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. ...
Todos os medicamentos, incluindo as vacinas, são estreitamente monitorizados na UE após a sua autorização e colocação no mercado. Estatisticamente, os efeitos secundários são raros ou muito raros. A segurança e a eficácia das vacinas contra a COVID-19 autorizadas serão rigorosame...
A Comissão Europeia tem estado a trabalhar desde junho para garantir as mais promissoras vacinas futuras contra a COVID-19. Agora que dispomos de uma das carteiras de vacinas mais abrangentes do mundo, precisamos de estar preparados para lhes conceder rapidamente uma autorização ...
As vacinas são a melhor forma de pôr termo à pandemia de COVID-19. A Comissão Europeia está a criar uma das maiores carteiras de diferentes vacinas seguras, eficazes e a preços acessíveis. ...
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...
As vacinas protegem as pessoas e a sociedade contra doenças mortais. As vacinas debelaram a varíola e praticamente eliminaram outras doenças, como a poliomielite. ...
