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Health
Why forming the next EU Commission might be harder than expected
With the deadline to submit candidates for the next EU Commission approaching on Friday (August 30th), the selection process is fraught with challenges. In this episode, host Giada Santana and Magnus Lund Nielsen delve into the hurdles obstructing the formation of the new EU Commission.
Why the European Union became the drug market’s next big target
The European Union is increasingly in the crosshairs of international drug lords, new data from the EU's drugs agency (EMCDDA) shows. Host Giada Santana explores the issue with Euractiv's health editor Catherine Feore and EMCDDA director Alexis Goosdell.
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Europe
This week EURACTIV's health reporter Marta Iraola talks to Emilie Karafillakis, the European research lead at the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, about vaccine confidence in Europe, about why people lack trust in vaccination …
AI: at the Interface of computer science and Medicine
From YouTube-recommended videos to facial recognition used to unlock smartphones, AI is already being used on a daily basis. The healthcare sector is not an exception as its ability to process vast amounts of medical data helps in diagnostics and …
European Health Data Space on the Parliament’s plate
As the European Parliament debates how European health data space should be shaped, EURACTIV talks with the co-rapporteur of the file, Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol (EPP), touching on primary and secondary use of data, the reasons why parliament supports the …
Balancing patients’ privacy and health data’s potential
European Health Data Space (EHDS) focuses on the primary and secondary use of data. While the primary use of data is data used by citizens and healthcare professionals at the national and EU levels the secondary data is to be used …
The challenge of guaranteeing access to healthcare to all Ukrainian refugees
On the occasion of the first Healthcare Forum, which took place in Wąsowo, Poland last week, Euractiv spoke with the Regional Director of WHO/Europe, Dr Hans Kluge. In this interview, Dr. Kluge looked back on his meeting with the Polish and …
A closer look at Europe’s fertility challenge
This week EURACTIV'S health team explores why fertility is decreasing across the globe, what challenges people face when they want children and the situation of fertility treatments in Europe. For that, Health Reporter Marta Iraola talks with Dr Carlos Calhaz-Jorge, …
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: a silent threat for children’s development
This week, EURACTIV’s health team dives into how endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) can affect children, especially in their most important developmental years. They talk with Doctor Anders Juul, a paediatric endocrinologist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. He explains how children are exposed …
Much more than a ‘party drug’
Psilocybin, MDMA or LSD might associate with party drugs but their therapeutic value is being discovered worldwide.
The need to phase out tobacco farming
Tobacco is responsible for 8 million deaths a year, yet governments across the world spend millions supporting it's farming industry. On World No Tobacco Day, EURACTIV’s health team talks with Rudiger Krech of the WHO on why it is important to move towards growing sustainable food crops instead of tobacco.
Mental health matters in the Parliament
From psychedelics and mental health literature to having pets in EU institutions - EURACTIV’s health reporter Giedrė Peseckytė is talking with three MEPs - Maria Walsh from Christian Democrats, Mikuláš Peksa from the Greens and Karen Melchior from Renew - about mental …
The Importance of early testing
During the European Testing Week, a European campaign to promote awareness of the benefits of hepatitis and HIV testing, EURACTIV's health team talks with Professor Jens Lundgren about the importance of early diagnosis for HIV patients.
Discovering Moderna’s new landscape for vaccines in Europe
The end of COVID, new cancer vaccines and a brand new laboratory with the biggest end-to-end production hub for Moderna outside of the US. EURACTIV's health team discovers Moderna's new landscape for vaccines together with Chantal Friebertshäuser of Moderna Europe.
Unwrapping the new pharmaceutical legislation
This week, EURACTIV’s health team dives into the proposal for a new pharmaceutical legislation and the complicated way ahead. For that, they talk with stakeholders working on health policy at the EU level about their priorities and main concerns.
Endocrine disruptors…out of REACH?
This week, EURACTIV’s health team dives into endocrine disruptors and the effect these chemicals can have on our hormonal system. For that, they talk with Doctor Angel Nadal.
Fact checking The Whale’s obesity portrayal
This week, EURACTIV’s journalist Marta Iraola talks about the movie ‘The Whale’ with Jacqueline Bowman-Busato, head of policy at the European Association for the Study of Obesity. They focus on the controversies it has aroused and the reception among the …
The crime of passing the pill
This week, EURACTIV’s journalist Giedrė Peseckytė is talking with a Polish pro-abortion activist Justyna Wydrzynska who got sentenced in mid-March to eight months of community service for sharing abortion pills with another woman back in 2020. *The interview was conducted …
Ukraine’s fight against tuberculosis
Marking world Tuberculosis day (24 March) we are talking with two Ukrainians about how Ukrainians are fighting not only Russia's invasion but also one of the highest incidences of TB cases in the European region.
The EU rules for sperm in SoHo
This week, EURACTIV’s health team explores the outstanding revision of the EU framework on substances of human origins (SoHo) together with Annemette Arndal-Lauritzen, CEO of the European Sperm Bank, with a focus on the revision of the EU rules for …
Unboxing the EU’s medical devices rules
This week, EURACTIV's health journalists Marta Iraola and Gerardo Fortuna dig into the troubled implementation of the new framework for medical devices in Europe which entered into force in 2021. When developers of medical devices started experiencing problems in meeting the …
Talking women’s health with Commissioner Kyriakides
This week, EURACTIV’s journalists Clara Bauer and Gerardo Fortuna sat with the EU’s health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to talk about women’s health on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The EU health chief also gave some anticipations on what is …
Health podcast: The Health Data Revolution
This week, EURACTIV’s health team brings you the nitty-gritty of the European Health Data Space together with one of the European Parliament's rapporteur on the file, the centre-right Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol
Health podcast: Ongoing Pfizer saga
This week, EURACTIV's health team dig into the European Parliament’s role in the ongoing saga on the transparency of the COVID-19 vaccine contracts between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer with MEP Tilly Metz.