The JRC has published a new report on how to achieve healthy and sustainable meals in public institutions, from schools to public workplaces and hospitals. More sustainable choices for public food A new JRC report outlines sustainable criteria for public food procurement: how schools, hospitals, or public institutions buy, source and manage food and drinks. The […]
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Commission restricts Chinese participation in medical devices procurement
The European Commission decided to exclude Chinese companies from EU government purchases of medical devices exceeding €5 million. This measure follows the conclusions of the first investigation under the International Procurement Instrument (IPI), and allows no more than 50% of inputs from China for successful bids. This response is proportionate to China’s barriers, while ensuring that all the necessary medical devices […]
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European Week Against Cancer: providing patients with high-quality healthcare
Each and every EU citizen deserves the very best in cancer care. As it is marked the European Week Against Cancer (25-31 May), the European Commission reaffirms its commitment to achieve a European health union that delivers high-quality healthcare for all. Already through its Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the Commission has provided support to millions of people […]
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Could we live without pain?
“There are people who live without pain,” says Treede, a neurophysiologist at the University of Heidelberg. “They have been known to exist for centuries. Insensitivity to pain, known as analgesia, is thought to be caused by a group of rare genetic diseases. However, being immune to pain does not mean being immune to injury. For […]
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Higher life expectancy at birth for women in all EU regions
In 2022, life expectancy at birth in the EU for women (83.3 years) was 5.4 years higher than for men (77.9 years). This gender gap in favour of women persisted in all of the regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2) for which data are available. Life expectancy at birth for women peaked in […]
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EU signs first HERA-Invest agreement to boost innovation in health and health emergency preparedness
The Commission, through its Health Emergency Response and Preparedness Authority (HERA) and the European Investment Bank, has today signed a €20 million agreement with the French biopharmaceutical company Fabentech. The agreement will allow the company to develop and deploy its broad-spectrum medicines to combat biological threats to public health. The threat analysis conducted by HERA […]
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Commission recommends stronger measures on smoke-free environments to better protect public health
Today, the Commission has recommended to better protect people from the effects of second-hand smoke and aerosols through the revision of the Council Recommendation on smoke-free environments. The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better protect people in the EU, particularly children and young people. These areas include outdoor recreational areas where children are likely […]
Read MoreLa UE y Canadá inician un diálogo sobre política sanitaria para avanzar en las prioridades sanitarias
Hoy, la Comisaria de Salud y Seguridad Alimentaria, Stella Kyriakides, y el Ministro de Sanidad de Canadá, el Honorable Mark Holland, han mantenido una reunión virtual para poner en marcha el Diálogo sobre Política Sanitaria UE-Canadá en el marco del Acuerdo de Asociación Estratégica UE-Canadá. El Diálogo sobre Política Sanitaria se centró en la cooperación […]
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La primera entrega de dosis de vacunas contra la mpox por parte de la Comisión llega hoy a la República Democrática del Congo
Hoy llegarán a la República Democrática del Congo (RDC) casi 100 000 dosis de vacunas contra la mpox (antes conocida como viruela del mono). Se trata de la primera entrega de la vacuna al país, y se espera una segunda entrega de unas 100 000 vacunas en los próximos días. Estas vacunas forman parte de las 215 000 dosis de la vacuna MVA-BN® que la […]
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