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Marta Iraola Iribarren

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Meet the MEPs that will shape EU health policymaking

Pioneering surgeons, patient advocates, former health officials, social media personalities, and familiar faces: these are the European lawmakers to watch in the next parliamentary term.

Healthcare

EU pushes against drugs with new Lisbon-based agency

The new European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) will work to tackle the health and security threats related to illicit drugs across the bloc focusing on the monitoring of new substances and cross-border cooperation.

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Meet EU and NATO's new leadership

The European Union is turning a new page in the same week when NATO appointed its new chief. Meet the key actors who will shape the next five years.

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EU top jobs have been decided, what’s next?

With European leaders agreeing on the three names to fill the EU's top jobs, the wheels have been set in motion for the next five years in the European Union. What comes next?

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Exclusive: Dutch VVD to remain in Renew Europe

The EU liberals will not expel the Dutch VVD party - or vote on throwing them out - despite the party's decision to enter a four-way coalition with the far-right PVV party of Geert Wilders, two sources familiar with the discussions told Euronews.

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Hungarian presidency to prioritise cardiovascular disease, pharma

Hungary highlighted demographic challenges and health issues it considers 'neglected' in its priorities for the EU Council presidency.

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Agency issues health guidance ahead of mass-gathering sports events

The European health agency has published recommendations for health authorities and participants to guard against threats posed by long, mass participation public events

Healthcare

Drugs are 'everywhere' in Europe, agency warns in report

European drug agency warns of concerning patterns in the consumption of drugs across the bloc, with increasing public health consequences.

Healthcare

Commission secures 40 million vaccines against avian flu pandemic

With outbreaks of avian influenza being reported in several countries across the world, the European Union has secured a batch of preventive vaccines to prepare for possible spread among humans.

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When will we find out the results of the European elections?

The 2024 European elections will be over once Italian polls close today (9 June) at 23:00 CET, and results will start to be known during the night.

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Only 8% of voters turn out for EU elections in this French department

Polls close in New Caledonia just as mainland France opens its voting stations, showing a very low turnout rate in the overseas territories.

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Countries unprepared for voters with disabilities, says report

Report shows voters with disabilities still face difficulties voting across the EU and will be hindered in upcoming elections.

Health news

Who's in the frame to be the next health Commissioner?

With a key contender suddenly out of the game, the race for the health portfolio in the next EU executive is back in play.

Healthcare

Commission hopeful of achieving cancer code despite setbacks

The European Commission is confident it can create an EU Code of Conduct to guarantee equal access to financial services for cancer survivors despite patchwork approaches from the health and financial sectors, though its original timeline for doing so has slipped.

Healthcare

Home care workers see no retirement horizon, report claims

Report shows more than 60% of home care workers don’t believe their jobs are sustainable until retirement, flags low pay, long working hours and mental health challenges as main barriers.

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Malta loses its Commissioner nominee over hospital corruption scandal

Malta's deputy prime minister resigned and asked for his nomination to the EU Commission to be withdrawn after being charged by prosecutors.

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Malta backs health Commissioner pick amid hospital scandal

The ambitions of Chris Fearne, Maltese nominee for the next EU Commission, may be stymied after revelations of fraudulent hospital concessions, but he hasn't lost government support so far.

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Commission’s hospital exemption divides health sector

The inclusion of the hospital exemption for advanced therapies in the new pharmaceutical regulation does not satisfy health organizations and industry amidst accessibility concerns.

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What is the ‘hospital exemption’, and why does it matter?

A proposed overhaul of EU pharmaceutical rules would impact on the principle of hospital exemption for advance therapies and increase the requirements to ensure uniform implementation.

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New Critical Medicines Alliance starts work to address shortages

The European Commission and Belgian Presidency launched a Critical Medicines Alliance to identify weaknesses in supply of drugs in the EU, to better prevent and react to shortages.

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