This study is about the effects of air pollution on health, notably COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in many areas of the world. The infection spreads through person-to-person contact. Transmission and prognosis, once infected, are potentially influenced b...
This report provides a cross-cutting view of key health topics in the EU from a gender perspective, analysing the main issues with a specific focus on differences between women and men. Gender is discussed at the level of individual mental and physical health and within healthcar...
The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure compliance with the scope and requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 (as amended) and Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA (as amended) in respect to the risk assessment procedure for and reporting on new psychoactive substanc...
Over the last decades, a variety of fatal infectious diseases have had zoonotic origins. The linkages between hosts, vectors, parasites and pathogens can be influenced by a multitude of factors, such as biodiversity, wildlife and land use. High levels of biodiversity may be a pot...
This is a one-page summary of the Joint Opinion of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and the Special advisor to the Commission President on the response to COVID-19, Professor Peter Piot. ...
EU valvoo tarkasti kaikkia lääkkeitä, myös rokotteita, sen jälkeen, kun ne ovat saaneet myyntiluvan ja ne on saatettu markkinoille. Tilastollisesti sivuvaikutukset ovat harvinaisia tai erittäin harvinaisia. Myyntiluvan saaneiden covid-19-rokotteiden turvallisuutta ja tehokkuutta ...
Euroopan komissio on kesäkuusta lähtien pyrkinyt turvaamaan lupaavimpien covid-19-rokotteiden hankinnan. EU:lla on yksi maailman kattavimmista rokotevalikoimista. Seuraavaksi valmistaudutaan myöntämään rokotteille nopeasti myyntilupa. Samaan aikaan rokotteille tehdään vielä perus...
Rokotteet ovat paras keino covid-19-pandemian lopettamiseksi. Euroopan komissio on hankkimassa maailman laajimpiin kuuluvaa valikoimaa eri rokotteita, jotka ovat turvallisia, tehokkaita ja kohtuuhintaisia. ...
The open sale of cannabis products in Europe has raised concerns among policymakers, both with regard to the legal status of these products and their potential for harm. The products are marketed for their low THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) content, which sellers claim exempt them fr...
Rokotteet suojaavat ihmisiä ja yhteisöjä tappavilta taudeilta. Niiden avulla on hävitetty isorokko ja käytännössä myös monia muita tauteja, kuten polio. ...
