Your go-to source for health news in Europe, The European Times delivers timely and informative articles on everything from medical research to healthcare policy.
Health
New technologies have given us new ways to control diseases - crucial to fighting the COVID pandemic, and future global outbreaks, says the World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist.
Europe
This week, WHO/Europe participated in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s 2021 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. Held under the theme “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic…
Europe
The first joint COVID-19 weekly surveillance bulletin was released on 19 March 2021 by WHO/Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Europe
Last week marked 1 year since WHO announced that the Public Health Emergency of International Concern declared on 30 January 2020 represented the first ever pandemic caused by a coronavirus.…
Health
The UN meteorological agency on Thursday cautioned that weather and climate conditions, including the onset of higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere spring, should not be used as a trigger…
America
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE, which allayed concerns over clotting events being associated by some countries, without definitive…
Health
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said…
Health
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping…
Europe
Today, the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development called on governments, economic and social stakeholders, and international organizations to rethink their broad policy priorities, to step up investments and…
Europe
28th Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC), Third Session (virtual, 10-11 March 2021) Statement, 12 March 2021 Exactly one year after COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic, the Twenty-eighth Standing Committee…
