Tag Archives: public health

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025: Milan Set to Host a Groundbreaking Congress on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Innovations

(IN BRIEF) The ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025 Congress will be held in Milan from 3 to 5 April 2025 and is organized by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, part of the ESC. The event will feature over 120 sessions … Read the full press release

QIAGEN Files Lawsuit Against bioMérieux to Protect Key Innovations in TB Detection Technology

(IN BRIEF) QIAGEN has filed a lawsuit against bioMérieux in the German Unified Patent Court to protect its QuantiFERON technology, specifically its European Patent EP 2 276 883 B2, which covers innovations in QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus used for TB detection. … Read the full press release

Clean Rivers Joins Forces with Project STOP to Advance Waste Management and Combat Plastic Pollution in Indonesia

(IN BRIEF) Clean Rivers has partnered with Project STOP to help reduce plastic waste leakage and improve waste management in Indonesia through the Banyuwangi Hijau Phase 3 project. This partnership is part of a broader agreement between the UAE and … Read the full press release

Professor Massimo Palmarini Steps Down as Director of CVR, Professor Emma Thomson Named Interim Director

(IN BRIEF) After over a decade of leading the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), Professor Massimo Palmarini is stepping down as Director to take on the role of Head of Viroscience at Erasmus University Medical Centre in … Read the full press release

University of Warwick’s Dr. Melissa Webby Awarded Wellcome Fellowship to Research New Approaches in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

(IN BRIEF) Dr. Melissa Webby of the University of Warwick has received a £2.2 million Wellcome Career Development Award to research the mechanisms that protect Gram-negative bacteria from antibiotics. This award supports Dr. Webby’s mission to advance the understanding of … Read the full press release

EIB Provides €55 Million to Rebuild Ukraine’s Schools, Hospitals, and Social Infrastructure Under Recovery Programme

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €55 million in EU-guaranteed funding under the Ukraine Recovery Programme to rebuild critical social infrastructure in 2025 and beyond. This funding, part of the €340 million framework loan backed by the … Read the full press release

TUM Researchers Unveil Breakthrough Filter Technology to Combat PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a groundbreaking filtration method to remove harmful PFAS (“forever chemicals”) from drinking water. Using advanced metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds made of zirconium carboxylate, the filters are more effective … Read the full press release

SGS Expands Industry-Leading PFAS Testing Services to Boost Public Health and Environmental Safety

(IN BRIEF) SGS, a leader in Testing, Inspection, and Certification, has launched the industry’s most comprehensive suite of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) testing services, addressing a wide range of industries such as consumer goods, electronics, food, and the environment. … Read the full press release

European Commission Evaluates Poland’s Media Adherence to the Right to be Forgotten

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSESSING POLAND’S ALIGNMENT WITH THE EU’S “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” DIRECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS SCRUTINY FOLLOWS A RECENT PROPOSAL AIMED AT EXPANDING THESE RIGHTS WITHIN THE MEDIA SECTOR. OVER THE … Read the full press release

MEPs Reject Commission’s Proposed Nature Restoration Law in Close Vote

(IN BRIEF) The Environment committee of the European Parliament (MEPs) has failed to secure a majority vote on the Commission’s proposed Nature Restoration Law. Following a series of voting sessions held on June 15 and June 27, the Committee on … Read the full press release

Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead of the University of Liverpool will lead an independent review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of medical devices in the UK

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced that its professor of public health Dame Margaret Whitehead will be leading a review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of … Read the full press release

The current state of the wellbeing of people across Europe and Asia according to AXA’s 2022 Mind Health and Wellbeing study

Respondents from China, Spain and Switzerland among the happiest, according to the research (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 25-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA (EPA: CS), A French multinational insurance and asset management firm, has announced the release of its 2022 edition of … Read the full press release

Merck hits the 1.5 billionth mark of praziquantel donation in partnership with the World Health Organization for the treatment of neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa

(PRESS RELEASE) DARMSTADT, 24-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck (ETR: MRK), a German multinational leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science, electronics, has announced the company hit a milestone mark in its donation of praziquantel for the treatment of … Read the full press release

FIGO: rights-based advocacy to end Violence Against Women (VAW)

Violence Against Women (VAW) is a global issue, a public health issue and a human rights issue that violates autonomy and hinders development. It is wholly incompatible with FIGO’s vision of a world where women achieve the highest possible standards … Read the full press release

The Council should authorize the start of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the US in June, say trade MEPs

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU Council of Ministers should authorize the start of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the US in June, say International Trade Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. The negotiating mandate should … Read the full press release