supporting EU’s agri-food sector
Ensuring food security and an effective food supply chain across the continent remains one of the Commission’s priorities. Following the outbreak of coronavirus, the European Union’s agri-food sector is showing its resilience and continues to provide Europeans with high quality and safe food. Nonetheless, farmers and producers are facing difficulties and increasing pressure. The Commission […]
Covid-19: Volunteering of the Andalusian Regional Government
The Department of Equality, Social Policies and Conciliation of the Andalusian Regional Government, in collaboration with the Andalusian Volunteer Platform, has launched a computer tool where volunteer associations and people with solidarity concerns can register to carry out programmes aimed at addressing the social emergencies and needs that have arisen as a result of the […]
H2020. Cloud Computing: towards a smart cloud computing continuum
Cloud computing is changing from pure elastic provisioning of virtual resources (or platforms) to a transparent and adaptive hosting environment that fully realizes the “everything as a service” provisioning concept, from centralised cloud to the edge, and from network and computing infrastructure up to the application layers. Objectives The challenge is to develop comprehensive cloud […]