The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has joined French member NGOs, Générations Futures (GF) and Réseau Environnement Santé (RES) in welcoming a report from the French...
European Rare Disease Day (28 February). A disease or disorder is defined as rare in the EU when it affects less than five in every 10,000...
Today (26 February), the European Parliament endorsed an agreement for a new EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) reached with the Council last December. “This vote comes...
The planned EU ban on higher strength e-cigarettes used by 2.5 million Europeans will increase tobacco smoking and lead to 105,000 extra deaths every year, according...
Simple guidelines to help diagnose and treat hyponatraemia, or ‘salt-water imbalance’, a condition that occurs in up to 30% of hospitalized patients were published today in...
On 22 February, the European Disability Forum (EDF) Board meeting gathered together representatives from EDF member organizations around Europe. The first of the two days of...
Labour MEPs today (20 February) voted to put animal welfare ahead of controversial farming practices in a key vote on the cloning of animals. Labour states...