Top news of the week: 01.11.2022.
Tuberculosis deaths and disease increase during the COVID-19 pandemic
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report.
POLITICO Live's Health Care Summit
It’s time for an annual checkup of Europe’s health care sector. The two-and-a-half years have thrown up important challenges – but have also spawned many opportunities on how to reform and ...
Has covid-19 become milder?
Deaths and hospital admissions are falling, so does this mean that the virus is less severe? The BMJ asks the experts The short answer is no. Covid-19 is still a deadly disease, having ...
Europe has a problem: France and Germany have forgotten how to argue
The EU’s traditional engine is spluttering
Comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events associated with different covid-19 vaccines: international network cohort study from five European countries and the US
Objective To quantify the comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events associated with use of adenovirus based covid-19 vaccines versus mRNA based ...
One third of EU tourist beds are in Italy and France
In 2021, the EU had an estimated total of 28.1 million bed places available across 597 000 tourist establishments. Italy and France accounted for slightly more than one third of the total ...
Biden Gets Covid-19 Booster as Administration Urges Vaccine for More Americans
The booster campaign has gotten off to a slow start, with roughly 10% of people in the U.S. who are eligible for the latest shot receiving it.
Concern over flu and winter viruses but Covid levels unchanged
The flu season has started early and some young children under five are ending up in hospital.