Pizza (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament voted Wednesday for mandatory limits on industrially-produced trans fats, which may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, infertility, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and obesity.Industrial trans fats…
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(BRUSSELS) – The web-based EU Coding Platform, launched Thursday, will support healthcare professionals and national competent authorities in tracing donated tissues and cells from donor to recipient in the entire…
Nursing (LUXEMBOURG) – The use of successive fixed-term contracts to cover permanent needs in the healthcare sector are contrary to EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday.The…
Photo United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission proposed Wednesday to subject the new psychoactive substance MDMB-CHMICA, sometimes referred to as ‘Black Mamba’, to control…
Euro-MPs voted on Thursday to veto European Commission plans to allow claims that sugary drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine boost ‘alertness’…
The European Commission published Wednesday the scientific criteria needed to identify and reduce exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, seen by the WHO as a…
Medical devices (BRUSSELS)- Safer medical devices and fast patient access to innovative devices are the aim of a provisional deal on new rules for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic…
New rules for tobacco products sold in the EU came into force Friday, aiming to reduce the number of smokers, especially among young…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission again postponed a vote on whether to renew the licence for the controversial herbicide glyphosate on Thursday, despite a WHO…
slightly more than 1 in 5 – were the cause of death for almost 1.1 million people in…
