#Alcohol and the #EU’s hypocrisy: Health at home, harm abroad "We do everything to reduce harm at home, yet readily allow it elsewhere when it benefits our export economy." @iogt-movendi.bsky.social www.brusselstimes.com/1865947/the-...

#Alcohol and the #EU’s hypocrisy: Health at home, harm abroad "We do everything to reduce harm at home, yet readily allow it elsewhere when it benefits our export economy." @iogt-movendi.bsky.social www.brusselstimes.com/1865947/the-...

🇪🇺 #Lobbying: How Europe’s #Business lobby took over the European Commission The EU’s regulatory 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists at the expense of #CivilSociety groups focused on areas such as the #Environment and #Health www.euractiv.com/news/counter...

🇪🇺 #Lobbying: How Europe’s #Business lobby took over the European Commission The EU’s regulatory 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists at the expense of #CivilSociety groups focused on areas such as the #Environment and #Health www.euractiv.com/news/counter...

🏡 New EuroHealthNet magazine | Our #Environment and our #Health: The power that surrounds us ‘Is our environment the health factor we keep ignoring?’ ✍️ Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social Director of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

On #WorldAIDSDay we remember the incredible activism that turned the tide on this deadly epidemic in the past I’m sad that funding cuts by G7 nations are making such activism necessary yet again www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

🏡 New EuroHealthNet magazine | Our #Environment and our #Health: The power that surrounds us ‘Is our environment the health factor we keep ignoring?’ ✍️ Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social Director of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

✨ #ArtificialIntelligence: AI risks deepening #Inequality, says head of world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Head of Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund warned that the accelerating deployment of #AI risked deepening social and geopolitical inequalities across the globe. www.ft.com/content/30c6...

✨ #ArtificialIntelligence: AI risks deepening #Inequality, says head of world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Head of Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund warned that the accelerating deployment of #AI risked deepening social and geopolitical inequalities across the globe. www.ft.com/content/30c6...

The dying voice of #CivilSociety in EU policymaking “The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive" euobserver.com/eu-political...

The dying voice of #CivilSociety in EU policymaking “The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive" euobserver.com/eu-political...

“The Commission’s rhetoric of ‘simplification’ is a smokescreen for dismantling hard-won regulatory safeguards. These rules are not bureaucratic obstacles—they are the backbone of protection for children, teachers, schools, and the quality of our education systems." #DigitalOmnibus

🇺🇳 New #WHO Europe report warns that #AI is advancing faster than health policies can keep up, risking wider #inequalities without stronger safeguards “The choices we make now will determine whether AI empowers #patients and #healthworkers or leaves them behind.” news.un.org/en/story/202...

🦠Neglecting infectious diseases is a market failure 🦠Major companies are reducing research on new medicines for illnesses that affect billions of people

🦠Neglecting infectious diseases is a market failure 🦠Major companies are reducing research on new medicines for illnesses that affect billions of people

🍔 #UltraProcessedFood is a #GlobalHealth threat fuelled by powerful global corporations, experts warn @thelancet.com review of evidence carried out by 43 global expert suggests #UPFs are linked to a greater risk of 12 health conditions. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

🚨Launched today: Ultra-processed food #UPF is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to #globalhealth, according to world’s largest review published in @thelancet.com #obesity #diabetes #heartdisease ##depression www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🚨Launched today: Ultra-processed food #UPF is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to #globalhealth, according to world’s largest review published in @thelancet.com #obesity #diabetes #heartdisease ##depression www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🌍 Study: US and European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide 🌎 Study by @isglobal.org warns of 22.6 million deaths by 2030 🌏 Severe aid cuts could reverse decades of global health progress 🌍 Trump's USAID cuts mirrored by other countries www.reuters.com/business/hea...

🌍 Study: US and European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide 🌎 Study by @isglobal.org warns of 22.6 million deaths by 2030 🌏 Severe aid cuts could reverse decades of global health progress 🌍 Trump's USAID cuts mirrored by other countries www.reuters.com/business/hea...

"A #FarRight politician recently told me that “ #PublicHealth is a political ideology – it is a recipe for expanding government control over people’s lives ”. @carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025 www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...

Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly. Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer. Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.

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🇺🇸 The erosion of evidence: how to counter #disinformation when the state is spreading it “ #scientists must find new ways to speak up for #science. The privilege of working in your own academic or clinical bubble is gone.” @chrischirp.bsky.social christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-erosio...

🇧🇪 Well done #Brussels: The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2026 “This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse” @cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...

🇧🇪 Well done #Brussels: The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2026 “This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse” @cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...

"A #FarRight politician recently told me that “ #PublicHealth is a political ideology – it is a recipe for expanding government control over people’s lives ”. @carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025 www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...

The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure. www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...

#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit "Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies." www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...

The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement: ✅ #Invest in systems that advance health ✅ Embed #equity ✅ Promote #HealthforAll ✅ Protect from #Disinformation ✅ Support public health #Workforce ✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth #EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...

#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit "Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies." www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...

🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn “rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.” @euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social euobserver.com/green-econom...

"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives." As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly. jrnl.ie/6864189

🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement: ✅ #Invest in systems that advance health ✅ Embed #equity ✅ Promote #HealthforAll ✅ Protect from #Disinformation ✅ Support public health #Workforce ✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth #EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...

🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn “rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.” @euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social euobserver.com/green-econom...

The UK played a pivotal role in creating the ECHR. Leaving it now would betray that legacy, and destroy the very principles we helped to create.

🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy? How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence. No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed. euobserver.com/eu-political...

🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt? ➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget ➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

⚠️ Press freedom under attack ⚠️ Asking an uncomfortable question can cost you your job if you are a journalist at Agenzia Nova. We stand in solidarity with @gabrielenunziati.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/04/j...

🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy? How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence. No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed. euobserver.com/eu-political...

🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt? ➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget ➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality" #EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality" #EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding "They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’" www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...

🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding "They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’" www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...

“The Make Europe Healthy Again #MEHA launch at the European Parliament in Brussels last week brought together what is now a familiar alliance of #far-right politicians, #anti-vaxxers and alternative health practitioners.” @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/make-europe-...

Thanks #ICYMI contributors: focus on media, incarceration alarm, research matters, alcohol industry power www.croakey.org/icymi-focus-... HT @aftinet.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @pauljbelcher.bsky.social @mhef.bsky.social @menziesresearch.bsky.social @healenviron.bsky.social

Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right