Life expectancy at birth in the EU was 81.5 years in 2024, a 0.1-year increase from 2023, following decreases in 2020 (80.4 years) and 2021 (80.1 years) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The European Commission has issued new guidelines to better protect workers from the dangerous cancer-causing substance asbestos, as well as an updated list of occupational diseases.
The EU Commission continues efforts to cut red tape in the single market with a package of measures which it says will improve Europeans’ health while ensuring long-term resilience and competitiveness in the health sector.
The European Commission is committing €8.85 million to develop a groundbreaking diagnostic device that will help clinicians choose the appropriate treatments for patients who may need antibiotics.
The EU’s Council and Parliament have reached agreement on major reform of EU pharmaceutical rules, to increase patients’ access to medicine and make the EU’s pharmaceutical sector fairer and more competitive.
The number of healthy life years at birth in the EU was 63.1 years on average in 2023, 63.3 years for women and 62.8 years for men, according to figures released by Eurostat.
IHI, the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking, has a vacancy for a Head of Sector Operations team.
