Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Covid deaths at record high as EU approves second vaccine

The European Union's medicines watchdog on Wednesday approved a second coronavirus vaccine, in a relief to struggling European countries as the world reached a grim new record of 15,700 deaths in 24 hours.

Medications

EU regulator advises AstraZeneca's COVID drug be cleared

The European Union's drug regulator said Thursday it was recommending that an antibody medication developed by AstraZeneca be authorized to help some vulnerable people avoid getting sick with the coronavirus.

Health

Alcohol causes a quarter of Europe road deaths

Alcohol abuse is responsible for around a quarter of the 30,000 people who die in road accidents across the European Union every year, the bloc's drugs agency said in a report published on Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Latvia goes back into lockdown as COVID rate spikes

Latvia plunged back into lockdown on Thursday with non-essential shops closed and cinema, theatres and hairdressers shutting down for a month in a bid to break the world's worst COVID rate.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dengue treatment advances in animal trials

A new dengue treatment that could become the first to prevent and treat the virus has proven effective in initial trials in monkeys, according to new research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU eyes autumn approval of Pfizer jab for COVID variants

The EU's medicines watchdog said Wednesday it aims to approve this autumn a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine adapted for two fast-spreading subvariants of the Omicron strain.

Vaccination

Novavax asks EU drug regulator to OK its COVID vaccine

The European Union's drug regulator said it received an application from Novavax to authorize the American biotechnology company's coronavirus vaccine, a request that could significantly boost the continent's vaccine supplies ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How Europe is trying to prevent Ebola from spreading

European officials have said the risk of Ebola spreading on the continent is highly unlikely, but it has not stopped countries across the region adopting a series of measures to make doubly sure.

Vaccination

WTO seeks shot in the arm with COVID jab IP idea

The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.

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