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From the people who brought you the passerelle and the emergency brake comes...the catflap. The policy wonks who are negotiating the ‘fiscal compact' have been tying...

UK leads concerns over plans. Disputes are delaying the introduction of new EU water standards. A directive updating the list of chemicals restricted in surface water remains...

Different reactions from member states to health scare. The growing safety concerns over breast implants used by an estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries have prompted...

The EU must ensure that health inequalities do not widen during the financial crisis. Austerity measures are now omnipresent in Europe, and healthcare spending is being...

Aim is to avoid confused national response. The European Commission is expected to adopt today (8 December) measures to co-ordinate the European response to health crises...

Public perception of HIV/AIDS has shifted, and the disease is no longer always fatal, but that has also led to complacency and a lack of funding. In the three decades since...

Many donors are making the switch from disease-specific funding to general health funding, a move that some campaigners fear will cost lives. The discovery of AIDS and HIV...

HIV infection rates in Europe remain low by global standards, but there has been an alarming growth in eastern Europe in the past decade. At the end of 2009, around 820,000...

Sex-education programmes are controversial, and some countries do not even teach the subject. The content and quality of sex education varies widely in Europe, not only...

Europe lags far behind the United States when it comes to developing drugs to combat HIV and AIDS, and in some parts of Europe access to drugs can be worse than in...

Europe should allocate a proportion of the funds to development issues. The idea of a financial transaction tax (FTT) has been lying idle for decades since it was first put...

Over-treatment is rife in Europe. How is Europe to pay for its population of grey-hairs as they stumble on into their 80s and 90s, demanding ever-cleverer and more expensive...

Proposals would mean only certain information on prescription-only medicines would be allowed. John Dalli, the European commissioner for health and consumer policy, today...

Addressing risk factors through simple lifestyle interventions would result in a significant reduction in the prevalence of chronic diseases. In your special report on...

The attitudes among the end-users of technology in health range from the evangelistic to the cautious. But even the most eloquent advocates are aware that there is nothing...

Supporters of technological advances are impatient to see closer collaboration.

The EU wants to make sure e-health schemes play their full part in today's tight financial conditions. The EU's engagement with e-health is not new. Programmes have been...

The EU's plans for health put the emphasis on new technologies, but there are many hurdles to overcome. ‘Technology and health' is a dauntingly wide-ranging subject. From...

EFA (European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations) Is looking for an intern (m/f) for immediate effect.

EFA (European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations) is looking to immediately fill the position of EU Policy and Project Officer (m/f).