Health Care
The EU’s global health test: Invest or retreat
Continuing to support the Global Fund is not just a matter of affordability and morality, but also about protecting decades of hard-won progress that has saved and protected countless lives.
US trade envoy Jamieson Greer to visit London in late November
EU member countries oppose lifting ban on cancer-causing chemicals in cosmetics
Judge ramps up pressure on Bart De Wever over fragile rule of law in Belgium
Ombudsman probes Commission over red-tape-cutting chats with industry
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns
The shutdown layoffs at US health agencies followed DOGE pattern
Trump’s narco strikes threaten to reroute drugs to Europe, German official warns
“Criminal networks respond with detours, new transit countries, and often even more potent ‘substitute substances,’” German drug and addiction commissioner says.
Brussels to question Orbán’s government over EU spying allegations, anti-fraud commissioner says
Piotr Serafin promises MEPs the Commission will “raise its concerns” with Budapest over alleged spying from Hungary’s EU embassy.
The EU’s new peace offering to Trump: A bonfire of its business rules.
Ursula von der Leyen is selling simplification like a Kinder Egg — sweet on the outside for European business, with a surprise inside for the U.S. president.
European Commission under pressure over Hungarian spying allegations
MEPs want to know if the EU executive knew about alleged Hungarian spying. Some are calling for Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi to resign if implicated.
EU leaders demand even more simplification, setting tone for summit
Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni all put their names on a call to slash additional business rules.
Global health is in retreat. It’s not all about Trump.
Despite the Covid experience, nations aren’t proving more willing to help each other or to dig deep to help poor countries.
RFK Jr. adviser praises Europe, UK’s Covid shots data
Robert W. Malone was launching the Make Europe Healthy Again movement in the European Parliament.
Orbán rival Magyar accuses Várhelyi of ‘not revealing whole truth’ in Hungarian spy affair
Challenger Peter Magyar holds a sharp lead on the Hungarian prime minister ahead of the April election in Hungary.
1 in 6 infections now resistant to antibiotics
Resistance to commonly used drugs rose over 40 percent in five years, a WHO report found.
Delays to vital child sexual abuse laws harm our children
Children are the victims of the EU’s failure to pass legislation that holds tech companies accountable, but the solution is within our grasp.
Death rates are rising in young adults in Eastern Europe
Increasing mental health disorders are among the “concerning” trends in the Global Burden of Disease report.
Estonia speaks out against EU social media ban for kids
Most EU countries have backed the idea of a digital age of majority.
Commission to probe reports that Orbán’s spies targeted EU officials in Brussels
Hungary’s current European Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi was in charge of the country’s embassy at the time of the allegations.
More than 20 EU politicians test positive for forever chemicals in their blood
The results highlight the wide reach of a group of chemicals linked to cancer, liver damage and fertility problems.
EU health commissioner claims public NGO funding was ‘illegal’
Olivér Várhelyi surprised NGOs with the assertion in a private meeting.
Europe now world leader for smoking rates
The WHO says the region has overtaken Southeast Asia, where smoking rates have plummeted.
‘Vaping kills our kids.’ EU tax commissioner is gunning for e-cigs.
Wopke Hoekstra wants to end “outrageous” tobacco firms’ tactics with high taxes.
Spain moves to enshrine right to abortion in its constitution
The premier also wants to amend abortion laws to prevent spread of “misleading” or “inaccurate” information about abortion.
What lies behind ‘unmet medical need’?
SNEAK PEEK — Defining unmet medical need is not only semantics, it will determine which companies reap Europe’s biggest rewards. — How can countries afford innovative treatments? Data …
Food is wrecking the planet. And Europe has lost its appetite for change.
A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.
UN human rights expert slams EU chemical deregulation push
Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana writes that a European Commission proposal “seems to conflict” with basic “rights to health and environmental protection.”
EU health commissioner vows to hike vape taxes to match cigarettes
In Czechia, more than 25 percent of young people vape. “The health impact is already there,” he says.
AI tests Europe’s social model
SNEAK PEEK — Can Europe trust AI in health care and will it impact the EU’s social contract? The Gastein health forum got philosophical. — Sticking with …