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Malaria vaccine proved 'highly effective' during clinical trials

A malaria vaccine developed by researchers from the University of Oxford was found to have a high-level efficacy of 77 per cent, becoming the first to clear the 75 per cent efficacy target set by the WHO.

World News

Long COVID sufferers describe debilitating symptoms

Long COVID has left people suffering with ongoing symptoms like extreme fatigue and brain fog.

World News

Do some COVID vaccines affect women differently?

Questions have been raised around the different ways in which vaccines can impact women compared to men

Austria

Austria's health minister quits amid 'exhaustion' of COVID response

"15 months have felt like 15 years," said Austria's health minister Rudolf Anschober, announcing his resignation.

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My Europe Series

Stuck between freedom and health, Sardinia's COVID-19 dilemma

Italy is back in lockdown as it battles another wave of COVID-19. This decision is a controversial one in Sardinia where they are successfully managing the virus.

World News

The top gadgets to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic

Devices such as self-cleaning door handles and masks that also filter out pollution have shown how human innovation has triumphed in a year of adversity.

World News

Students ease Bulgaria's health worker shortfall during pandemic

Volunteer medical students are working in COVID-19 wards across Bulgaria.

Next Series

This entrepreneur says AI can take better care of your health

In partnership with Accenture

Dr Loubna Bouarfa, CEO of AI healthcare company, Okra, describes her vision of what our health could look like in the future with Artificial Intelligence on our side.

Europe News

Number of teenagers seeking psychiatric help soars amid pandemic

Youngsters being hospitalised for mental disorders, including depression and schizophrenia, have tripled in Belgium over the past year.

World News

Pandemic unemployment leaving more without health insurance

Elina is a migrant in Austria. She used to work as an English teacher in Vienna. When the pandemic struck she lost her job. Now she is pregnant in a foreign country, without a job and without health insurance.

United Kingdom

New book aims to help people who lost smell and taste due to COVID

A cookery book developed with sensory scientists hopes to bring back the joy of cooking for people who have lost their taste or smell due to COVID.

Ocean

The ocean, a source of treatment for some of the world's worst diseases

In partnership with the European Commission

The ocean could hold the cure to the worst threats to public health. Researchers and experts are using some of the most unknown marine bioresources to make compounds to improve our health and they're doing so without damaging the sea.

Ocean

The ocean's microalgae and cyanobacteria: potential cures for disease

In partnership with the European Commission

Some cyanobacteria and microalgae have existed in the oceans for more than 3.5 billion years and they may hold the key to defeating some of humanity's deadliest diseases.

Travel News

How will COVID anxiety impact the travel industry in 2021 and beyond?

The return to travel is largely considered something to celebrate. But concerns about the physical and mental health implications are normal after more than a year of lockdowns. We find out why.

World News

WHO 'afraid' many European children didn't get routine jabs amid COVID

The WHO told Euronews it is "afraid" that fewer Europeans got routine vaccinations for serious diseases, like measles, during the pandemic, which could lead to outbreaks down the line.

Health news

How a smart thermometer saw COVID-19 coming before the experts

“What we were seeing in March was an unusual outbreak everywhere, a complete black swan event,” Kinsa founder and CEO Indra Singh told Euronews.

Romania

Mental health concerns as pandemic increases children's screen time

The pandemic has increased the time children and teenagers are spending online. But experts warn that it is leaving children vulnerable to a host of negative consequences, like bullying, addictions and cyber predators.

Spain

The mental toll for health workers on Spain's coronavirus frontline

Pablo is a nurse in Madrid's La Paz hospital. He worked on the frontline of COVID-19 during the first pandemic. He had no idea the toll it would take on his mental health.

World News

The EU's ambitious €5 billion health programme: What's it all about?

EU4Health is the biggest financed health programme ever. It's an EU initiative to improve health systems across the bloc and make them ready for any further health crisis. Its EU rapporteurs tell us what it's all about.

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Combating the COVID-19 across borders: Japan’s multilateral approach to the global pandemic crisis

Partner content presented by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Countries around the globe are taking comprehensive measures to respond to COVID-19, but this is a crisis that cannot be solved by nations acting alone.