EMA starts rolling review of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine (VLA2001)
News 02/12/2021 EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has started a rolling review of VLA2001, a...
ECDC Updates Omicron Threat Assessment Brief
Today the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released an updated Threat Assessment...
EU Commission appoints Pierre Delsaux as Director-General to DG HERA
Today, the European Commission has appointed Pierre Delsaux as Director-General to the European Health Emergency...
ECDC: Considerations for vaccinating children 5-11 years old
On 1 December, ECDC published Interim Public Health Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination of Children following...
COVID-19: President von der Leyen on current and new challenges
Brussels, 1 December 2021 On the Communication on COVID-19: Allow me to start with an...
ECDC signs MoU with UK Health Security Agency
Stockholm, 1 Dec 2021 On 1 December 2021, Andrea Ammon, Director of the European Centre...
Background briefing on the Employment, Social Policy, Health, Consumer Council
Brussels, 6 and 7 December 2021 The Council meeting will take place on Monday 6...
COVID-19 Omicron: EU Commission calls to step up vaccination, boosters, vigilance
Brussels, 1 December 2021 The Commission is today putting forward a common and coordinated EU...
EU and Turkey discuss health matters and future cooperation
30 November 2021 Today, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, and...
Bundesverfassungsrichter weisen Beschwerden gegen Corona-Notbremse ab
Verfassungsbeschwerden betreffend Ausgangs- und Kontaktbeschränkungen im Vierten Gesetz zum Schutz der Bevölkerung bei einer epidemischen...
Aids: High number of HIV infections going undiagnosed – new ECDC & WHO Europe data
A new report marking World AIDS Day, published jointly by the European Centre for Disease...
COVID-19: Updated regulation on traveling into the EU
Overview Timeline – Council actions on COVID-19 COVID-19: public health COVID-19: economy COVID-19: travel within...
COVID-19 medicines: EU Commission hosts 2nd event to speed up development and production
Today and tomorrow, the Commission is hosting a pan-European matchmaking event to accelerate and upscale...
ECDC: EU strengthens its disease prevention and control capacity
European Union to be better prepared and able to coordinate its response to health challenges...
Speech by President von der Leyen at the World Health Assembly
Brussels, 29 November 2021 Thank you very much, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all,...
EMA: Executive Director to update MEPs on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
MEPs will quiz EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke on the latest developments regarding COVID-19 vaccines...
EU COVID-19 vaccines export monitoring replaces authorisation mechanism
Brussels, 26 November 2021 The EU will not extend the COVID-19 vaccines export transparency and...
ECDC threat assessment on emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron (B.1.1.529)
Preliminary data on the risks of a new variant of concern (VOC) B.1.1.529, or Omicron, based...
Information des RKI zur neuen Virusvariante (B.1.1.529)
Berlin, 26.11.2021 Auf einer Pressekonferenz des südafrikanischen Gesundheitsministeriums am 24.11.2021 wurde vom Nationalen Genomsurveillance Netzwerk über...
New COVID variant: Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen
Brussels, 26 November 2021 This is a press statement by President von der Leyen on...
COVID-19 vaccination saved 470,000 over 59-year-olds in European region – WHO/ECDC study
Stockholm, 25 November 2021 A new study by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and...
Coronavirus: EU Commission President von der Leyen on stepping up vaccination
Brussels, 25 November 2021 Statement by President von der Leyen on stepping up vaccination “Vaccination...
Coronavirus: EU Commission proposes an updated framework for travel from outside the EU
Brussel, 25 November 2021 The Commission is proposing today to update the Council recommendation on non-essential travel...
ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment warns of very high COVID-19 burden
ECDC has just now released a new Rapid Risk Assessment on the COVID-19 situation in the EU/EEA. The...
Renew Europe: EU Commission should use extra budget to help vaccinate the Worldlivery
NOVEMBER 24, 2021 While the EU faces a new COVID-19 wave, we are reminded that...
MEPs call for a patient-based Health Union – more accessible and affordable
Call for a patient-centred EU pharmaceutical policy Need to increase resilience by preventing medicine shortages,...
Rule of law, COVID-19, hybrid threats: MEPs discuss EU summit results
Political leaders demand more action against countries breaching the rule of law and express solidarity...
Digitaleurope on European Health Data Space: Urgency needed to boost research and care
Trustworthy e-health systems will mean improved early prevention, enhanced quality of life for all, and...
Team Europe & Gavi: Almost 100m vaccine doses to be donated by end 2021
The first shipments of almost 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from...