The European Commission has established a task force to maintain and strengthen the EU’s capacity to ensure that imports comply with Union standards, while supporting employment and growth for EU producers. The task force will focus in particular on food and feed safety, pesticide residues and coordinated EU follow-up measures on specific imported products. It […]
PhD – Genetic counselling – Portugal
A call is open for the hiring of a junior researcher, for an uncertain term and non‑exclusive, full‑time work contract, to carry out research duties within the scope of the “MAG-SUDOE” project, with reference S2/4.5/P0159, funded by the ERDF through the Interreg Sudoe VI-B Program 2021-2027. This project aims to study the process of implementing […]
Disability strategy: EP calls for greater efforts in employment, housing and healthcare
The EP wants ambitious measures to ensure access for people with disabilities to the labour market, social protection, education, healthcare, housing and digital services. In a resolution adopted on Thursday by 490 votes to 9, with 109 abstentions, MEPs call for an effective strategy for 2025-2030 that includes concrete measures and legal instruments to address […]
Parliament proposes limiting access to social networking sites to under-16s
MEPs call on the EU to take ambitious measures to protect minors on the internet, including a minimum age of 16 and a ban on the most harmful addictive practices. On Wednesday, MEPs adopted a report by 483 votes in favour, 92 against and 86 abstentions, expressing deep concern about the physical and mental health […]
Toy safety: new standards to protect children’s health
The new rules aim to reduce the number of unsafe toys sold in the EU and protect children from the associated risks. Despite having one of the strictest toy safety regulations in the world, dangerous toys still find their way into the hands of children in the EU. On Tuesday, MEPs confirmed an agreement with […]
Advances in the use of artificial intelligence for colorectal cancer screening
The European Microb-AI-ome project is collaborating with Ireland’s National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme and its technology partner Viatel to improve artificial intelligence-assisted detection of colorectal cancer. Ireland’s National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme (BowelScreen) is participating in the EU-funded Microb-AI-ome project, which is investigating how artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted analysis of gut microbiome data could improve colorectal […]
PhD – Wildlife Health – Germany
The Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald is seeking to fill the following position as PhD position in wildlife health (f/m/d). The Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) located in Greifswald, aims to explore links between human, animal, and environmental health. Our goal […]
New AI model predicts our health years ahead of time
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising medicine by helping doctors diagnose patients with increasing accuracy. Our medical history provides valuable information about potential health problems. But what if artificial intelligence could reliably predict our next diagnosis, a complication or even the time of death? A team of researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the […]
Internships – EMA Traineeships – Netherlands
The European Medicines Agency offers traineeships for university graduates in its headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The aim is to give trainees an understanding of the Agency and its role in the EU. The programme runs from 1 October to 31 July each year. Who is eligible recent university graduates (up to 12 months after graduation) […]