Health

Action needed to set legal limits on trans fats in food

On 3 December, the European Commission adopted a report on trans fats (TFA) in food and in the overall diet of Europeans. Based on JRC input, it suggests that setting a legal limit for industrial TFA content would be the ...

Addiction

EU urges 'legal highs' fight

The European Commission on Tuesday urged member countries to coordinate their fight against "legal highs", the use of medical drugs and industrial chemicals for recreation which has killed many unwary thrill-seekers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU doesn't follow Italy with COVID checks on China arrivals

The European Union is assessing Beijing's rollback of its strict anti-infection controls but refrained Thursday from immediately following EU member Italy in requiring coronavirus tests for airline passengers coming from ...

Vaccination

EU taps Moderna for more COVID variant jabs

The EU said Tuesday is has struck an agreement with Moderna to delay deliveries of COVID vaccines in order to boost the likelihood of receiving jabs against Omicron variants.

Vaccination

EU signs contract for new Spanish COVID vaccine

The European Commission has signed a contract to allow EU member states to buy up to 250 million doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine developed in Spain, it said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Monkeypox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic ready to meet demand

As the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, Danish company Bavarian Nordic has seen its order book fill up as the usually rare disease spreads around the world.

Health

EU wants patients to be able to access medical data

The European Commission on Tuesday put forward a proposal that would let patients access their medical data anywhere in the bloc, creating an EU-wide platform that could also be used for research.

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