NHS gets £5.4 billion cash injection to cope with coming winter
The U.K. government today announced a cash injection of £5.4 billion for the National Health Service over the next six months to help tackle record backlogs and an anticipated surge in care needs this...
View ArticleBoris Johnson’s care crisis ‘band-aid’
LONDON — Boris Johnson’s winning the politics of England’s care crisis — but those at the sharp end want to see the receipts. The U.K. prime minister this week gambled on a politically-risky tax hike...
View ArticleSassoli plays down chances he caught Legionnaire’s in Parliament
EU Parliament chief David Sassoli played down the probability that he could have caught Legionnaire’s disease from water droplets or ventilation in the Parliament, despite a recent history of...
View ArticleNew pandemic wave strikes hardest at people with pre-existing conditions
This article is from the first chapter of Silent Killers, our editorial series on chronic disease. It’s not only the infected that suffer from the coronavirus. From cancer to diabetes, Alzheimer, or...
View ArticleHealth is where the money is in Brussels and disease groups are circling
This article is from the first chapter of Silent Killers, our editorial series on chronic disease. Once a second-tier topic, health is hot in Brussels right now: Just look at the sharp rise in...
View ArticleThe postcode lottery: Europe’s access to medicines
This article is from the second chapter of Silent Killers, our editorial series on chronic disease. Europe’s medicines market has a problem. While its system ensures that every new cancer drug, for...
View ArticleNoncommunicable diseases: Europe’s other pandemic
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Explosion in microbiome research opens door to a new age of medicine
This article is from the third chapter of Silent Killers, our editorial series on chronic disease. Tomorrow’s doctors won’t just treat the disease; they will care for the super-organism — the totality...
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Mike Bloomberg thinks he knows what’s good for you. Does he?
This article is from the third chapter of Silent Killers, our editorial series on chronic disease. Michael Bloomberg is spending more than anyone on the planet to save people from themselves. The...
View ArticleUK treating 21 Ukrainian children with cancer
Twenty-one Ukrainian children with cancer are receiving treatment in the U.K. after Poland issued a call for support to care for refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country. The children and...
View ArticleWHO: Obesity in Europe at ‘epidemic proportions’
Obesity rates in the European Region are at “epidemic proportions,” warns the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe in a report released Tuesday. The numbers are growing: Fifty-nine...
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A new dawn for psychedelics?
Psychedelic drugs are getting a new lease on life. These molecules are steeped in ancient ritualistic history. They found the masses in the summer of love. They felt the wrath of governments who were...
View ArticleEuropean Commission wants to ban heated tobacco products
The European Commission said Wednesday it wants to prohibit the sale of all flavored heated tobacco products as part of its goal to cut tobacco use to 5 percent of the bloc’s population by 2040. Sales...
View ArticlePatients with rare diseases hope for Brexit-hastened treatments
This article is the product of a POLITICO Working Group. Post-Brexit U.K. is looking for fields where it can get ahead of the EU — and that’s potentially good news for patients with rare diseases....
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View ArticleWHO: Turkey, Syria earthquakes ‘worst natural disaster’ in European region in...
The powerful earthquakes that struck central Turkey and northwest Syria just over a week ago are the “worst natural disaster in the WHO European Region for a century,” said Hans Kluge, the World...
View ArticleCouch potato lifestyles cost EU €8B per year, report says
If Europe wants to save its health systems money, it better get moving — literally. Europeans’ lack of physical activity is costing EU countries a whopping €8 billion per year, according to a report...
View ArticleWHO: Artificial sweeteners linked to diabetes, death
Consumers who opt for “diet” products — such as sugar-free sodas — might not be doing themselves any favors, according to guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. The health...
View ArticleEuropean countries succeed in yearlong push to relocate WHO Moscow office
It took a year, but European countries have succeeded in their push for the World Health Organization (WHO) to relocate a key office away from Moscow. A special session of the WHO’s Regional Committee...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk prioritizes existing patients for weight-loss drug as demand soars
Novo Nordisk is taking a cautious approach to rolling out its obesity drug Wegovy in new markets as demand surges, the company said Thursday. Since the drug was approved in June last year in the U.S....
View ArticleUK to offer weight-loss drugs via app-based prescriptions
The United Kingdom has paved the way for easy access to weight-loss jabs by recommending prescriptions through online apps — preparing for the arrival of the new drug Wegovy. The U.K.’s National...
View ArticleGerman Cabinet approves liberalization of cannabis possession
BERLIN — Germany’s cabinet voted through plans Wednesday to legalize possession of cannabis as well as community cultivation clubs to serve local communities, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach...
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Inside the toxic world of vaping scientists
LONDON — Their former colleagues and collaborators have turned on them; they are hounded by lobbyists and campaigners; and in some cases, the accusations have led them to question whether their work...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug cuts heart failure symptoms
Positive data for Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy keeps on coming: On Friday, the company reported benefits in people with heart failure. Announcing the results of a clinical trial...
View ArticleNovo Nordisk’s weight loss drug launches in UK
Novo Nordisk’s hotly anticipated weight loss drug has arrived in the U.K. with limited stocks soon to be offered to those most in need. The Wegovy injection, which contains the drug semaglutide, will...
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Why Africa could unlock the secrets of Alzheimer’s
Much about Alzheimer’s is still a mystery — but one that Africa could help solve. More than a century after German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer identified an “unusual disease of the cerebral cortex”...
View ArticleLower obesity in the Netherlands? Fat chance, says government
A Dutch health agency warned that the country was missing its targets to reduce excessive weight among its population on Wednesday, prompting accusations from NGOs that the food industry has hijacked...
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Ireland moves to allow assisted dying
One of Europe’s most Catholic countries has taken a first step toward legalizing assisted dying, adding to a growing wave of support for the approach across the region. Irish parliamentarians...
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Broken links and bad advice: Conversations with SARAH, WHO’s virtual health aide
SARAH is not a doctor. It, as the World Health Organization (WHO) says, is a virtual health worker, powered by artificial intelligence and developed to steer people toward useful health tips. SARAH...
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