With the new influenza season underway, MEPs have criticised the EU's "disproportionate" response to the outbreak of the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus in 2009-2010. more »
Over half the EU adult population is now overweight or obese according to the “Health at a Glance: Europe 2010” report published by the European Commission and the OECD today. more »
Over 130 people die in central Haiti due to a suspected outbreak of cholera. more »
The Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic returned to the Parliament last week but fortunately not in the literal sense. more »
The Commission announced today its intention to restructure the process of progressive adoption of the list of permitted health claims on food products (also known as “Article 13 claims”). more »
Patients will be better informed on how to use medicines, and enabled to report their adverse effects directly to national authorities, thanks to updates of EU laws agreed with the Council and endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. more »
Doctors in Peru are facing outbreaks of two killer diseases, rabies and the plague, being spread by bats and rats. more »
Scientists warn a new drug-resistant superbug could spread worldwide, fuelled in part by medical tourism. more »
Chinese officials say they are investigating reports that tainted milk powder has caused premature sexual development in baby girls. more »
A woman in India says she has to sell her 6-month-old baby in order to pay her husband's medical expenses. more »
Patients will be better informed on how to use medicines, and enabled to report their adverse effects directly to national authorities, thanks to updates of EU laws agreed with the Council and endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday.
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