Category: 3. Europe

New figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply across Europe, with gonorrhoea and syphilis reaching their highest recorded levels in more than a decade. Health officials are particularly…

HO has raised its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ‘very high’, warning that the situation is deteriorating rapidly amid insecurity, displacement and strained health systems. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…

EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval for the Wegovy pill. Already approved in the US, the pill has seen huge uptake, with more than 1 million people using it within the first 4 months of its launch.

Developed by Novo Nordisk,…

Russia’s military pummeled Kyiv overnight with large-scale drone and missile attack that killed at least two people and injured scores of others, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Moscow’s forces used some 600 drones and 30 missiles, including at least one Oreshnik, a…

At least four people are believed to have been killed, and at least 80 injured. According to the Ukrainian authorities, dozens of residential buildings, several schools and a water supply facility were hit, and a market was burnt down.

13-year-old Vanya, whose Kyiv apartment was struck in…

Danish caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a new round of talks to form the next government would begin Sunday after she was reappointed by the king to lead the coalition negotiations.

Denmark’s royal household on Saturday issued a statement saying that King…