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EU Working Group on Respiratory Care kick-off meeting
This group will lead the development of a Call to Action to advocate for better access to treatments, in particular COVID- 19.
European Vaccine Hub to enhance health preparedness across EU
The initiative consist of key actions, that will amongst others, speed-up vaccine development to less than four months from identifying a pathogen's genomic sequence.
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The European Health Data Space cannot stand without a solid foundation of patients’ rights protection
Celebrated the XIX European Patients’ Rights Day at the EU Parliament
WHO’s state of the world's nursing report 2025
The 2025 edition provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce.
The role of community pharmacists in point-of-care testing and treatment for influenza and Group A Streptococcus -a narrative review using Ecological Systems Theory
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a valuable diagnostic approach for identifying pathogens such as Group A Streptococcus (GAS) and influenza.
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WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement
After more than three years of negotiations, WHO reached a draft agreement for consideration at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May.
How to respond when biomedical science and global health is under existential threat
US spending in biomedicine has driven pre-eminence in academia, Nobel prizes, scientific training discovery, translation and healthcare.
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Recommendations for preparedness planning for public health threats
ECDC has produced key lessons learned, from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the multicountry Mpox outbreak in 2022–2023. They are organised according to the phases of the continuous preparedness cycle: Anticipation, Response and Recovery.