On the European Laboratory Day, held on 5 November, the European Commission marks one year of improved coordination on surveillance data thanks to the EU reference laboratories (EURLs).

The Steering Group on the Prevention of Respiratory Infections launched a new manifesto at the #EURespiDay event held at the European Parliament in Brussels

Life sciences drive innovation in medicine, food and sustainable production, adding nearly €1.5 trillion in value to the EU economy and supporting 29 million jobs across the European Union.

The European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Authority brought together industry stakeholders, innovators and policymakers in Brussels to advance medical countermeasure and innovation, and enhance collaboration in health preparedness

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.

Co-chaired by Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol and Lithuanian MEP Vytenis Andriukaitis, this group brings together policymakers, healthcare professionals, and researchers to promote more equitable and sustainable immunisation strategies across Europe.

This initiative contributes to the European Health Union's goal of ensuring that EU patients have access to the medicines they need, when they need them.

An online collaboration space where professionals working in the prevention of infectious diseases come together, driven by the shared goal of integrating social and behavioural sciences in their public health work.