World Rare Diseases Day: Advances in research give patients new hope
Rare diseases, though seldom recognised and frequently misdiagnosed, affect approximately 36 million people in the EU.
Public health
What Can You Do with a Public Health Degree?
Working in public health, you’ll be promoting and protecting the well-being of communities through education, supporting community health care facilities, and contributing to policies that guard against public health threats …
World Diabetes Day 2023
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to produce insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces.
Protection of workers: Limit values for lead and diisocyanates [EU Legislation in Progress]
In recent years, the European Union’s occupational safety and health (OSH) policy framework and rules have contributed to considerably improving working conditions, particularly concerning workers’ protection from exposure to carcinogens and other hazardous chemicals.
World Mental Health Day 2023: 10 October
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ‘mental health’ as a state of mental well-being in which people cope well with the many stresses of life, can realise their potential, can function productively and fruitfully, and are able to contribute to their communities.
European Parliament Plenary Session – October I 2023
With less than nine months to go to the next European elections, Members of the European Parliament return to Strasbourg to start clearing the decks of the remaining files still to be finalised during this legislature.
Health-related measures in the national recovery and resilience plans
The European Commission estimates that healthcare services are a key economic sector in the EU, accounting for 10 % of gross domestic product (GDP), 15 % of e-government expenditure and 8.3 % of the total workforce in the EU.
The six policy priorities of the von der Leyen Commission: State of play in autumn 2023
This EPRS paper analyses progress made in carrying through the policy agenda set by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and her College of Commissioners when they took office in December 2019.
Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application [EU Legislation in Progress]
SoHO-based treatments are of high value. They provide large numbers of life-saving and life-enhancing therapies every year: 25 million units of blood for transfusion (e.g. for surgery or trauma care); 36 000 stem cell transplants for blood cancers, life-creating therapies (medically assisted reproduction treatments, e.g. 940 000 cycles of in vitro fertilisation), and life-improving therapies (e.g.14 500 cornea transplants for restoring sight, and 2 000 skin transplants for burn wounds and other injuries).
Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application [EU Legislation in Progress]
SoHO-based treatments are of high value. They provide large numbers of life-saving and life-enhancing therapies every year: 25 million units of blood for transfusion (e.g. for surgery or trauma care); 36 000 stem cell transplants for blood cancers, life-creating therapies (medically assisted reproduction treatments, e.g. 940 000 cycles of in vitro fertilisation), and life-improving therapies (e.g.14 500 cornea transplants for restoring sight, and 2 000 skin transplants for burn wounds and other injuries).