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Europe is facing a growing wave of public health threats, from mosquito-borne diseases and sexually transmitted infections to antimicrobial resistance, ECDC Director Pamela Rendi-Wagner warned MEPs (3 June).

Presenting the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's 2025 Annual Activity Report to the European Parliament's Public Health Committee, Rendi-Wagner said Europe recorded “longer and more intense transmission seasons” for mosquito-borne diseases last year, including West Nile virus and chikungunya.

The ECDC is therefore “strengthening surveillance of vector-borne diseases”, as well as laboratory preparedness and climate-sensitive risk assessments, she said.

Rendi-Wagner sounded the alarm over sexually transmitted infections, which are rising at “worrying speeds” across Europe. “We see a doubling and a tripling of...

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