You’re never too young to look after your health

“Be healthy – be yourself” campaign encourages young people to become more proactive in protecting their health. more »

Tree in lung mystery

When 28 year-old Artyom Sidorkin went to see his doctor to complain about pains in his chest and coughing blood his doctors made a rather bizarre discovery. more »

AIDS: Therapeutic vaccine "in four or five years" says Montagnier

Last year French Professor Luc Montagnier jointly won the Nobel Prize for Medicine with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi for their discovery of the HIV virus in 1983. more »

World Health Day: Commission highlights solidarity in health

To mark World Health Day, European Commissioner for Health, Androulla Vassiliou will visit several community health projects in Kenya on 6 and 7 April. more »

China's lonely children

Autism, which affects roughly 67 million people worldwide, is still relatively unheard of in China. more »

Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Georgian, and Armenian military medics attend courses in Kaunas

The courses are arranged for the fifth time in a row; this year Estonian, Georgian, Latvian, and Lithuanian military medics are joined by three Armenian representatives. more »

How should our food be grown?

The choice of food in the EU is huge, but are you well-informed enough to choose well? more »

Cigarettes - MEPs back higher taxes to cut smoking, but will they work?

MEPs Tuesday backed a minimum tax of €1.28 per pack of 20 cigarettes within 3 years, in an effort to reduce smoking across Europe through higher prices. more »

MEPs approve new rules on safer cosmetics

Parliament approved an update of EU legislation on cosmetics when it votes on a first-reading agreement thrashed out between EP and Council representatives. more »

Deadly ebola scare

German doctors are treating a woman they say may have contracted the deadly ebola virus while working in a laboratory nt he city of Hamburg. more »