With support from the European Union, WHO Europe has co‑created Long COVID myth-busters with patients and experts, pairing harmful myths with real stories.

The first episode features Commissioner Hadja Lahbib discussing how the EU can move from crisis response to sustained preparedness.

ESWI Board Florian Krammer is a virologist and vaccine developer. In his podcast viroLOGICAL he will talk about viruses on a weekly basis – from historical pandemics to current developments.

27 December is observed as International Day for Epidemic Preparedness, highlighting the crucial need to prevent, detect and effectively respond to health threats that can become epidemics.

It’s difficult to predict just how severe the influenza season will be each year, but public health experts say it could be harsh in Europe due to lagging vaccination rates and early signals from far-flung countries such as Japan and Australia.

Check out this SPI session from ESWI2025.

The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) opened its 10th Influenza Conference with a lively and inspiring start! Among the great sessions of the day, the Workshop on Communicating Science was held for Early Career Scientists (ECaS).

Health misinformation poses a threat not only to individuals’ health and wellbeing but also to public health more broadly, and it carries steep economic costs.