Health Care

Hungary detects first case of foot-and-mouth disease in 50 years
Detection of highly contagious disease follows outbreak in Germany in January.

Parliament to probe EU grants to Shell, VW and migrant NGOs

Pharma braces for tariffs as Trump threatens to buck trade convention

Denmark wanted advice on handling Trump. It turned to Ozempic’s boss.

Brussels pitches €100B for grand plan to boost made-in-EU clean manufacturing

Hungary demands to see all European Commission contracts with NGOs
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.
Europe must confront soaring chronic disease rates, warns WHO
From infancy to old age, people in the region are facing health crises.
5 takeaways in the EU’s big agriculture (and food) vision
EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.
Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs
The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.
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.
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.
Ozempic cut heavy drinking in clinical study
The small study suggests there’s promise in further investigating the drug in this field.
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.
Gonorrhea cases hit record high as STIs soar in Europe
Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea rose significantly from 2022 to 2023.
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.
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.
Turning aspirations into action for rare disease patients
Inspired by the rare disease community’s passionate drive to advance policies that provide equitable access to care, UCB spearheaded Aspire4Rare: a global initiative supporting the development of rare disease policies.
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.
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.
We asked DeepSeek about geopolitics. It gave us Beijing talking points.
China’s AI revelation matches its censorship and propaganda playbook.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Europe faces growing threat of fake drugs, Europol warns
There has been a rise in sub-standard, falsely labelled or falsified medicines.
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).
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.
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.
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.