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First EU citizens using ePrescriptions in other EU country (21.01.2019)

The first EU patients can use digital prescriptions issued by their home doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country: Finnish patients are now able to go to a pharmacy in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically by their doctor in Finland.

Commission publishes Statement and Position Paper on Emerging Health and Environmental Issues (14.01.2019)

The Statement and Position Paper are published by the Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).

Health-EU Newsletter: Special Edition - Scientific Committees (10.01.2019)

by Prof Peter Hoet, member of the Scientific Committee on Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) and Chair of the SCHEER Working Group on oil and gas, Medical Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Health-EU Newsletter: "You are what you eat – and Healthy and Sustainable European Food Systems can help!" (13.12.2018)

Dr Karin Schindler, Head of Unit for maternal, paediatric and gender-related health and nutrition at the Austrian Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Safety, talks about the recent conference organised by her ministry as part of the Austrian EU Presidency on the theme of ‘Healthy and Sustainable European Food Systems’ and...