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Conservative victory could spell disaster for Germany’s health workforce

Medics fear his tough stance on immigration could push vital international health workers to leave the country.

February 25, 2025 12:16 pm CET

Europe must confront soaring chronic disease rates, warns WHO

From infancy to old age, people in the region are facing health crises.

February 25, 2025 11:57 am CET

5 takeaways in the EU’s big agriculture (and food) vision

EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.

February 19, 2025 12:27 pm CET

Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

February 13, 2025 9:18 pm CET

RFK Jr. now runs America’s health agencies

The United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 52-48 vote Thursday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He will be sworn in later today.

February 13, 2025 6:26 pm CET

It’s time for Europe to lead on abortion rights, say lawmakers, NGOs

Pro-choice advocates want Europe to enshrine the right to abortion in the EU Charter and provide funding for women in need.

February 13, 2025 6:00 am CET

Ozempic cut heavy drinking in clinical study

The small study suggests there’s promise in further investigating the drug in this field.

February 12, 2025 7:21 pm CET

EU vows to react to Trump’s ‘unlawful’ tariffs 

A truce on a 2018 trade dispute on steel and aluminum between Brussels and Washington is set to lapse at the end of March. 

February 10, 2025 10:20 am CET

Gonorrhea cases hit record high as STIs soar in Europe

Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea rose significantly from 2022 to 2023.

February 10, 2025 10:00 am CET

Hungary floats WHO withdrawal after Trump and Milei exits

Viktor Orbán’s team suggest the exodus from WHO could continue, as a Russian lawmaker also joins the call.

February 6, 2025 2:36 pm CET

Colombia’s president: Legalize cocaine, it’s no worse than whiskey

Global drug trafficking could be “easily dismantled” if coke was “sold like wine,” according to the Latin American leader.

February 6, 2025 11:34 am CET
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Milei to pull Argentina out of WHO, mirroring Trump

The WHO, which promotes health worldwide, is already making cutbacks following the loss of U.S. funding.

February 5, 2025 5:58 pm CET

Where are the pain points of a transatlantic trade war?

Trump calls the EU an “atrocity” for running a huge trade surplus with the U.S., but that largely overlooks America’s massive services sector.

February 5, 2025 6:00 am CET

We asked DeepSeek about geopolitics. It gave us Beijing talking points.

China’s AI revelation matches its censorship and propaganda playbook.

February 4, 2025 4:46 pm CET

NGO accuses European Commission of anti-transparency drive

Legal charity ClientEarth says the European Commission is quietly restricting access to documents, such as text messages from EU officials.

February 3, 2025 6:00 am CET

The Mediterranean diet is a lie

Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?

February 3, 2025 4:38 am CET

France leads fight against EU plans to merge health crisis and civil protection units

11 countries signed a paper to Ursula von der Leyen warning the move would downgrade Europe’s health crisis resiliency.

January 31, 2025 1:50 pm CET

European court slams Italy over mafia toxic waste dumping

The vast amount of toxic waste in the area led to increased rates of cancer, the court found.

January 30, 2025 1:22 pm CET

Europe faces growing threat of fake drugs, Europol warns

There has been a rise in sub-standard, falsely labelled or falsified medicines.

January 30, 2025 1:04 pm CET

What’s in von der Leyen’s plan to save the EU economy?

We analyzed every line of Brussels’ Competitiveness Compass proposal (so you don’t have to).

January 30, 2025 4:24 am CET

Bird flu poses growing pandemic threat as virus evolves

Mutations in the virus make is more likely to jump species, warn the EU’s disease and food agencies.

January 29, 2025 4:45 pm CET

Von der Leyen’s bid to boost business relies on government help 

The European Commission lays out its policy plans for the next five years to help turn the continent’s economy around.

January 29, 2025 1:29 pm CET

Trump’s beef with the World Health Organization is personal

He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.

January 29, 2025 10:05 am CET
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