Health Care
Czech hospital to monitor American doctor exposed to Ebola in Uganda
The Czech health ministry assured citizens that the risk to the public is “zero.”
Ebola deaths surge 30 percent as Berlin prepares for patient
EU red tape hit squad finds simplification ain’t simple
US disease agency announces 30-day travel restrictions in response to Ebola outbreak
Aid cuts and war complicate Ebola response in Congo
Trump’s drug pricing deal with Britain faces a legal threat
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak
Don’t follow Sweden on nicotine pouches, WHO warns countries
The tobacco industry’s aggressive marketing to children is designed to get them hooked, the U.N. body says.
Politics is so broken it’s driving people to therapy
Therapists are seeing a rise in political anxiety — and they have some prescriptions.
EU says countries, not Brussels, should ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
More than 1 million people signed a petition to ban the practice in Europe.
EU trumpets its reliability on global health as US slashes foreign aid
Its new plan calls out countries that “instrumentalize” health for political or economic gains.
Disease agency defends ‘European teamwork’ on hantavirus after French jibe
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says its approach to hantavirus is informed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
French PM calls for ‘closer coordination’ with EU countries on hantavirus
One French citizen is hospitalized with the virus contracted aboard a cruise ship.
New EU medicines law aims to bypass India, China on key drugs
The EU wants to incentivise drugmakers to manufacture more medicines in Europe through state aid and procurement perks.
EU social media ban could come this summer, von der Leyen says
Commission chief says EU can learn from “pioneer” Australia in imposing minimum age for social media.
France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive for hantavirus
The woman started to feel unwell on the repatriation flight.
One American has tested positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms
A flight carrying 17 Americans who were on a cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak occurred is returning to the U.S.
Von der Leyen, Hillary Clinton back new push to childproof AI
New Youth AI Safety Institute plans to rate AI products based on how kids-friendly they are.
These are the Trump officials who may inherit their agencies
Kate MacGregor? Nicholas Kent? Keith Sonderling? The little-known faces who run day-to-day agency operations.
Passengers being evacuated from hantavirus ship at Tenerife
The disembarkation was “proceeding normally” and all passengers on the MV Hondius were still asymptomatic, Spain’s health minister said.
EU countries prepare repatriation of hantavirus ship passengers
The cruise ship, the MV Hondius, arrived in the waters of Tenerife early Sunday morning and is anchoring at “the safest” distance from the dock, local officials said.
EU working ‘around the clock’ to prepare for hantavirus ship passengers
Quarantine measures, transport and public health needs are being thrashed out.
EU meets to game-plan hantavirus response as WHO calms outbreak fears
“This is not the start of an epidemic,” WHO says as EU countries work to repatriate cruise ship passengers.
Lawmakers, industry push EU to move faster on AI rule cuts
Thursday’s deal leaves some lawmakers and lobby groups dissatisfied.
Spanish government under fire over handling of hantavirus ship
Authorities have issued contradictory statements on whether passengers will have to quarantine.
EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions
Deal marks first significant delay of digital rules amid pressure from the U.S.
EU must go beyond ‘binary yes or no ban’ on social media, top official says
Decisionmakers tell POLITICO that social media ban for kids is ‘not the simple route.’
Hantavirus death ship: Canary Islands leader opposes Tenerife dock plan
Regional President Fernando Clavijo wants an “urgent meeting” with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as MV Hondius heads for Spanish archipelago.
Peppers, grapes and olive oil: Pesticide breaches are growing, EU food watchdog finds
Imported produce exceeding legal limits of pesticide revenues is set to fuel an ongoing debate about unfair competition.
Suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship is no reason to ‘panic,’ WHO says
The rare disease is suspected to have killed three people so far.
