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Campaign to raise awareness of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
Marking the start of a programme of events and actions aimed at raising awareness of and tackling work-related musculoskeletal disorders – which affect millions...
World Mental Health Day: mental health services chronically underfunded
October 10 marks World Mental Health Day, and this year the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the urgent need to increase investment in...
NHS to offer specialist help for ‘long COVID’ sufferers
A £10m investment will go towards clinics that will help patients dealing with long-term COVID-19 health complications.
A number of people who have contracted the...
Report recommends teaching pupils about selfcare
School pupils should learn about selfcare for minor ailments as part of a ‘wholesale cultural shift’ in attitudes towards health services, says a coalition...
UK places first order for one million COVID-19 rapid antibody tests
The UK Government has placed an order for one million COVID-19 rapid antibody tests.
The UK Government has entered into a contract with Abingdon Health,...
MEPs call for Pharmaceutical Strategy to tackle antimicrobial resistance
MEPs have called on the European Commission to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe.
The European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Strategy for...
UK opens applications for green social prescribing pilots
Applications are now open to deliver four ‘green social prescribing’ pilots a bid to help the communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
Activities such as walking,...
Preparing for the future: global unity over pandemic preparedness
Countries have come together to recognise that the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last global health emergency and to outline the need for...
People with dementia and carers harmed by COVID-19 social cuts
New research from the University of Liverpool has quantified the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of social support, finding that the...
Global agreement to make COVID-19 antigen tests available for all
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator has announced a set of agreements to make COVID-19 rapid antigen tests available to low- and middle-income...
European Health Forum Gastein looks to the future of European healthcare
The 2020 European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is opening its virtual doors today to inspire solution-orientated discussions on the future of healthcare in Europe.
For...
Study links COVID-19 care home outbreaks to independent infections
A new study has suggested that COVID-19 care home outbreaks in England, UK, were caused by multiple independent infections as well as within care...
Improvements to EU worker safety against cancer-causing chemicals
The European Commission has proposed to improve workers safety by limiting their exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.
Around 120,000 work-related cancer cases and 80,000 cancer-related deaths...
New framework will accelerate global public health efforts
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have signed a new collaborative framework which will accelerate joint public health efforts that support vulnerable and marginalised...
European Commission confirms contribution to COVID-19 vaccine facility
The European Commission has confirmed its participation in the COVAX Facility to ensure equitable access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines.
Team Europe will be contributing an...
Envirolyte: hypochlorous acid as a COVID-19 continual disinfection method
It takes only one person that is carrying the COVID-19 virus to infect many other people whenever they are within close proximity or in...
Could COVID-19 lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance?
According to a new study, the use of antibiotics in the treatment of COVID-19 could lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among...
COVID-19: 29% of doctors have treated patients with long-term symptoms
According to a survey conducted by the British Medical Association (BMA), a third of doctors have treated patients with long-term COVID-19 symptoms, including chronic...
African region declared free of wild polio
The Africa Regional Certification Commission certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after four years without a case.
With this historic milestone, five of...
Contact tracing ineffective at containing COVID-19 spread
Contact tracing apps used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are unlikely to be effective without proper uptake and support from control measures.
A new...