Beyond the pale? Why the EU is regulating breast milk

Beyond the pale? Why the EU is regulating breast milk

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The European Union regulates all sorts of banks: money banks, blood banks, sperm banks.  Its next target? Breast milk banks. Brussels bureaucrats want to homogenize the rules overseeing the donation and use of donor breast milk across the bloc.  It’s part of the … Read more

WHO: Turkey, Syria earthquakes ‘worst natural disaster’ in European region in a century

WHO: Turkey, Syria earthquakes ‘worst natural disaster’ in European region in a century

[ad_1] 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 Health Organization’s regional director for Europe. “We are still learning about its magnitude. Its true cost is not known yet,” Kluge … Read more

Study: No new COVID variants from China since zero-COVID policy lifted

Study: No new COVID variants from China since zero-COVID policy lifted

[ad_1] Fears that China’s lifting of its zero-COVID policy could result in fresh coronavirus variants seem to have not (yet) materialized. A study published in The Lancet on Wednesday found there had been no new COVID-19 variants in the country since it lifted its draconian policy last year, a move which triggered a surge in … Read more

COVID-19 still a global health emergency, says WHO

COVID-19 still a global health emergency, says WHO

[ad_1] The verdict is in: The COVID-19 pandemic is still a global health emergency, the World Health Organization has concluded. But it might not be for much longer.  The decision from the WHO — exactly three years after COVID-19 was first declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) — comes after a meeting … Read more